Writing Archives — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Arts

Hala Alyan Q&A highlights powerful storytelling, poetics

If there’s one thing Kenyon students would never miss, it’s a poetry reading from an acclaimed writer. Despite being moved from the Gund Community… Read More

by Toms Russ
November 12, 2026
Section: Arts

WACK channels “Dead Poets Society” during poetry event

There’s nothing more suited to Halloweekend than putting on cloaks, walking on the Kokosing Gap Trail in the moonlight and eating candy while reading… Read More

by Margaret Leniski
November 5, 2026
Section: Arts

Sunset Press open mic welcomes new and seasoned poets

Just before sunset on Friday evening, students gathered on the upper level of the Horn Gallery for the first Sunset Press Open Mic of… Read More

by Alexandra Hofacre
September 24, 2026
Section: Arts

Poets Heit, Kuppers embrace somatic expression at reading

If you had entered the Gund Community Foundation Theater on Thursday afternoon, you would’ve been greeted by the infectious excitement of writers Stephanie Heit… Read More

by Toms Russ
April 30, 2026
Section: Arts

Evelyn Reilly brings hope and resilience to poetry reading

“If you’re writing nature poetry today, you are engaging in crisis. … What’s the mood of hope, and what’s the emotional palette? Those are… Read More

by Mercer Thomas
March 26, 2026
Section: Arts

Sunset Press open mic writers present love in various forms

On Valentine’s Day, writers and poets on campus gathered in The Gund’s lobby to share their love of language at the Sunset Press Open… Read More

by Abby Jackson
February 19, 2026
Section: Arts

Pollock collapses the personal and political at reading

“The high church silence in-between poems is a lonely place to be as a poet,” Iain Haley Pollock joked to the audience in Cheever… Read More

by Chau Anh Nguyen
February 12, 2026
Section: Arts

Professor Leong shares old and new poetry at reading

As weather on campus finally made it out of the negatives, The Gund’s Community Foundation Theater housed a dynamic reading and conversation on Monday… Read More

by Toms Russ
February 5, 2026
Section: Arts

Heart the Lover: an ode to campus love and heartbreak

Returning from my semester abroad in France, I brought back with me cheap souvenirs, crinkled postcards and, ultimately, a reading slump. Maybe it was… Read More

by Julia Steinman
January 22, 2026
Section: Arts

Musicians and writers team up for “Scored Storytelling”

On Friday, the Horn Gallery hosted Scored Storytelling, a true stroke of genius by Ytamar Solomon ’29 and Evan Shafer ’27. As students packed… Read More

by Filippa Lombana
November 13, 2025