HELEN UBIÑAS is an award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com. Prior to coming to Philadelphia, Ubiñas was a longtime reporter and columnist for…
Davy Knittle, Ujjwala Maharjan, Frank Sherlock, Ron Silliman, and Simone White
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Five Up on Walt will feature five people — poets and members of the Kelly Writers House community — each talking briefly about a Walt Whitman poem that has meant something to their poetry or writing practice.
NATHAN ALLING LONG's work has appeared on National Public Radio and in over fifty publications, including Tin House, Glimmer Train, Story Quarterly and The Sun.
DEBORAH BURNHAM has lived in Philadelphia and worked at the University of Pennsylvania for over 30 years. She has served as an undergraduate advisor in the College office, directed an academic writing program,…
Come find out what Lorene Cary’s improvisational workshop has been up to this semester, with students reading from work that explores the personal and political lives of young people. This course was designed as a…
Join Jamie-Lee Josselyn’s English 010 students for readings of excerpts from personal essays, short stories, and journalistic profiles that center around sports. Whether writing from the perspective of a fan, an…
Come hear the students in Sam Apple's Extreme Noticing workshop share the funny, strange, subtle, and profound things they noticed during the semester. With noticing by Julia Pan, Amanda Bello, Roshan Benefo, Eloise…
Come see how Kenneth Goldsmith’s “Exactly Wrong: The Art of Writing Badly” English 111 workshop has exploited error as a way of inspiring creative writing. Hear poetry and prose that has emerged from glitches, emojis…
Please join us for a reading by students in Laynie Browne’s Advanced Poetry Workshop. Students will share poetic blueprints, instructions for dreams, prophecies, woven apple trees, collaborative performances, and…
Come hear students from Kathryn Watterson’s classes: “Finding Voice: Perspectives on Race, Class & Gender” (English 145) and “Learning from James Baldwin” (English 481). Over the course of the semester, these…
