PA Humanities is excited to have Lucy Corrie-Tannen (’26) with us this summer as an intern from Haverford College through the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities. The rising senior and Los Angeles native brings an interest in translation (she’s majoring in comparative literature and Spanish), gender and sexuality studies, and medieval literature, and she’s working with the communications, programs and development teams. Here’s a little more about Lucy:
Q: What interested you about PA Humanities?
A: At college, much of my studies both within and beyond my majors have fallen into the humanities. I was excited by the chance to work for an organization that supported the humanities outside of academia in order to see what this kind of work can look like beyond the university setting I am familiar with. Within this, I was intrigued by PA Humanities’ role both in running their own programming and in supporting smaller, local organizations with their respective projects. They seemed to oversee a wide range of humanities-related activities, which made me curious to learn more.
Q: What do you hope to learn from this internship?
A: I hope to learn how the day-to-day work in a nonprofit organization like PA Humanities creates programs and builds support for a wide variety of communities. I hope to learn what it might be like to pursue nonprofit work as a career during this summer, as it is my first time interning at a nonprofit. Beyond this, I hope to learn more about the different cities and towns in Pennsylvania that PA Humanities works with. While I go to college outside of Philadelphia and grew up visiting family in Susquehanna County in the summer, I haven’t explored or even learned about most of the rest of Pennsylvania. Learning about the diversity of places and people across the state is one of my goals for this summer!
Q: What is your favorite book and why?
A: One of my favorite books is When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Catalan author Irene Solà , translated by Mara Faye Lethem. It’s a beautifully written ode to the Catalan Pyrenees that speaks to the connection between people and place. It’s made up of chapters from the point of view of not only the human characters but also elements of the natural world like rainclouds, and the translator’s rendering of all these different voices is masterful.
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