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Rediscovering “Ars Poetica” -Annie Persons
On Wednesday, I led my first creative writing workshop with sixth graders at the local middle school. As I signed in, nerves that had nothing to do with the school’s stringent security system quickened...
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Conquering Stream of Consciousness Narrative -Katie Toomb
Last year I took several classes focused on Southern literature and struggled the most to keep up with the books we read by Faulkner. His use of run-on sentences and lengthy descriptions kept me...
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Footnotes and Frustration in Modern Poetry -Sam O’Dell
Some poets from the modernist movement seem determined to make me feel as uneducated as possible while reading their work. Of course, this was hardly their intent when they sat down ninety-some-odd...
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Short Stories Finally Getting the Respect They Deserve -Sam O’Dell
The most recent Nobel Prize for Literature was just awarded to Alice Munro, a Canadian author of several collections of short stories – 15 total since her first was published in 1968. Interestingly,...
View ArticleGraybeal-Gowen Poetry Award
The submission period for this year’s GRAYBEAL-GOWEN PRIZE has arrived and runs till November 15. Click the following link to view the flyer for more information: Graybeal-Gowen Flyer
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Surrendering to the Static
I can’t stop wondering about the relationships between words, sounds, and physical response. This broad interest evolved from recent, specific observations in my daily life. For instance: I have a...
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The Writer’s Endurance
By Annie Persons I recently read an article in the online magazine Brain Pickings titled “Famous Writers’ Sleep Habits vs. Literary Productivity, Visualized,” by Maria Popova...
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Writing to Repel
I recently finished reading a memoir called Man Repeller by Leandra Medine. I tend to feel like I’m cheating on my classes when I read for pleasure during the academic term, not to mention the fact...
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Scratching the Surface of Place and Space
Shakespeare’s birthplace For my spring term class at Washington and Lee, I was lucky enough to attend an English class in England. The class was called “Shakespeare in Performance,” which, as you can...
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The Importance of Sitting Still . . .
The Importance of Sitting Still, and Other Obvious Realizations about Literature and Life I currently am in New Haven to conduct archival work for my senior honors thesis on Hilda Doolittle (H.D.),...
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