Writing Archives — Page 2 of 8 — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Arts

Katharine Weber debuts new book, Still Life with Monkey

On the cloudy Tuesday of Sept. 25, audience members gathered in Finn House’s Cheever Room for the latest installment of the Kenyon Review’s… Read More

by Ely Peteet
October 4, 2018
Section: Arts

Alumnus Adam Kline talks Hollywood and publishing worlds

With his grown-out beard and backwards baseball cap, Adam Kline ’94 doesn’t seem like the kind of person one would see in a… Read More

by Devon Musgrave-Johnson
September 20, 2018
Section: Arts

The empirical and lyrical intersect during summer program

Both science and poetry are tools used to analyze life in greater specificity, to break it into parts. Whether those parts materialize in… Read More

by Cassie Coale
September 13, 2018
Section: Arts

Stephen Markley talks new novel Ohio

As author Stephen Markley stood in the glossy, newly remodeled bookstore, he recalled the Kenyon of his youth. It was there where, as a… Read More

by Chameli Belk-Gupta
September 13, 2018
Section: Arts

Kenyon Review recommends:

An American Marriage Tayari Jones I was really dazzled by Tayari Jones’s new novel An American Marriage, which tells the story of… Read More

by The Kenyon Collegian
March 1, 2018
Section: Arts

Arabic literature presents political, artistic trials to translators

Arabic and English differ in more than just their alphabets: they follow different grammatical patterns, have different rules for word formation and are… Read More

by Tommy Johnson
February 22, 2018
Section: Arts

GLCA New Writers Award tour makes a stop at Finn House

On Monday night, novelist Charles Boyer, a recipient of the Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) New Writers Award, was bashful when acknowledging his… Read More

by Ulysses Yarber
February 22, 2018
Section: Arts

Boyer and Horton draw upon life histories in their new works

Although writing in different genres, authors Charles Boyer and Randall Horton are both familiar with the challenge of translating lived experience into language. Read More

by Katherine Franco
February 15, 2018
Section: Arts

Word of Mouth works with students to share personal stories

Last year, Word of Mouth became a podcast at Kenyon through WKCO. It was inspired by The Moth, a radio show and podcast… Read More

by Ulysses Yarber
February 8, 2018
Section: Arts

Poet reflects on his experience as an immigrant, war refugee

Poet Javier Zamora writes about his life through memories of pain and pleasure, using his own experiences to reflect on race, politics, immigration… Read More

by Ulysses Yarber
February 1, 2018