The author of “Swamplandia!” is coming to Hope College this Thursday. She will be in the Fried-Hemenway Auditorium in Martha Miller for a Q&A and a reading at Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts in the recital hall. Russell is a novelist and short story writer. Her book “Swamplandia!” was a finalist for …
Students and faculty members streamed into the recital hall, buzzing with anticipation. Members of Hope’s jazz ensemble contributed to the atmosphere. This past Thursday in the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Hope College welcomed the first authors to visit for the Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series for the spring semester: Lauren Haldeman…
Hope College’s Jack Ridl Visting Writers Series presented best-selling writer, Paisley Rekdal. Rekdal is the author of a book of essays, “The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee” and four books of poetry: “A Crash of Rhinos,” “Six Girls Without Pants,” “The Invention of the Kaledidoscope” and “Animal Eyes.” She was part of a Q&A…
The Jack Ridl Visting Writing Series featured Shann Ray and Hope College Alumnus Chris Dombroski for its first event. Both authors were showcased on campus Sept. 19 in the Fried-Hemenway Auditorium and Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts for a question- and-answer session and reading, respectively. Shanley Smith (’19) introduced Ray, and Erica Sarvis…
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*This is part of The Ranchor issue of The Anchor, which is a satire edition of our student newspaper. None of this article is meant to be taken as fact.* By: Rebecca McGregor “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling and the Ghost of William Shakespeare will attend Hope College’s Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series in the…
(Photos by Kelly Ocock) The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series kicked off the second half of its 2016 – 2017 season with poet Natalie Scenters-Zapico and writer Lauren Acampora. The two read in the John and Dede Recital Hall in the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2….