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Writers’ House Embraces non-English Majors With an Abundance of Creativity

Jonathan Tucker, DC Youth Poetry Slam Team’s Youth Programs Coordinator (foreground), leads Writers’ House students and slam team members alike in an icebreaker game of Ninja. (Charles Mitchell/For The...

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Review: Litfest Honors College Park Writers

Lenaya Stewart, the poetry board editor, and Lyla Lawless, the prose board editor and copy editor, unveil the 2015 edition of Stylus. (Aiyah Sibay/Bloc Reporter) You tear off the parts of envelopes....

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Writer’s Bloc Seeking Creative Submissions

Hey there College Park! It’s October, which means it’s time for some spookiness. The Writer’s Bloc, University of Maryland’s designated literary arts publication, is accepting ongoing submissions,...

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TerPoets Partners With TOTUS to Host a Diverse Open Mic at the Writers’ House

TerPoets partnered with TOTUS at the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House Tuesday for a diverse open mic event, featuring spoken word poetry on the topics of identity and social justice. Performers were...

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Writers Here and Now Welcomes Literary Alumni

The Writers Here and Now event Dec. 2 was different from a usual one for two reasons. The first was the readers were former students who graduated from the creative writing program at this university....

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Love Poems From the Language House

In the back of the room there was a chocolate fountain, all the more reason to attend the Valentine’s Day-themed open mic held in the multipurpose room of St. Mary’s hall Friday afternoon. More than 25...

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Writers Here & Now: University Faculty Share Their Work

Imagine a utopian, alien planet where there is no crime or prejudice, no stress or illness. The planet’s inhabitants are deeply cultured and have an intense appreciation for the arts. Their race is far...

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Writers Here & Now: Vievee Francis and Jim Shepard

Vievee Francis said she loves fairytales, but she only started reading them as a grown woman. Francis presented themes of imagination, reality and the battle between the two during her poetry readings...

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Poetry in a pandemic

By Sabrina Li “I think it feels really good to be seen.” Hadas Sandalon was one of five performers that participated in Terpoets’ recent Instagram Live open mic, hosted on Sept. 10 as part of the...

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The Nude Sessions: Praeter

By Reines Maliksi Praeter is a Latin word for “beyond.” But it is also a music project that looks toward the future and encompasses a mix of genres, including folk and electronic. Rob Wolle, a junior...

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