review of Natasha Trethewey's Memorial DriveNear the end of her memoir, Natasha Trethewey remarks, “To survive trauma, one must be able to tell a story about it.”
Guest and visiting faculty, and a new staff member too!We are delighted to welcome six guest and visiting faculty to the Spring semester and a new staff member to the School of Writing team!
An Ableist Reckoning for the Literary Canon: Review of Cyborg DetectiveI find myself meditating on the phrase “don’t let your disability define you” since reading Jillian Weise’s poetry collection Cyborg Detecti
Spalding School of Writing 2021 Spring Residency Kicks Off Anniversary Year: Highlights Galoreby Kathleen Driskell ~ As we celebrate our twentieth anniversary, we also need to acknowledge that in March last year, Breonna Taylor was
The warm-up poemby Lynnell Edwards ~ If you know what I mean by the title, then you don’t need convincing of its value. If not, I’m talking about
‘Letting the Work Create You’: A Conversation with Pico IyerAn optimist, as sure-footed in his personal path as in his travel writing. A man who resides on two continents, spending half . . .
excerpt from The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom I’m in an interdepartmental committee meeting that’s run long, well past the time I told my husband I’d be home to relieve him . . .
review of Zadie Smith's IntimationsAt less than 100 pages, this slim volume of essays describes an arc from March 29, 2020, two weeks into the national lockdown . . .