As part of the Wheaton Institute for the Interdisciplinary Humanities’ symposium on Narrative Medicine and the Healing Arts, guest co-host, Haas Visiting Artist and poet Sarah Gambito and Performance Artist Robbie McCauley read from their works. Professor Gambito, director of Fordham University’s MFA creative writing program, brings a poet’s mind to psychic, emotional, and physical healing. Emerson College Professor Emerita Robbie McCauley uses methodologies of theatre and storytelling to address charged issues of race and to frame the personal through the large.

Seniors graduating with a degree in creative writing and literature showcase original works of poetry, fiction and dramatic writing.

Creative writing alumnae Megan Collins ’06 and Jennifer Pierce ’13 read from their soon-to-be-published first novels. Collins, who holds a MFA from Boston University and teaches creative writing in Connecticut, will be reading from her manuscript Persephone’s Sister. Pierce, who received an M.A. in publishing in Oxford, England and works in Boston, Massachusetts, will read from her upcoming YA novel Slow Motion.

Christina Thompson, editor of the Harvard Review and the author of a memoir, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All, which was shortlisted for the 2009 NSW Premier’s Prize, reads from her work. Her new book Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia, is scheduled for publication in summer 2018. May Room, Mary Lyon Hall, 5:00 p.m.

How do we keep up with changes in language use and discourse and still maintain the expectations of the academy? Can an essay be a collection of images or audio clips? Can a research report be a website?

Wheaton Emerson Writing Fellow Andy Dugan will share some of his experiences with grounding writing assignments in rhetorical conventions while encouraging digital and creative expression in an attempt to prepare students for a diverse and changing communication landscape.

This talk is part of the Wheaton-Emerson Writing Fellow Brown Bag series.

Students are welcome to attend!