Writers House Courses and Groups

In addition to our weekly writing-related events and programs, the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House hosts about a dozen Franklin & Marshall classes, the Fair Trade Cafe, a variety of campus and community reading and discussion groups, and is home to the the college's student-run publications.

Courses taught in the Writers House

Spring 2010

College Rhetoric: Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00-10:20
 Professor Marci Nelligan (Rm. 205)

Love, Lust, Loss: Mondays from 1:30-4:20
 Professor Robert Battistini (Rm. 205)

America in the Age of Nixon: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00-11:20
 Professor Daniel Frick (Rm. 205)

Sports, Race & The American Dream: Tuesdays from 1:30-4:20
 Professor Greg Kaliss (Rm. 205)

Writing Fiction: Tuesdays from 1:30-4:20
 Professor Nicholas Montemarano (Dodge Reading Room)

Building Lancaster: Wednesdays from 1:30-4:20
 Professor David Schuyler (Rm. 205)

Writing Nonfiction: Thursdays from 1:30-4:20
 Professor Jeffrey Steinbrink (Rm. 205)

Advanced Writing Workshop: Thursdays from 1:30-4:20
 Professor Nicholas Montemarano (Dodge Reading Room)

Groups that meet in the Writers House

Previous Semesters

Alumni Book Club: This group is open to alumni of Franklin & Marshall College.  The group meets every other Tuesday at 7 pm to discuss great works of literature. For more information, contact Cathy Roman, Director of Alumni Programs, at 717-358-4719.

Environmental Studies Reading Group: This group is open to members of the Franklin & Marshall community.  The group meets every Wednesday at 12 pm. For more information, contact Dr. Andrew deWet, Associate Professor of Earth & Environment, at andy.dewet@fandm.edu.

The Fair Trade Cafe: Every Wednesday at 11:30-1:30 from September through April, students from the Environmental Action Alliance offer soup and sandwiches made from local, certified fair trade ingredients for a more than fair price.

Will to Read: Shakespeare Aloud: Every Monday at 7:00 PM in the Dodge Reading Room. Anyone who likes Shakespeare, who genuinely enjoys the Bard’s magnificent words, is invited to come and read aloud from the canon. We’ll read scenes and speeches from the plays, as well as selections from his sonnets and other poetry. No experience or expertise of any kind required — only enthusiasm! Print-outs of the selected readings will be available at the Writers House.

Clemente Course in the Humanities: The Writers House is proud to be a home to the Clemente Course in the Humanities, a program that provides tuition-free, college-level instruction for educationally disadvantaged individuals. Classes meet twice a week on campus for eight months, and students receive free books, carfare, and childcare.

Theory, Power, and Politics: This theory reading group is for students and is sponsored by The Center for Liberal Arts and Society. The aim this semester is to unpack concepts of power using various theoretical texts and to illustrate the relevance of those texts to contemporary issues in society and politics. Sessions are moderated by a faculty member familiar with the text. Readings are available in CLAS's public E-disk folder, at the College Center Info Desk, and at the Writers House.

Session Three
Thursday, March 13, 2008
4:30 p.m., Writers House
"Said's Introduction to Orientalism"
Led by Simon Hawkins, Anthropology

Session Four
Thursday, April 3, 2008
4:30 p.m., Writers House
"Secularism and Its Discontents"
Led by John Lardas Modern, Religious Studies

Daycare Board: This group meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 12:00pm, beginning on February 5th.

Emerging Writers Festival Committee: This group meets every Tuesday from 4:30-5:30pm.

Faculty Writing Workshop: This workshop is open to faculty of Franklin & Marshall College.  The workshop meets several times each semester and is led by Dr. Daniel Frick, Director of the Writing Center at Franklin & Marshall.
For more information, contact Dr. Frick at daniel.frick@fandm.edu.

Lancaster Area Fiction Writers Group: This is a group of local writers who meet bi-weekly to share their fiction and give and receive constructive criticism.  Submissions are no longer being accepted for this group.