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Anecdotes Archive

Beaudelaine Pierre visits Drexel 2/24

By  Jordan Schilling
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Haitian author and editor, Beaudelaine Peierre is visiting Drexel today. The reception will start at 3:00pm [...]


Maya at ’09 Mid-Atlantic Student Magazine Conference

By  Jordan Schilling
Monday, October 5th, 2009

Maya (Drexel University’s undergraduate literary magazine) was invited to attend the ’09 Mid-Atlantic Student Magazine Conference [...]


Books on writing: Helpful?

By  Matthew Strickland
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

How many friends do you have that say they are writing a novel? How many of [...]


Ending the era of the tweet

By  Emily Homrok
Thursday, July 16th, 2009

…at least, for myself. I have no illusions about the narcissism-fueled ADD conglomo-giant that is Twitter [...]


The Plight of an English Major

By  Julia Perch
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

A typical conversation I’ve had with relatives, friends, acquaintances, strangers, and pretty much anyone I’ve encountered [...]


Yeah dude, Gatsby 2: Gatsby In Jail

By  Emily Homrok
Thursday, June 4th, 2009

So the other night– (I swear, this isn’t the beginning of a bad joke. Bear with.) [...]


Heavenly Library

By  Lydia Smith
Thursday, May 28th, 2009

The small, private Catholic institution I attended for high school is set back in the countryside [...]


An Easy Major

By  Justin Sachse
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

A lot of my friends have majors in Lebow, and they’re all getting ready for four [...]


Story time, children!

By  Emily Homrok
Thursday, May 14th, 2009

I recently won a writing contest. Okay, that’s cool, I’m pleased. Part of the deal is [...]


Fun places to go be a cliché

By  Emily Homrok
Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Okay, we’ve all seen them: there they sit, compressed into the very deepest and darkest corners [...]