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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 followed by a reading at 3:30 in Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt, 33rd and Market Street.


Maya’s 2nd annual “Haiku-Off”

By Jordan Schilling
Monday, February 1st, 2010

The Douglas Adams Legacy

By Kathryn Gardner
Friday, October 16th, 2009

I have recently been reading Douglas Adams’s A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and this will probably be the 80th time. For the average reader, Adams’s grasp on wordplay and humor in combination with his eccentrically realistic and genuine characters makes reading any book he has ever published a truly enjoyable occasion for any reader [...]


Sean Thomas Dougherty visits Drexel

By Matthew Strickland
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Drexel Students are pleased to host Sean Thomas Dougherty, poet and author of nine books, for a poetry reading held in Bossone Auditorium on October 21st at 11:00 am. Dougherty is said to be both a performer and a poet creating a listening experience halfway between a beatnik drum circle and HBO’s Def Poetry slam. By [...]


And the Nobel Prize for Literature goes to…

By Emily Homrok
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

…Herta Müller!
A Romanian-born German, Müller, who suffered through the notorious reign of dictator Nicolae Caeucescu and the cruelties of an alcoholic father, draws upon her tumultuous life for inspiration in her acclaimed works.
She made her literary debut — to many a censor’s dismay — in 1982 with Niederungen, a collection of short stories. In the nearly [...]


Online Fiction

By Kathryn Gardner
Friday, October 9th, 2009

In this era of computers, iPhones, and Kindles, the written word is more accessible than ever before. Even better news? Most of it is free.
There are thousands of authors on the internet who, through sites such as FictionPress, publish their own work for the sheer enjoyment of the masses. Project Gutenberg, Bibliomania, and Bartleby.com are [...]