On Wednesday, April 5, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) will host the workshop “The Art and Science of Archival Research: Examining the Letters and Lives of S. Weir Mitchell and Edith Wharton.” Dr. Carol Singley, Professor of English, and Jennifer Levy, a graduate student in English, will present the material. This event begins … Continue reading Join MARCH on April 5 for “The Art and Science of Archival Research”…
This event has been canceled and will be rescheduled at a later date. The Writers House will conclude its Spring 2023 Writers in Camden Series on Wednesday, April 12, with readings by alumni Davon Loeb and Shawn R. Jones. This free event runs from 7 – 8:00 PM EST and registration is required. The location is the Executive … Continue reading Canceled: Writers in Camden Welcomes Davon Loeb and Shawn R. Jones on April 12…
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) will host a series of workshops in March. On Monday, March 27, join us for “Humanities Writing for the Public,” hosted by Dr. William FitzGerald, Associate Professor of English. This event begins at 11:20 a.m. on the first floor of 325 Cooper Street. About this workshop Writing … Continue reading Join MARCH on March 27 for “Humanities Writing for the Public”…
The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice (ISGRJ) will host a writing workshop with Vanessa Mártir on Wednesday, March 15, from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., on the Rutgers-Camden campus. This generative writing workshop, inspired by the forthcoming anthology So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth, and presented by … Continue reading Join the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice on March 15 for Writing Workshop with Vanessa Martir…
The MFA Organization will host their Local and Emerging Writers Series on March 7, hosting Claire Luchette, author of the novel Agatha of Little Neon. Luchette is a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree. This free event takes places on Tuesday, March 7, at 12:45 p.m. on the first floor of the Writers House, located … Continue reading Author Claire Luchette to Give Reading on March 7…
The Office of the Chancellor sponsored a host of faculty awards this academic year as part of their “15 in 5” Strategic Initiatives. We are so proud of our faculty! Chancellor’s Grant for Assistant Professor Research Development Chancellor’s Grant for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Vice Chancellor’s Fund for Research Chancellor’s Grant for Part-Time Lecturers Chancellor’s Grants … Continue reading Congratulations to the Chancellor’s Grant Recipients!…
Dr. Aaron Hostetter, Associate Professor of English, will present “The Queer Life of Everyday Objects: A Translation Reading,” on Wednesday, November 16, at 11:20 a.m. This free event will take place at the Writers House, Room 104. Registration is requested. Translation theory has always hinged on a problematic reality: all translations are inherently failures. No … Continue reading Registration Open for “The Queer Life of Everyday Objects” Lecture with Dr. Aaron Hostetter…
Dr. Keith Green, Associate Professor of English, will deliver the National Endowed Arts (NEA) Big Read Lecture, “Can I kick it? Yes, you can: Mournful Joy in Ross Gay’s Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” on Monday, November 7. This free event, sponsored by the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts, will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the … Continue reading Dr. Keith Green Delivers NEA Big Read Lecture on Nov. 7…
On Tuesday, October 18, author Ross Gay will read from his award-winning book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, which received the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and is now the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Big Read. Poet Patrick Rosal, Professor of English and co-director of the … Continue reading Join us Oct. 18 for a Conversation and Reading with Ross Gay…
This fall, the Writers House will sponsor multiple one-day Cooper Street Writing Workshops: “Exercising the Mind’s Eye: A Writing and Drawing Workshop,” taught by Carrie Simpson Saturday, October 8, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. The Writers House, 305 Cooper Street $60 general/$10 for Camden residents “Jump-Start Your Fiction,” taught by Stephanie Manuzak Saturday, October 15, … Continue reading Registration Open for Cooper Street Writing Workshops…
