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Luisa Igloria, 36th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textLuisa Igloria is an award -winning poet, and the author of The Saints of Streets (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, Fall 2013), Juan Luna\u27s Revolver (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009 Ernest Sandeen Prize), Trill & Mordent (WordTech Editions, 2005), and 8 other books. Luisa has degrees from the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she was a Fulbright Fellow from 1992-1995. Luisa teaches in and currently directs the MFA Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion University
Luisa A, Igloria, 37th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textLUISA A. IGLORIA is a professor and director of the MFA Creative Writing Program at ODU. She is the author of Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser (2014 May Swenson Prize, University of Utah Press); Night Willow: Prose Poems (2014); The Saints of Streets (2013); Juan Luna\u27s Revolver (2009 Ernest Sandeen Prize); Trill & Mordent (2005); and eight other books. Luisa was a Fulbright Fellow from 1992-95 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Since Nov. 20, 2010, she has written (at least) a poem a day, archived at www.vianegativa.us/author/luisa/
Luisa Igloria, 28th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textLuisa Igloria (previously published as Maria Luisa A. Carino) is the author of six books, four of which received the National Book Award from the Manila Critics’ Circle: Blood Sacrifice (University of the Philippines Press, 1998); Encanto (Anvil, 1994); Cartography (Anvil, 1992); and Cordillera Tales (New Day, 1990). She is also the author of In the Garden of the Three Islands (Moyer Bell/Asphodel, 1995), and the editor of Not Home, But Here: Writing from the Filipino Diaspora (Anvil, 2003). Her seventh and most recent book is Trill & Mordent (WordTech Editions, 2005), a runner-up for the 2004 Editions Prize. Igloria’s work has appeared in numerous national and international journals; she has received prestigious honors that include the 2004 Fugue Poetry Award, Finalist for the 2004 Larry Levis Editors Prize for Poetry, and Finalist for the 2003 Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press). She has received fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the Hawthornden Castle in Scotland, and to the Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia. Igloria is an associate professor on the faculty of ODU’s Creative Writing Program
Analysis of the earthen architectural heritage in Piedmont (northern Italy): typologies, construction techniques and materials
No full textLuisa A. Igloria, 43rd Annual Literary Festival
No full textLuisa A. Igloria was recently appointed Virginia Poet Laureate (2020-2022). She is the 2019 co-winner of the Crab Orchard Open Poetry competition for Maps for Migrants and Ghosts (Fall 2020) and winner of the 2015 Resurgence Prize (U.K.), the world\u27s first major award for ecopoetry. She is the author of four chapbooks plus 14 full-length works, including The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis (2018), Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser (2014 May Swenson Prize), and Juan Luna\u27s Revolver (2009 Ernest Sandeen Prize). She teaches in ODU\u27s MFA Program in Creative Writing
Luisa González
No full textThis is a testimonial of the representation of the play entitled A ras del suelo, by Luisa González. This deals with the initial encounter with the author, her knowledge and the begin- ning of a wonderful and enriching friendship among Luisa González and the Costa Rican actress Eugenia Cheverri.Es un testimonio de la génesis de la puesta en escena de la obra “A ras del suelo” de Luisa González. El encuentro inicial, físico con ella, su participación como autora, y el inicio de una hermosa amistad entre la escritora del relato y la gente de teatro costarricense en los años setenta
Luisa Igloria, 41st Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textLuisa A. Igloria is the winner of the 2015 ResurgencePrize (UK), the world\u27s first major award for ecopoetry, selected by former UK poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion, Alice Oswald, and Jo Shapcott. She is the author of three chapbooks plus the full length works The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis (Phoenicia Publishing, Montreal; March 2018), Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser (selected by Mark Doty for the 2014 May Swenson Prize, Utah State University Press), Night Willow (Phoenicia Publishing, Montreal, 2014),The Saints of Streets (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2013), Juan Luna\u27s Revolver (2009 Ernest Sandeen Prize, University of Notre Dame Press), and nine other books. She teaches on the faculty of the MFA Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion University, which she directed from 2009-2015
