The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing Literary Forum continues on Monday, April 1 , 2013 with author Andrew Lam. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room in the Leatherby Libraries. Admission is free and this event is open to the public. About Andrew Lam: Lam is a
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of English are honoring E nglish Professor Alicia Kozameh on Thursday, April 4, 2013 in an all day event starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Doy and Dee Henley Reading Room, Second Floor, Leatherby Libraries. The event, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Acrobatics of the Written
Professor Morgan Read-Davidson of the English department recently attended the North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing where he presented his paper “A Virtual Engagement: Shifting Student Writing into Digital Public Spaces,” and spoke on the panel “Beyond These Walls: Digital Media and Composition.” His paper focuses on the rhetorical and pedagogical benefits of moving
Leatherby Libraries and the Women’s Studies Minor Program of Wilkinson College continue the Bluestockings: Women’s studies Book Club series on Friday, March 21, 2013 at 1 p.m. in the Leatherby Libraries room 420. The discussion will be, Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor. What the book is about: In a
Chapman Radio DJs, John Di Giacomo and Julie Pajuheshfar, are hosting a literary show every other Thursday at 1 p.m. on chapman.com. The program, Vox Humana, is bringing the storytelling power of the human voice back to everyday conversation through short stories and poetry readings featuring the talents of Chapman’s creative writing club
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2013- PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES. The 2013 International Poetry Reading invites the campus community to submit a poem (in any language other than English) related to the arts by a well-known poet in his/her original language along with the English translation. Please send entries to
The godfather of steampunk is back. And in a big way – 400 pages to be exact. Associate Professor James Blaylock, author of numerous short stories and novels that are hallmarks of the whimsical science fiction subgenre characterized by steam-powered machines and Victorian settings, has just published his first full-length steampunk novel in more
English Professor Alicia Kozameh is featured in the March 7, 2013 issue of OC Weekly in an article titled, Alicia Kozameh: The Hypnotic Novelist. In the article, Kozameh discusses her time as a political prisoner (three years) during the last military dictatorship in country, her published books and gets a little personal, discussing her family.
The John Fowles Center for Creative Writing Literary Forum continues on Monday, March 11 , 2013 with author Zulfikar Ghose. Zulfikar A. Ghose is a novelist, poet and essayist. A native of Pakistan who has long lived in Texas, he writes in the surrealist mode of much Latin American fiction, blending fantasy and harsh
Associate Professor Anna Leahy , of the English Department , had her article featured in the The Huffington Post on Sunday, February 24, 2013 as part of the TEDWeekends feature. Click here to read more! Congratulations, Anna!