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One Book, One Philadelphia
One Book, One Philadelphia’s 2009 selection The Soloist by Steve Lopez focuses on the topic of homelessness. Influenced by Lopez’s personal story with homeless musician Nathanial Ayers, Drexel University writing intensive tutors are attending four workshops to create short stories that reflect on the homelessness around them. These stories will be published on the Free Library of Philadelphia website: www.freelibrary.org
The workshop dates are:
Wednesday, Jan 14 12 PM-1PM
Friday, Jan 30 12 PM-1PM
Tuesday, Feb 3 4PM-5PM
Thursday, Feb 26, 4 PM-5PM
Friday, March 13, 12PM-1PM
High school students from Philadelphia’s Science Leadership Academy taking part in a writing workshop at Drexel University will read The Soloist, compose short stories about issues raised in The Soloist like mental illness and helping others. Some students may participate in this year’s One Book, One Philadelphia Essay contest for high school students.
Winter term 2009 students enrolled in UNIV 320:
Writing/Peer Tutoring Workshop will participate in One Book, One Philadelphia by reading The Soloist for this course. Using the theme of the book as a bouncing off point, they will write a sort story or adapt the book into another genre or write an essay tying the theme of the book to their understanding of peer tutoring practices and/or building a peer supported community at the Writing Center.
Philadelphia City Paper’s Stories of Sudan
Thursdays, January 10 – March 20, 2008
Philadelphia City Paper
www.citypaper.net
Inspired by Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng, the Philadelphia City
Paper— in collaboration with Drexel University writing students—presents a
weekly series dedicated to telling the stories of Sudanese living in
Philadelphia. Throughout the One Book program period, interviews with
members of Philadelphia's Sudanese community will appear in the City Paper’s
Naked City section and/or on www.citypaper.net. All stories will also be
available on the Free Library of Philadelphia website at
www.freelibrary.org.
Creative Writing Forum
Ongoing
Drexel University Writing Program, MacAlister Hall
3141Chestnut Street, 215-895-6485
www.creativewritingforum.org
Submit a poem or short story inspired by the 2008 One Book, One
Philadelphia featured selection on Drexel’s interactive creative writing
website,creativewritingforum.org, and see your work reviewed by a Drexel
University writing consultant. Writing consultants are trained, experienced
Drexel University students who will read your work and give you nurturing,
constructive feedback.
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