Archived articles

writing seminars
Poet, professor Mary Jo Salter elected to AAAS
Published April 24, 2014
She is among 204 new members selected for academy's 2014 class
Q+A
On literature, and chairs
Published April 2, 2014
Irish author Colm Tóibín reads from his ninth novel, 'The Testament of Mary,' in President's Reading Series
Books
Writing Sems grad honored
Published March 20, 2014
Chimamanda Adichie wins National Book Critics Circle Award for her third novel, 'Americanah'
Where the work gets done
Published Jan-Feb 2014 Photos
The convenience of having one's entire office in a machine as slim as a copy of 'The Paris Review' has not made moot the writer's room / Gazette
Of note
Creative collection
Published Jan 6, 2014 Photos
Sheridan Libraries acquire notes, manuscripts, lectures of American fiction writer, essayist, teacher, and 1951 JHU graduate John Barth
Novel Nominee
Could be 'Someone'
Published Sept 19, 2013
Writing Seminars' McDermott on National Book Award longlist for fiction, her third nomination for the award she won in 1998
Book report
Let's talk about race
Published July 30, 2013
Writing Seminars grad paints rich picture of immigrant experience in third novel, 'Americanah'
Q+A with Jessica Anya Blau
Coming of age in the '80s
Published May 29, 2013
Writing Seminars alum talks about her new novel, identity, sex, and Billy Idol
Comically painful portrait
Published March 8, 2013
Jami Attenberg, Writing Seminars alumna, returns to Baltimore for two readings from her third novel, 'The Middlesteins'
The smart set
Published Spring 2013
Author Kristopher Jansma on the writing life—and why a little solitude can be a good thing / Johns Hopkins Magazine