The College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of English and Philosophy, and Magnificent Minds present the third annual Week of Writing at Drexel!
Schedule:
Monday, May 5:
10:00-11:00 Panel Discussion: "Fact or Fiction?" in the Living Arts Lounge
Panelists: Jay Kirk; Robert Huber; Albert DiBartolomeo
11:00-3:00 Faculty and Student Reading Marathon in the Mandell Theater Lobby:
11:00-11:20 - Ken Bingham, Faculty
11:20-11:35 - Don Riggs, Faculty
11:35-11:50 - Deborah Yarchun, Honorable Mention for Fiction
12:00-12:15 - Andrew Fiorentino, First Place for Humor
12:15-12:30 - Regina Ram/Michael Harris-Peyton, First Place for Poetry/Second Place for Opinion/Editorial
12:30-12:50 - Chris McSween, Faculty
1:00-1:15 - Ali Cahill, Second Place for Creative Non-Fiction
1:15-1:30 - Michael Harris-Peyton, Honorable Mention for Humor
1:30-1:50 - Harriet Levin Millan, Faculty
2:00-2:15 - Ali Cahill, First Place for Fiction
2:15-2:35 - Paula Marantz Cohen, Faculty
2:35-2:50 - Michelle Pagnani/Sarah Munroe, Second Place for Humor/Second Place for Poetry
3:00-4:00 Panel Discussion: "Why Blog?" in the Living Arts Lounge
Panelists: C.A. Conrad; Cecily Kellogg; Ed Pettit
Tuesday, May 6:
10:00-11:00 Panel Discussion: "Does Poetry Matter?" in the Living Arts Lounge
Panelists: Leonard Gontarek; Elizabeth Scanlon; Elaine Terranova
11:00-4:00 Faculty and Student Reading Marathon in the Mandell Theater Lobby:
11:00-11:15 - Ian Micir, Honorable Mention for Creative Non-Fiction
11:15-11:30 - Tom Bennett, Honorable Mention for Poetry
11:30-11:50 - Robert Watts, Faculty
11:50-12:05 - Ian Micir, First Place for Opinion/Editorial
12:05-12:20 - Eric Zrinsky, Honorable Mention for Opinion/Editorial
12:30-12:50 - Stacey Ake, Faculty
12:50-1:05 - Kathy Volk Miller, Reading Amber Turner's 1st Place for Creative Non-Fiction
1:05-1:25 - Elizabeth Thorpe, Faculty
1:25-1:40 - Don Riggs, Drexel Publishing Group's "Man of the Year" Award
1:40-1:50 - Eric Zrinsky, Second Place for Fiction
2:00-2:20 - Fred Siegel, Faculty
2:20-2:35 - Furrah Qureshi, Honorable Mention for Fiction
2:35-2:55 - Scott Warnock, Faculty
3:00-3:15 - Albert DiBartolomeo, Faculty
3:15-3:30 - Scott Stein, Faculty
3:30-3:40 - Kathy Volk Miller, Faculty
3:40-4:00 - Lynn Levin, Faculty
Wednesday, May 7:
10:30-12:00 Panel Discussion/Workshop: "Writing for Performance" hosted by Maya, the undergraduate literary journal of Drexel University, in the Living Arts Lounge
Panelists: Post Midnight; Ian Abrams; Bruce Graham; Lili Bita
12:00-1:30 Open Mic hosted by Maya in the Creese Lobby
Thursday, May 8:
11:00-12:30 National Poetry Month Celebration in the Living Arts Lounge co-sponsored by the University Writing Program
Poetry readings by: Jane Miller; Catherine Pierce
Please direct all questions to pg@drexel.edu.
