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(Rising) Senior to Senior: Lirit Gilmore ’24
We’re sending off our 2023-2024 Senior to Senior correspondent Lirit Gilmore with a fond farewell in this special Q&A!
The Minor Bird Magazine Wants Your Words
Submit your poetry, prose, or art to Chatham University’s undergraduate literary magazine. You might just get published.
This year’s Rachel Carson Conference: Facing the Horrors, Together
Student writer Lirit Gilmore recaps the experience of students and her own at the 8th Rachel Carson Conference Facing the Horrors.
Alumni Profile: Christine Stroud, MFACW ’13
Learning the business of publishing at Chatham was “the beginning of my career, basically,” Christine Stroud said.
Alumni Profile: Laura J. Roberts, MFACW ’16
Laura Roberts’ MFA helped launch her career of candid and humorous writing about life in West Virginia.
Celebrating New Beginnings with The Minor Bird
The Minor Bird, Chatham’s undergraduate literary and art magazine, is in its third year of recognizing new artists through the Simon Matela SOAR Awards for Emerging Writers. Created in memory of Simon Matela (class of 2020), a creative writing major and Minor Bird executive board member who passed away unexpectedly in January 2019, these awards seek to recognize young talent. We sat down with the 2022 recipients, Alison Righetti ’25, Maggie Vargo ’25 and McKenna DiRienzo ’22 to talk more about their work as emerging writers and artists.
Holding Space on the Page with Hedy Gerace & Laurie Morency
Each month, the Holding Space on the Page program—co-facilitated by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the MFA in Creative Writing program—offers participants a space to read, explore, and reflect on the work of marginalized authors. We caught up with facilitators Hedy Gerace and Laurie Morency to learn more about what’s in store for this month’s Black History and Heritage reading.
Student-Recommended Books to Cozy Up With This Season
With the coldest weeks of the year upon us, we’ve found ourselves wanting to do nothing but cozy up with a good book and a warm cup of hot cocoa. Luckily, our resident experts— our English and Creative Writing majors— are here to help warm up the season with their favorite reads. Read on to find what they find heartwarming, uplifting, or thought-provoking.