By Jasmine Durst Several eons ago, when Guy Graybill was about to enter Gettysburg College, he pondered the choices, torn between the fields of history and journalism, but he had chosen the…
Category: Reading & Writing
Creative Writing Department Hosts Second Senior Reading of the Semester
By Lily Papendick On Tuesday, April 1, the Creative Writing Department presented the second senior reading of the semester in the Lore Degenstein Gallery. The event honored five graduating creative writing…
National Library Week is Coming to Susquehanna
Starting Monday, April 7, the Blough-Weis Library will be hosting daily events to celebrate National Library Week.
National Library week is a time to celebrate the role libraries play in our community and recognize that libraries are more than just buildings filled with books, they serve as places for learning, creativity, connection and they provide access to a multitude of resources…
Creative Writing Department Hosts First Senior Reading of the Semester
Featured: Kendall Reif reading “A Watcher’s Defiance.”
Founder of World’s Largest Rehabilitation Program Speaks as This Year’s Alice Pope-Shade Lecture
By Nick Williams, Photography Editor Assistant News Editor Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries—the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program—delivered a powerful lecture at Susquehanna University, weaving humor, theology and…
An Evening with Javon Johnson
By Lily Papendick With the month of February comes Black History Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the achievements and contributions of African Americans throughout U.S. history. In honor of this…
Author of “The 1619 Project” Shares Wisdom in Weber Chapel
By Jasmine Durst Nikole Hannah-Jones visited Susquehanna University on Feb. 12, 2025, at 7 p.m. in Weber Chapel as part of the Susquehanna University 2025 Lecture and Discussion Series. She is the…
Clifford Thompson Visits Susquehanna
In the fourth installment of the Seavey Reading Series, Susquehanna University hosted visiting author Clifford Thompson on Feb. 4 in Isaac’s Auditorium.
Clifford Thompson is an essayist, novelist, illustrator and painter whose work often focuses on a mixture of race, identity and culture, with many of his pieces drawn from his own experiences as a black man growing up in America…
Former Susquehanna Student Returns, Published and Ready to Share Her Experience
Jessica Nirvana Ram, a Susquehanna 2019 graduate, is an Indo-Guyanese poet. She is the author of the poetry collection “Earthly Gods” (Variant Literature, 2024). Ram gave a public reading from her debut book of poetry “Earthly Gods” at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the Lore Degenstein Art Gallery at Susquehanna University. She also taught an SU Slam Master Class in Fisher Hall at 7 p.m.
Karla Kelsey: The Revival of Mina Loy’s Work
By Haley Zeller, Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor In the third installment of the Seavey Reading Series, Susquehanna University’s Professor of English and Creative Writing, Karla Kelsey, presented her newest experimental novel…