Staff Writer Yashowanto Ghosh reviews the Contemporary Writers Series opening event.
Contemporary Writers Series: A day trip to Florence, Italy
A poet explained: CWS spotlight shines on Dr. Stephen Germic
Opinion Editor Jayden Jones reflects on Dr. Stephen Germic’s Contemporary Writer’s Series debut.
CWS Author Thisbe Nissen offers a lens into her life at Craft Talk
Before the CWS evening keynotes, there are lunchtime chats with students. Reporter Nalana La Framboise fills us in on the most recent.
Contemporary Writers Series: Novelist’s reading may be rescheduled
Severe winter weather shut down the campus on Thursday, Feb. 7 when the event was to happen.
Desiree Cooper participates in Contemporary Writers Series
Elizabeth Walztoni writes on the latest Contemporary Writers event, which featured fiction writer and journalist Desiree Cooper.
Brendan Kiely opens 2018-2019 season of the Contemporary Writers Series
“Writing for young adults, Kiely has — in his recent work — addressed contemporary problems such as sexism and white supremacy.” Kiely will read from his work on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wege Ballroom.
Poet Levi Romero to participate in Contemporary Writers Series
“Poet and documentary filmmaker Levi Romero will be on campus Wednesday, April 11 for the fourth and final event of the twenty-second season of the Contemporary Writers Series.”
The art of science writing: Contemporary Writers Series welcomes Deborah Blum
“Facing a packed Wege Ballroom … Blum did not read from any of her work. Instead, she became a book herself — an interactive one, with illustrations — as she spoke.”
Poetry in the air: Contemporary Writers Series returns with Maria Mazziotti Gillan
One thing you might miss out on if you go to a small, private, liberal arts school instead of a larger university is the chance to watch active writers read from their work. Poet Linda Nemec Foster (’72) remembered lacking that experience when she was at Aquinas College, so she and her husband, Dr. Tony Foster (’73), worked to start the college’s Contemporary Writers Series in 1997.
An old favorite: Naomi Shihab Nye wraps up Contemporary Writers Series Season
Naomi Shihab Nye is the final author to be featured in the current season of the Contemporary Writers series.
The Saint 