WITH: madeleine @revei1s WHERE: an art history seminar. WHEN: 1:25 pm.
“ hi, ” fingers outstretched across the table, waiting for a handshake. “ delia, you’re madeleine right ? ” she still remembers from the first class when all of the langston students arrived and the professor had them each introduce themselves: name, school, year, major. back at langston the department was so tiny that by the third or fourth year there was hardly a need for introductions even at the beginning of a seminar, one of the things to get used to. she plops her notebook down between them, guidelines for the group project copied down in smooth lines, including her assigned partner’s name at the top. “ you know, i sort of love the art history department here, this should be fun. or like, as fun as group work can be, ” she bites her lip, still smiling amiably but the tiniest bit uncertain to be working with someone who’s more or less a stranger apart from insightful contributions during class.