The 2019 Chautauqua Prize, created by local artist Kirsten Engstrom, honors Anjali Sachdeva’s "All the Names They Used for God: Stories". DAVE MUNCH/PHOTO EDITOR
Literary Arts
Kovacic In 1993, Kristin Kovacic became a mother and discovered that “motherhood is one of the great underwritten subjects.” So, with Lynne Barrett, Kovacic co-edited
Tharoor In his genre-spanning oeuvre as a writer, journalist and critic, Kanishk Tharoor is occupied with dustsceawung, an Old English word that roughly translates to
By reading a nonfiction work that reads like an adventure tale, CLSC young readers are learning about a boy who harnessed the wind. At 12:30
Daniels In a computer file named “poem ideas,” Jim Daniels transcribes phrases, images and concepts from the 3-by-5-inch notecards he keeps on his person and
Kovacic Kristin Kovacic believes that “Chautauqua students are the ones teachers will find in heaven.” Kovacic, who is an author and essayist, teaches at Winchester
Bethanne Snodgrass, contest coordinator, reads Beatice Gaines' work "The Green House" during the Literary Arts Contest, Thursday, August 16, 2018, on the porch of Alumni
Author My Tran answers questions after reading excerpts from their work, "Tree rings, like concentric ghosts," during the celebration to award Tran and their work
As Rion Amilcar Scott introduced his short story, “A Loudness of Screechers,” on Sunday in the Hall of Philosophy, he issued a warning to the
Ton-Aime When Sony Ton-Aime writes poetry, he is devoted to the stanza’s literal definition. In its original Italian, stanza means “room” — a concept that
Ruhl The first email Sarah Ruhl ever received from Max Ritvo was not about reincarnation, relationships or other existential musings that fill the white space
Grace in the face of adversity is a hard perspective to develop, but Mason Buttle figures out he already has the perspective. At 12:30 p.m.
The CLSC Class of 2018 during the recognition ceremony alongside fellow CLSC alumni on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 in the Hall of Philosophy. HALDAN KIRSCH/STAFF
Cooley A pillow from high school, a fax machine and a glue stick — all ordinary things suggestive of a world beyond their material borders
The ghosts that haunt the 2019 winner of The Chautauqua Janus Prize emerged, as subjects of great literature often do, from “an imaginary affair with