October 24, 2023 at 12:45 pm-1:45 pm – The MFA Org’s Local & Visiting Writers Series welcomes Joseph Earl Thomas, who will give a talk titled “Reality Marble.” Assumptions undergirding realist literature and their attendant critical methodologies often assume a more than real relationship to reality. That is, often when we turn to realist narratives as evidence—and only rarely is memoir included here—we […]
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MFA Org Presents: Local & Visiting Writers Series with Natalie Lima
November 2, 2023 at 12:45 pm-1:45 pm – The MFA Organization at Rutgers-Camden welcomes essayist and fiction writer Natalie Lima for an online mini-workshop on writing the self, developing a compelling voice, and working with humor. Natalie Lima is a Cuban-Puerto Rican writer, raised in Las Vegas, NV and Hialeah, FL. She is a first-generation college graduate of Northwestern University and a graduate […]
In Conversation Series: Leah Falk
November 6, 2023 at 11:20 am-12:20 pm – In conversation with Gender Studies and the Department of Philosophy and Religion, the Writers House welcomes poet Leah Falk, who will be reading from and discussing her new book, Other Customs and Practices. This collection uses a century-old questionnaire about Jewish life in the Pale of Settlement as a departure point for meditations on pregnancy, new […]
MFA Program Information Session: November 14
November 14, 2023 at 6:00 pm-7:00 pm – Join the faculty, staff, and students of the Rutgers-Camden MFA program for a virtual meet and greet and info session. Get application tips and learn about degree requirements, opportunities during the program, and what it’s really like to be a student at Rutgers. Register below for login information. Note: the October 17 info session will […]
In Conversation Series: Claire Stricklin
December 4, 2023 at 11:20 am-12:20 pm – In conversation with the Digital Studies Center and the Department of English and Communication, the Writers House welcomes author and game designer Claire Stricklin, who will be reading from and discussing her work-in-progress, Dio. This experimental project was inspired by the “sketching” techniques of Jack Kerouac in Visions of Cody. It is equal parts trans […]
Dog Feelings: From Animal Stories to Therapy Animals, presented with Woof Wednesday and MARCH
December 6, 2023 at 11:00 am-12:20 pm – Presented by Woof Wednesday, MARCH, and the Writers House DOG FEELINGS: From Animal Stories to Therapy Animals Dr. Jillian Sayre will talk about her recent article “But for his dog: Companion Animals in American Frontier Narratives” and what we can learn from dog stories and animal kinship. As part of this talk, the Office of […]