An Award-Winning UNC English Professor Combines Basketball With Poetry
Posted Jan 31, 2026
At the basketball courts near Cobb Residence Hall, Gabrielle Calvocoressi leads a group of students in a friendly shootaround. She’s wearing a Big Bird t-shirt that matches the colors of her orange and white striped ball. Each week, Calvocoressi — who is an English professor at UNC — meets students on the basketball court for poetry recital sessions.
(Chapelboro.com)
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