Dispatches from Quarantine, Part 1 by Cate Mahoney

2020-03-30T14:44:03-04:00

Dispatches from Quarantine, Part 1 by Cate Mahoney Hi, all! I truly hope this finds you and your loved ones in good health. Time seems to blur these days as we stay inside to flatten the curve of COVID-19. There has been a lot of talk across social media about writing in this time of crisis. You’ve heard of Love in the Time of Cholera? Who’s writing Love in the Time of Corona? (Ouch.) Many people are saying something along the lines of: "Well, you’re stuck inside, so use this time to be ultra-productive! There is simply no better time to write than [...]

Dispatches from Quarantine, Part 1 by Cate Mahoney2020-03-30T14:44:03-04:00

Word of the Week: savoir faire (sav-ˌwär-ˈfer)

2020-03-30T09:27:22-04:00

Word of the Week: savoir faire (sav-ˌwär-ˈfer) Definition  (Noun) a deft understanding of a situation at hand; a polished certainty in navigating social interaction (used in English, but stems from the French "savoir" [knowing, knowledge] and "faire" [doing, making do]) In Context  The groom panicked when his old flame turned up uninvited at the wedding, but the bride handled the interruption with commendable savoir faire.

Word of the Week: savoir faire (sav-ˌwär-ˈfer)2020-03-30T09:27:22-04:00

Writing at Its Best by Katherine Clifton

2020-03-20T12:07:07-04:00

Writing at Its Best by Katherine Clifton In this, the latest post in our series of reflections on the nature of "good writing," Katherine Clifton captures the cheer and comfort to be found in the utterance and performance of even simple words, especially in times of trial. Katherine, a member of the Class of 2015, coordinates the Religion and Forced Migration Initiative in the Office of Religious Life.    Thumped and bumped Groaned and moaned Thrashed and crashed   What do these words have in common? They rhyme. Dr. Seuss features them in Big Dog Little Dog. Two of Princeton’s newcomers [...]

Writing at Its Best by Katherine Clifton2020-03-20T12:07:07-04:00

March 4 “Tell Me More” Conversation: Professor Tamsen Wolff

2020-03-10T13:52:51-04:00

March 4 "Tell Me More" Conversation: Professor Tamsen Wolff On March 4, Tamsen Wolff, Associate Professor of English, opened the third session of the “Tell Me More: Humanizing Our Research” dinner conversation series with a command to “Speak with Our Bodies.” Going around the table, she asked members of the graduate student audience to introduce themselves and articulate in real time their physiological responses to public speaking. Flushed cheeks, clammy hands, rapid heartbeats — all of these, she commented, were a visceral reminder to “never speak without warming up!” In the spirit of practicing what she preached, Professor Wolff dedicated most [...]

March 4 “Tell Me More” Conversation: Professor Tamsen Wolff2020-03-10T13:52:51-04:00

Community of Writers: Anita Kline

2021-01-19T14:55:07-05:00

Community of Writers: Anita Kline Anita Kline Anita Kline manages Princeton’s Center for the Study of Religion. She has a background in English education and academic publishing and has been a keen participant in the Writing Space community author group since its creation in 2015.  In a conversation with Princeton Writes, she reflected on the experience of being a writer working at a university in a non-academic setting, and offered up a short piece of her own, entitled “Running Amok with Art.” What draws you to writing? I’ve wanted to be a writer ever since I was a little [...]

Community of Writers: Anita Kline2021-01-19T14:55:07-05:00

Word of the Week: gormless (ˈgȯrm-ləs)

2020-03-02T13:08:30-05:00

Word of the Week: gormless (ˈgȯrm-ləs) Definition (Adjective) chiefly British: lacking intelligence : stupid In Context “Much of the movie unfolds inside the suburban Connecticut mansion where Lily lives with her gormless mother (Francie Swift) and her loathsome stepdad." Justin Chang, latimes.com, "Cory Finley's 'Thoroughbreds' is a delectably twisted mean-girls noir," 8 Mar. 2018  

Word of the Week: gormless (ˈgȯrm-ləs)2020-03-02T13:08:30-05:00

Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series: Sheila Heti and Joy Harjo Visit Campus 

2020-02-25T11:48:52-05:00

Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series: Sheila Heti and Joy Harjo Visit Campus  by Mia Salas ’22 This past fall semester, I took a course called The Novel Since 2000, and one of the books we read was Sheila Heti’s How Should a Person Be? I even gave a presentation on Heti’s novel about the role of autofiction, and just a few short months later, I found out that she was coming to campus! While a seemingly odd coincidence, these tend to happen quite often at Princeton thanks to the Princeton Creative Writing Department’s efforts: the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading [...]

Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series: Sheila Heti and Joy Harjo Visit Campus 2020-02-25T11:48:52-05:00

Princeton Research Day Deadline 2/17/20

2020-02-12T15:35:42-05:00

    Princeton Research Day 2020 is an exciting opportunity for students and other researchers to showcase their work for a broad audience. The event includes the full breadth of work being done by undergraduates, graduate students and other non-faculty researchers, artists and performers in every corner of Princeton University.   Princeton Research Day will be held all day long on Thursday, May 7, at Frist Campus Center. The free, public program features talks, posters, video presentations, musical and theater performances, and art exhibitions. Cash prizes will be awarded.

Princeton Research Day Deadline 2/17/202020-02-12T15:35:42-05:00

February 5 “Tell Me More” Conversation: Professor William Gleason

2020-02-11T16:27:19-05:00

February 5 "Tell Me More" Conversation: Professor William Gleason On February 5, William Gleason, Hughes-Rogers Professor of English and American Studies, turned the second session of the “Tell Me More: Humanizing Our Research” dinner conversation series into an interactive workshop on “Writing Transparently.” “Have any of you ever been told,” he asked the assembled graduate students, that “your writing is either too transparent or too opaque?” On a disarming note of self-deprecation, he shared that “I’ve been told both those things! In graduate school, I wrote a seminar paper [and] one of the comments I got back [was]: ‘You write like [...]

February 5 “Tell Me More” Conversation: Professor William Gleason2020-02-11T16:27:19-05:00

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