Photo by Chloe Yablonski By Stella Feenstra, Digital Social Media & Advertising Editor On Nov. 18, Susquehanna University welcomed award-winning author Akil Kumarasamy for the third installment of the 2025-2026 Seavey Reading…
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Writer’s Institute Hosts Annual Faculty Reading to Open the Academic Year
Photo by Logan McCormick Writer’s Institute Hosts Annual Faculty Reading to Open the Academic Year By Lily Papendick The start of the fall 2025 semester means life at Susquehanna is officially back…
Acclaimed Poet Visits Susquehanna University
On Wednesday April 9, acclaimed poet Terrance Hayes visited Susquehanna to read his work and speak to students in the English and Creative Writing departments. Dr. Catherine Dent opened the evening with a quote from the poem “Disruption, Hesitation, Silence.”…
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…
Visiting author talks about her cross-cultural experiences
By Riley Harker Emily Raboteau, author of “Searching for Zion,” visited on Tuesday, Nov.ember 16 for a Q&A and a reading open to the public in Isaacs Auditorium. Raboteau read from her…
Seavey Reading Series brings fantasy to life with alumnus Nick Martell
Since his time at Susquehanna, Martell has begun his series, “The Legacy of the Mercenary Kings,” which features two books thus far.
Writers Institute welcomes filmmaker and writer Fabienne Kanor
“Humus” is based on a report written by the captain of a slave ship in 1774 after 14 women jumped overboard in an effort to free themselves from enslavement.
Writers Institute welcomes novelist Christine Schutt
Schutt delivered an impassioned reading of “Duchess of Albany,” a short story about an alcoholic, widowed writer and her relationship with her two daughters, her aging dog Pinky and the town’s veterinarian.
Writers Institute presents novelist Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Memoirist and novelist Marie Mutsuki Mockett will give a virtual reading of her work at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8th.
Writers Institute presents poets Chet’la Sebree and Karla Kelsey – November 9
Poets Chet’la Sebree and Karla Kelsey will give a virtual reading of their work at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9th. This event is free and open to the public as part of the Seavey Reading Series at Susquehanna University’s Writers Institute.