Luisa A. Igloria: 47th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textLuisa A. Igloria is the author of Caulbearer (Immigrant Writing Series Prize, Black Lawrence Press, 2024), Maps for Migrants and Ghosts (Co-Winner, 2019 Crab Orchard Open Poetry Prize), The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis (2018), 12 other books, and 4 chapbooks. With Aileen Cassinetto and Jeremy S. Hoffman, she co-edited Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the U.S. (Paloma Press, 2023), offered as a companion to the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5). Originally from Baguio City, she makes her home in Norfolk VA where she is the Louis I. Jaffe and University Professor of English and Creative Writing at Old Dominion University’s MFA Creative Writing Program. She also leads workshops for and is a member of the board of The Muse Writers Center in Norfolk. Luisa is the 20th Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2020-22), Emerita. During her term, the Academy of American Poets awarded her a 2021 Poet Laureate Fellowship
Strengthening Masonry Arches with Lime-Based Mortar Composite
No full textIn recent decades, many strengthening interventions on masonry elements were performed by using fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs). These advanced materials proved to be effective to increase the load-carrying capacity of masonry elements and to improve their structural behavior, avoiding the most critical failure modes. Despite the advantages of this technique compared to more traditional methods, FRP systems have disadvantages related to their low resistance to high temperatures, impossibility of application on wet surfaces, low permeability, and poor compatibility with masonry supports. Therefore, composite materials made of a fiber textile embedded in an inorganic matrix were recently proposed as alternatives to FRPs for strengthening historic masonry constructions. These composite materials are easier to install, have higher resistance to high temperatures, and permit higher vapor permeability than FRPs. The inorganic matrix is frequently a cement-based mortar, and the composite materials made of a fiber textile embedded in a cement-based mortar are usually identified as FRCM (fabric reinforced cementitious matrix) composites. More recently, the use of natural lime mortar as an inorganic matrix has been proposed as an alternative to cement-based mortars when historic compatibility with the substrate is strictly required, as in case of restoration of historic buildings. In this paper, the effectiveness of a fabric made of basalt fibers embedded in lime mortar matrix (Basalt-FRLM) for the strengthening of masonry arches is investigated. An experimental investigation was performed on 1:2 scaled brick masonry arches strengthened at the extrados with a layer of Basalt-FRLM and tested under vertical load. The results obtained are compared with previous results obtained by the authors by testing masonry arches strengthened at their extrados with FRCM and FRP composites. This investigation highlights the effectiveness of Basalt-FRLM in increasing load-currying and the displacement capacities of masonry arches. The Basalt-FRLM-strengthened arch exhibited higher displacement capacity when compared to arches strengthened with polymeric and cementitious matrix composites
Earthen vernacular architecture in Cuneo’s territories (Piedmont, Italy)
No full textPiedmont is characterized by the presence of numerous earthen buildings mainly in the province of Alessandria. However, studies conducted over the last decade have shown the presence of interesting earthen constructions also in the provinces of Asti, Torino, Biella and Cuneo.
They are generally two-storied rural buildings, built with both fired bricks (for the structures) and earthen bricks (for internal and external walls). They are evidence of the close relationship between man and his territory.
They do represent the interesting evidence of know-hows and old-aged construction techniques. They are “fragile” architectures, little or not known, which may be irretrievably lost if not properly safeguarded.
This paper intends to illustrate the results of researches aimed at deepening the knowledge of the earthen buildings located in the province of Cuneo, examining types, construction techniques and analysing the characteristics and performance of the constitutive materials through in situ tests (rebound test, peeling test, capillary absorption), characterization of the earth (XRD, particle size distribution, Atterberg limits) and identification of possible additives.
This information will be useful not only to preserve the earthen heritage but also to promote the use of these construction techniques, evidence of skills and people's abilities to take advantage of the local environmental resources
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