In the spirit of celebrating the end of a unique COVID-19 year and getting through the final push of the semester, I compiled a small list of song recommendations to get you to the end of May.

The Brew & Forge Lecture Series, created and organized by Gaius Charles Bolin Fellow in English Franny Choi, held an event on April 19 featuring a virtual reading, presentation, and panel discussion centered on writing and organizing in the Black radical tradition.

For many students, Valentine’s Day was spent in quarantine. Thinking of all those students socially distanced or quarantined from loved ones, the Record reached out to professors who study poetry asking for recommendations for love poems. The Record received five responses and compiled them into a small list of recommendations.