Calvocoressi Gabrielle Calvocoressi is fascinated by a deeply human concept called the “beautiful terrible” — those little moments of bliss in a person’s life otherwise
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From the time she was little, Eleanor Henderson said she always wanted to write stories. “I would tell stories, and mostly I would plagiarize them
Sony Ton-Aime’s dream is for the new online iteration of Chautauqua’s Poetry Makerspace to be a place where people can simply sit for a moment
White There’s no limit to your imagination? Jacob White disagrees. “The idea that our imagination is infinite is a kind of optical illusion, like one
Sok Monica Sok thinks poet Gwendolyn Brooks said it best: “We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude
Biddinger One day, Mary Biddinger went for a walk and thought she saw a beautiful swan laying in the grass. “And I was like, ‘Wow,
White & Biddinger In Greek, the word nostalgia is a compound formed by “nostos,” meaning a return home, and “algos,” meaning pain. The potency of
What does it mean to be “from” somewhere? And how does that influence a person’s writing style and content? Giffels These are the sorts of
Jamail The Amazon Rainforest. The Great Barrier Reef. Alaska’s Denali National Park. These are just a few of the iconic places Dahr Jamail traveled to
Bertram Lillian-Yvonne Bertram was 10 years old when they realized something crucial about language and words, something that would go on to shape their future
In Lillian-Yvonne Bertram’s estimation, “home” is a concept that writers can toy with, challenge and investigate in their work — especially when it comes to
The COVID-19 pandemic has indelibly changed the way literature in both the United States and the world is consumed, created and curated. And though this
A pinprick, a cemetery, a blue dress — these were among the variety of objects conjured by poets Sunday, Aug. 11, in the Hall of
On the first Sunday of the season, the Poetry Makerspace at the Hultquist Center hosted the inaugural “Poems on the Porch” of the summer, emceed
Vice President, Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education, Matt Ewalt, holds up one of the CLSC selections for 2020, "In the Country of Women"
Chautauqua Institution President Michael E. Hill presents the physical Chautauqua Prize to Anjali Sachdeva, author of "All the Names They Used for God: Stories" Friday,