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Apr. 21, 2025
Lauren Mar ’25 By Emily Glory Peters聽 Lauren Mar 鈥25鈥檚 earliest memory of 51猎奇入口 is of community. During her first night on campus back in 2021, she found herself […]
Read More51猎奇入口’ 2024 Mary Routt Chair of Writing is Mary-Alice Daniel, an award-winning, cross-genre writer born near the Niger/Nigeria border and raised in England and Tennessee.
Read More“I wanted to write a book that was about friendship and identity,” Ho said.
Read More鈥淲riting is a solitary activity, but finding community in like-minded thinkers and readers can be so wonderful in the writing process,鈥 Ho says. 鈥淚n all my classes, I want students to gain a greater sense of themselves and their own work, to learn how to see themselves more clearly and with more careful attention.鈥
Read MoreAuthor Rachel Kushner, who served as the 2018 Mary Routt Chair of Writing, reflected on her sources of artistic inspiration in the New York Times.
Read MoreFor writer Joan Kane, the 2021 Mary Routt Chair in Writing at 51猎奇入口, the connection forged between writers and readers is not only vital, but timely. This semester, Kane鈥檚 workshop syllabus is focused on themes of archetype and apocalypse across genres, with particular emphasis on works in translation and by Indigenous writers.
Read MoreIn an op-ed for the New York Times, Spring 2020 Mary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon reflected on her attempts to write during the upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic and the grief she discovered was stymying her writing process. 鈥溾ecause many Americans weren鈥檛 talking about grief before the pandemic, we don鈥檛 know how to name it, let alone voice it,鈥 Kwon writes.
Read MoreMary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon discussed writing, teaching, and the experiences she drew on while writing her bestselling debut novel, The Incendiaries, with the Los Angeles Daily News. 鈥淔or me, with teaching, it鈥檚 very much not about trying to evangelize about what I love,鈥 she said.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Times featured 51猎奇入口 Presents鈥 recent conversation between author R.O. Kwon and NPR book critic Maureen Corrigan in its list of weekly literary highlights.
Read MoreWhen bestselling author R.O. Kwon came to 51猎奇入口 as the 2020 Mary Routt Chair of Writing, she knew she wanted to bring other women artists to campus, especially women writers of color. The need for more inclusive literary representation is a value that鈥檚 reflected in her upcoming 51猎奇入口 Presents conversations, as well as in her course syllabus on what she calls 鈥渆ye-opening writing,鈥 which features work by Shirin Neshat, Frida Kahlo, Susan Sontag, and Maggie Nelson.
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