1. TCC’s 2012 First Annual Critically Genius Minded Symposium: Dealing with Chopin, Hughes, Frost, and Whitman
Host: Brandon J. Geter

2. Panels: Dealing with Chopin, Hughes, Frost, and Whitman
Psycho-Emotional
Socio-Environmental
Sexual-Relational
Comparisons

3. Psycho-Emotional Solomon Mullin Jason Howse Caleb Baines
“Depression & Self-Pity Fueling Creativity”
Jason Howse
“Mental Health of the Artist”
Caleb Baines
“Whitman and Frost Show Characteristics of Being Antisocial in their Works”

4. Socio-Environmental Matthew Sorey Kindness Stevenson Samuel Elder
“The Civil War Encouraged Women’s Right Movements that Affected Whitman and Chopin”
Kindness Stevenson
“Events that Affect Writers’ Topics”
Samuel Elder
“The Biased Writings of Kate Chopin and Langston Hughes”

5. Sexual-Relational Henry Boone Caleb Lynch Laura Webb Samantha Bunch
“The Sexual Ethics of Whitman and Chopin”
Caleb Lynch
“Straight or Crooked?”
Laura Webb
“A Writer’s Downfall”
Samantha Bunch
“Relationship Status of Chopin & Whitman: How it Affects their Works”
Julia Lahowetz
“Chopin & Whitman Were Druggies”

6. Comparisons Mario Rivera Tahlia Bryant
“The Dark and Light of Robert Frost & Walt Whitman”
Tahlia Bryant
“Comparison of Hughes & Frost”