SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Sony Ton-Aime, the Michael I. Rudell Director of Literary Arts, displays the newly announced selectionsof the 2022 Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle reading year: The Final Revival of Opal &
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER “I am not a writer. I am a reader,” said Amber Sipior prior to coming to Chautauqua and taking a writing class on a scholarship from the Alumni Association of
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER "Chautauqua: Water" Water is one of the planet’s most valuable resources and is a constant presence in people’s lives. This presence is what made it a perfect choice for the
Cooley SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Samuel Beckett once said, “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” It is this idea of “failing better” that Martha Cooley — Week Nine’s
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Goldbach “Steel is the only thing that shines in the belly of the mill,” writes Eliese Colette Goldbach in her memoir, Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit, that was
Mao SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER When someone says “speculative fiction” or “science fiction,” most people think of books like Dune or The Handmaid’s Tale. For Sally Wen Mao — Week Nine’s poet-in-residence for the
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Adan Stress is an ever-present element in a person’s life, and how they deal with it greatly impacts how their life plays out. Françoise Adan studies resiliency and will share
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Cooley Writers work in cycles of generating and revising, and both of these processes can stem from unusual places, according to Week Nine’s writers-in-residence. They will give readings of their
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Coffin The relationship between time and memory is critically important to consider when writing memoirs, according to Week Eight prose writer-in-residence Jaed Coffin. Coffin is the author of Roughhouse Friday
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Harper There are two kinds of death: That of the body and that of the mind. The Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper confronts this idea in her daily dealings with people
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Farahany What if you could turn the lights on in your home with no more effort than it takes to think about it? That kind of technology is on its
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Lucas Poetry is a method of expression that can be used by everyone for a variety of different purposes, both recreational and commercial. Dave Lucas is the Chautauqua Writers’ Center
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Friends of Chautauqua Writers’ Center literary contests coordinator Bethanne Snodgrass hosts the annual contest awards ceremony last Sunday via Zoom. ZOOM SCREENSHOT Literary arts contests have been an annual event
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Michael I. Rudell Director of Literary Arts Sony Ton-Aime talks with Eula Biss, The Chautauqua Prize-winning author of Having and Being Had during a virtual ceremony Aug. 5 on the
SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Coffin The source for a writer’s inspiration can come from anywhere or anything. For Week Eight’s writers-in-residence for the Chautauqua Writers’ Center, inspiration can be found through playing with phonics
JOHNSON SARAH VEST - STAFF WRITER Structure is a literary device that — when used correctly — is unnoticed by the reader but critical to the work. Week Seven’s prose writer-in-residence, T. Geronimo Johnson, uses