The University of North Dakota hosted its 54th annual writer’s conference this year. Running from March 23rd to the 25th, the conference was an undeniable success. Founded in 1970, the writer’s conference has been a pillar of prairie writing and community in North Dakota. Every year the conference brings together six to eight authors and […]
On Monday, the Writers Guild of America announced a strike authorization vote , calling upon its members to decide if the guild has authority to call for a strike against the studios (AMPTP) as negotiations continue ahead of the WGA contract expiring May 1. A work stoppage of some kind looks more likely by the […]
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences Josselyn says her goal is ‘to find people who will thrive at Penn who might not have found Penn otherwise.’ As associate director for recruitment for the Creative Writing Program, Jamie-Lee Josselyn visits high schools across the country to talk with student writers about opportunities at Penn. A Penn alum, […]
ChatGPT in the Classroom Starting today, plagiarism detection software Turnitin includes new live AI-writing detection features that “identify the use of AI writing tools including ChatGPT, with 98% confidence,” the company said. Turnitin has been working on its AI-writing detection capabilities for nearly two years prior, and the team behind the new features spoke with […]
Talks between the WGA and AMPTP will continue on Wednesday. As Deadline revealed on Friday, the two sides were scheduling more conversations during their previously planned two-week break. This comes as the guild scheduled its strike authorization vote earlier this week after saying said the studios “failed to offer meaningful responses on the core economic […]
April is National Poetry Month and if you’re looking for a way to connect with your emotions, unlock vulnerability, and process through some of the big feelings that we are all undoubtedly feeling these days, poetry is a great way to do so. Poetry can feel intimidating to a lot of people because of how […]
Author and Harvard student Nicole Austen ’25 with her book, “Black Magic.” While other teenagers have diaries or an archive of Instagram stories to commemorate their childhood, Nicole P. Austen ’25 has a published book. “Black Magic,” which Austen started writing when she was 13, was published last August. As the first book of her […]
Swearingen’s reading will take place on Thursday, April 6th, at 6 p.m. in the Metzgar Center. It is free and open to the public. Theodore Wolf (TW) : Why do you write? What started you on your writing journey, and why do you write fiction and short stories specifically? Rachel Swearingen (RS) : I’m at […]
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