Jan 7, 2013
CaPA Students Contribute to Vibrancy of Campus Arts Community
If anyone wonders whether the arts are alive and well in higher education, they need look no further than the College’s Creative and Performing Arts…
Creative Writing
Aug 29, 2012
Professor Lee Upton Wins Prestigious Writing Prize
Lee Upton, writer-in-residence and professor of English, is winner of the second annual BOA Editions Short Fiction Prize for her collection The Tao of…
Jul 13, 2012
New Novel and Short Story Collection by Prof. Alix Ohlin Receive Critical Acclaim
Every day, or as close to every day as she can manage juggling a busy teaching schedule, Alix Ohlin sits down to write. For the last several years, she’s…
Apr 26, 2012
Michele Tallarita ’12 and Elisabeth Burnor ’14 Win Annual Poetry Competitions
Students, faculty, and community members flocked to the Williams Center for the Arts earlier this month to hear famed poet Matthew Dickman recite his verses…
Oct 25, 2011
Photo Gallery: Students Let Creative Juices Flow during Write-a-Thon
In celebration of the “National Day on Writing,” the College held a write-a-thon in the Williams Visual Art Building. Students wrote with pen and…
Oct 14, 2011
Students Stretch Artistic Limits through Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship Program
Artistic creations often exist as lasting monuments to their creators, and each year, a select group of students gets an exciting opportunity to leave…
Apr 4, 2011
Lafayette Celebrates National Poetry Month: Brian Hall ’11 and Michele Tallarita ’12 Win Annual Poetry Competitions
In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, Lafayette will present poetry readings, sessions recognizing the winners of the College’s annual poetry…
Feb 18, 2011
Poetic Prodigy: Kameisha Hodge ’11 Publishes Atlas of Consciousness
This March, when many college students will be in Florida or Mexico on spring break, Kameisha Hodge ’11 will be hanging out at Borders Bookstore in Washington…
Dec 3, 2010
English Professor Alix Ohlin Encourages Student Writers to Take Risks
When Alix Ohlin was in graduate school at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas, she had an idea for a novel, but lacked the confidence to start…
Aug 13, 2010
Beth Wynstra ’01 Focuses Her Research on Theater for Social Change
Sometimes dramatic performances spur audiences to political or social action. Take, for example, the work of El Teatro Campesino or the San Francisco Mime…