In March this year, I submitted a poem in German to a monthly poetry competition called " Gedicht des Monats " at the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at University of Georgia . A few weeks later, I surprisingly received this message from the head of the department: Dear Nasim, Congratulations! The committee has chosen your poem “Vergessen” as the winner of the Poem of the Month competition. Please see Ms. Petti in the departmental office (Room 204) about your prize; she will need to get some information from you in order to put in a check request. Is it OK for us to display your poem on a bulletin board in Joe Brown and on our departmental website or Facebook page? I am not a poet by profession, but I am glad to be the winner. I was also hesitant to share the news with my friends, because I wanted to avoid any boastful pretension. But finally, I thought, since no one reads blog posts anymore, it would not be harmful to share it here after all. So, here's ...
sporadic thoughts and reflections of an anthropology phd student