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Bradshaw inspired by meditations on, in nature
Cornell College Junior Natalie Bradshaw walks in the footsteps of many well-known writers who turn to nature for inspiration and reflection.
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Sullivan finds magic in religion, writing
Cornell College junior Riley Sullivan always knew she wanted to be a writer.
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Kenney prepares for future as a social activist writer
Sophomore English major Connor Kenney is preparing for a career as a writer—a writer who uses literature as a form of social activism.
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Freeman’s new book inspires readers to see things differently
Poetry lovers can soon get their hands on Professor of English Glenn Freeman’s fourth collection of poems.
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Cornell College launches 1st graduate degree in creative writing
Cornell College will kick off its first graduate degree program in nearly 100 years during the summer of 2020.
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Distinguished Visiting Writer named for 2019–20
The Center for the Literary Arts at Cornell College announces its Distinguished Visiting Writer in Young Adult Fiction for 2019–20: Linda Oatman High.
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Open Field: 50 years of creativity
Open Field, Cornell College’s annual literary magazine was first published half a century ago, in 1968. Fifty years later, the publication still brings joy to the students involved.
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Alumni at a Glance: Elizabeth Evans ’75
After graduating from Cornell, Elizabeth Evans ’75 started graduate school at the University of Iowa, where she received her masters of fine arts (M.F.A.) from the Writers Workshop. Today, she’s a fiction writer who has published six books: “As Good As Dead,” “Rowing in Eden,” “Carter Clay,” “The Blue Hour,” “Suicide’s Girlfriend,” and “Locomotion.”
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Alumni at a Glance: Dan Kellams ’58
Biographer, memoirist, freelance writer and editor, public relations consultant, and Army information specialist—what do all these honorific titles have in common? You can assign every last one of them to an accomplished Cornell College graduate of the Class of 1958, Dan Kellams.
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9 new faculty to teach at Cornell College
A new academic year begins today at Cornell College, and the college welcomes nine new faculty members in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
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Distinguished Visiting Writers named for 2018–19
Cornell College’s Distinguished Visiting Writers for 2018–2019 are podcast writer, poet, journalist, and photographer Kathleen Maris Paltrineri and novelist and essayist Mylène Dressler.
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Fall 2017 Visiting Writers Series
In fall 2017 Cornell College’s Center for the Literary Arts is hosting authors Dilman Dila, Esther Dischereit, and Rebecca Entel; Essayist Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel; poet D.A. Powell; and the one-act play “Elizabeth I—In Her Own Words.”
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Distinguished Visiting Writers named for 2016-17
The Cornell College Center for the Literary Arts announces two Distinguished Visiting Writers for 2016-2017: screenwriter Brian Sloan and live lit performer Kate Harding.
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$500,000 gift endows writing position
A 1960s Cornell College alumnus has given the college $500,000 to permanently endow the Robert P. Dana Emerging Writer Fellowship.
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Rubinstein named Dana Fellow
Helen Rubinstein has been named the Robert P. Dana Emerging Writer Fellow for 2015-16.
Bradshaw inspired by meditations on, in nature 
Sullivan finds magic in religion, writing 
Kenney prepares for future as a social activist writer 
Freeman’s new book inspires readers to see things differently 
Cornell College launches 1st graduate degree in creative writing 
Distinguished Visiting Writer named for 2019–20 
Open Field: 50 years of creativity 
Alumni at a Glance: Elizabeth Evans ’75 
Alumni at a Glance: Dan Kellams ’58 
9 new faculty to teach at Cornell College 
Distinguished Visiting Writers named for 2018–19 
Fall 2017 Visiting Writers Series 
Distinguished Visiting Writers named for 2016-17 
$500,000 gift endows writing position 
Rubinstein named Dana Fellow