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Professor Kannan Mahadevan Hosts Immersive Writing Workshop

November 22, 2024November 22, 2024

The last Writers@Drew event for the semester was hosted by one of Drew’s very own professors Wednesday, Nov. 13. Kannan Mahadevan, an English professor best known for his Short Fiction workshop class,…

Volume 97 Issue 2/Writers@Drew

Natera and Shaughnessy Share Writing Insights during Writers at Drew

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024

Students filled the Founders room in Mead Hall for the first Writers@Drew event of the semester to hear readings and writerly insights from authors Cleyvis Natera and Brenda Shaughnessy on Sept. 25. …

Volume 97 Issue 2/Writers@Drew

After Writers@Drew: Interview with Brenda Shaughnessy

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024

On “Tanya,” Writing about Art and Full-Length Poetry Collections After the panel for Writers@Drew on Sept. 25 in Mead Hall, Brenda Shaughnessy sat for an interview about her poetry and her writing…

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Student Life & Arts/Writers@Drew

Prepare and Be Persistent Says Poet Javier Zamora

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021

On Oct. 4, several hundred Drew students and faculty alike gathered on Zoom to hear poet and activist Javier Zamora’s readings of his poetry and his journey into becoming the successful poet…

Student Life & Arts/Writers@Drew

Writers@Drew: Junot Díaz Talks Identity, Decolonization, and Dominicanidad

February 2, 2018February 2, 2018

by Caitlin Shannon, Student Life & Arts Editor Monday night Dominican-American author Junot Díaz, a New York Times best seller and National Book Award finalist, came and spoke at Drew as part…

Student Life & Arts/Writers@Drew

Writers@Drew highlights student contest winners

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017

by Willy Nichter, Staff Writer      On Tuesday, April 25, Writers@Drew hosted an event honoring the winners of the English Department’s various creative writing contests. These contests included the Prose Contest…

Student Life & Arts/Writers@Drew

Writers@Drew showcases editors and publishers to great effect

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017

by Willy Nichter, Contributing Writer        Mead Hall’s Founders Room was filled to capacity on the afternoon of Monday, March 20, as students and faculty alike gathered for Writers@Drew’s Publishers…

Student Life & Arts/Writers@Drew

Faculty Present Work at Recent Writers@Drew

February 17, 2017February 17, 2017

On a usual day Mead Hall is quiet. But on Thursday Feb. 16, the Founders Room in Mead Hall had three professors share their work as part of the Writers@Drew series, co-sponsored…

Student Life & Arts/Writers@Drew

Race and roots: professor dishes on new book

October 27, 2016October 28, 2016

Though the 80-degree weather makes it a bit unclear as to what season we are currently in, one thing is for sure, and that is that Oscar season is on its way.…

Student Life & Arts/Writers@Drew

Empathy, voice, storytelling the focus of McCann’s packed visit to Forest

September 23, 2016October 28, 2016

Empathy and determination form the makings of an acclaimed writer. This was affirmed by Irish novelist and short-story writer Colum McCann’s visit to the Forest for the first of this semester’s Writers@Drew…

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