If you love to read, write, and–most importantly–read others’ writing, apply to be a writing tutor this spring! The Writing Workshop has a few–only a few–Spring 2013 writing tutor positions open for highly qualified applicants. Apply now–the quick and easy…
This Friday: Writer Nona Willis Aronowitz ’06 Speaks at 200 Church
This Friday, November 2nd, at 200 Church at 4:30 p.m., writer Nona Willis Aronowitz ’06 will give a talk titled “Minimum Ragers.” Her lecture will focus on the economic fate of the downwardly mobile Millennials and how that will affect…
This Friday: Learn about the Writing Certificate
Interested in the Writing Certificate? Please come to our Information Session: Friday, November 2, 12-1 pm, in 41 Wyllys, Room 114. Professor Anne Greene, Writing Certificate Coordinator, and Kate Thorpe, Teagle Fellow in the Writing Programs, as well as current…
This Sunday: A Celebration of New Letters!
This Sunday, October 7th, Wesleyan Writers Conference & Shapiro Creative Writing Center present A Celebration of New Letters: A day of readings and panels by innovative writers of prose and poetry. Speakers for this event include acclaimed poets, fiction and…
Reminder: Blogger Applications due Sunday, Sep. 30th
If you’re interested in writing about writing, don’t forget to apply for a paid editorial position with the Wesleyan Writing Blog–the deadline is this Sunday, September 30th, at 11:59 p.m. As the Workshop blogger, you have the opportunity to help…
TODAY: Learn about the MFA in Creative Writing
Are you a creative writer? Are you thinking about your next step, and wondering about grad school? Today, September 27th, at 4:15 p.m. in Allbritton 311, Professor Michelle Herman, Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Ohio State,…
Apply to be a (paid) Writing Workshop Blogger!
Are you interested in writing, editing, and blogging? Do you want to be involved in shaping a community of writers on campus? Do you already have dozens of writing-related bookmarks on your internet browser? Are you eager to add publishing…
“Birds Blur Together”: Poetry Reading this Friday
Charlotte Heyrman ’13 has organized an awesome poetry reading, which will take place this FRIDAY, September 14 at 7 p.m. in the backyard of 69 Home Avenue. She writes: This Friday, RM O’Brien and Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez will read from…
Apply for a Writing Mentor!
Have you ever wanted a personal editor? Someone who would work with you one-on-one to help you tackle your writing assignments and hone your writing skills? If so, you should apply for a Writing Mentor! Your mentor will work with…
Welcome Back!
Welcome (back) to campus, Wesleyan writers! We hope you had fun, productive, writing- and reading-filled summers, and that you’re ready to tackle this semester head-on. And we’re here to help you do just that! Keep an eye on the Workshop…
Reunion and Commencement and Writing: Oh My!
As we inch closer to Sunday, the long-anticipated graduation date for the Class of 2012 (eek!) things have started bustling. For those of you still on campus, we wanted to highlight some of the writing-related R&C activities that will be…
Need Something To Do? Come to the Wesleyan Writers Conference (June 14th to June 17th and One-day Program June 16th)
Writers from around the world gather at Wesleyan for the Wesleyan Writers Conference. Come and start a new writing project, improve a piece you wrote this semester, network with major writers, editors, publishers, and agents. Award-winning faculty and guest speakers…
Writing Workshop CLOSED
It’s official: the Writing Workshop has officially closed for the 2011-2012 year. We’ve had a spectacular time working with you this year and wish you all the best of luck for finals! If you’ve still got writing to do, don’t…
REMINDER: Stethoscope Press Reading TODAY!
All week you’ve been reading about their work…now’s your chance to experience the work itself! Come to Stethoscope Press’ Final Reading for a chance to hear the authors read and pick up copies of their books! When: TODAY (May 11)…
Catching Up With Stethoscope: Jason Katzenstein
Come check out Jason Katzenstein ’13’s magnum opus, Fuck You: A Graphic Novella, tonight at 5 on the third floor of Albritton. Tell us about your final product. How has it changed since you first envisioned it? I can show…
Catching up with Stethoscope: Daniel Goldman
Will Miller ’12, an editor at Stethoscope, tells us: I worked with Daniel Goldman ’12 on a book of short fiction. We had a really good back-and-forth, mostly because we have similar aesthetic preferences and like similar authors, which made it…
Catching Up With Stethoscope: Alec Harris
Alec Harris ’14 had big plans for his book of poetry. Read on to find out how it went, and make sure to check out his finished project this Friday at 5 in the Shapiro Writing Center. The Only Rare…
Writing Workshop Closes May 14
Happy last day of classes, everyone! Enjoy the day. Savor the knowledge that tomorrow when you wake up you have spring fling to look forward to, not chemistry. But keep in mind that this is just the eye of the…