Handwritten notes at beginning of PhD program

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Coleman, Aaron. 2015. “Handwritten Notes at Beginning of PhD Program”. Paper, Wherein I am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/whereiniam/item/45208

Handwritten notes in blue ink on lined note paper, including "Literature is the language they make us speak."

Title: Handwritten notes at beginning of PhD program
Description: This manuscript page shows some of Coleman’s thoughts at the time, e.g. "Does the heart of Afro-Americans live in the Caribbean? Afro American is a diasporic concept, not a U.S. concept.”
Date: 2016
Type: Manuscripts
Format: Handwritten notes, 1 page; JPEG, 300 ppi.
Creator: Coleman, Aaron
Extent: 8.5 X 11
Language: English
Medium: Paper
Source: Box: 2, Folder: 10; Beginning of PhD in Comparative Literature and Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship Event Materials
Identifier: MSS172-06-02-10-Handwritten-Notes-Beginning-PhD-2016-001.jpg
Rights: Rights Statement

Item sets: Wherein I am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers

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