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Pamela Paul: the importance of the page

Paul writes that the idea for her book of books came from a distinct feeling of failure.

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Stories and memories from the hearth

Jessica Zagacki February 27, 2018

When you think of the word “home,” do you think of just a physical place where you live or do you see it more as a space of belonging and comfort, where memories are made and lives are shared? The event was centered around the recently published anthology “This Is the Place,” a collection of personal essays written by 30 strong, independent female writers exploring the theme of home through their neighbors, marriages, children, etc. 

Narrative complexity in Pulitzer nonfiction

Hofstra Chronicle December 6, 2017

By Samantha Storms With the careful elegance that comes from only the skill and trained eye of a master, John McPhee sat on the Guthart Cultural Center Theater stage and read from his most recent book,...

Great Writers, Great Readings Host two Acclaimed Authors

Savanna Malloy October 24, 2016

Choruses of “Hola chicos” and “¿Cómo estás?” resonated from around the room as students and faculty waited for Álvaro Enrigue and Miguel-Angel Zapata to...

‘Great Writers, Great Readings’: Jhumpa Lahiri

Mack Caldwell October 17, 2016

Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winning author and professor of creative writing at Princeton University, sat down at Hofstra Hall on Oct. 10 to discuss her work and answer questions from students. Later...

Sit-down with Dani Shapiro

brianna holcomb April 19, 2016

By Brianna Holcomb Arts and entertainment editor “I never knew that part of being a writer was trying to make sense of the world … In retrospect, I may have always been a writer.” The...

Great Writers, Great Readings

Hofstra Chronicle March 11, 2016

By Savanna Malloy staff writer What occurred on Monday, Feb. 22 in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater was not so much a reading in the traditional sense, but more of a multimedia showing, as...

‘Great Writers, Great Readings’

Hofstra Chronicle November 23, 2015

Savanna Malloy Staff Writer Hofstra professor and novelist Julia Markus was featured for the third installment of the “Great Writers, Great Readings” series on Wednesday. Markus has written...

‘Great Writers, Great Readings’

Hofstra Chronicle October 27, 2015

By Medea Giordano - Staff Writer Hofstra’s second “Great Writers, Great Readings” event of the semester brought Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Karen Russell to campus. Judging a book...

Did You Know?: Great Writers, Great Readings

Hofstra Chronicle October 13, 2015

By Medea Giordano SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Great Writers, Great Readings was launched by Hofstra in 2004 to emphasize the importance of writing and literature in a liberal arts education as well as...

Great Writers, Great Readings series kicks off

Hofstra Chronicle October 14, 2014

By Ehlayna NapolitanoNEWS EDITOR Poet and University of Maryland Professor Michael Collier will kick off Hofstra University’s “Great Writers, Great Readings” series on Tuesday, Oct....

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