Writing and Rhetoric
The Writing and Rhetoric department approaches writing as both art and craft. The department guides students to refine their talent for analysis and argument, learn to express their own ideas in creative ways, sharpen their sense of audience, and pay close attention to the details of grammar and style.
Writing and Rhetoric News
New Student Trustees Elected
Zaheer Bowen ‘23 and Irini Konstantinou '23 have been elected by their peers to become voting members of the Board of Trustees. Zaheer Bowen '23 and Irini Konstantinou '23 have…
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Putting the “Science” in Science-Fiction
Professor of Biology Meghan Brown imagined the fictional species at the heart of bestselling-author Jeff VanderMeer's latest novel, Hummingbird Salamander, which they will discuss in an interview next week. In Jeff…
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Whalen '01 Publishes Debut Story Collection
In Semiotic Love [Stories], Brian Phillip Whalen '01 “draws upon symbols and objects to explore the loss of relationships” with “tenderness and longing.” With his first book, published this month…
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Announcing New Writing Colleagues
The HWS Writing Colleagues Program recently welcomed a new cohort of 16 peer mentors. Hobart and William Smith held a welcome celebration for the newest members of the Writing Colleagues Program.…
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Werner's Stripped Named to Best Book List
Stripped, written by Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Maggie Werner and published by Penn State University Press, has been named to Book Authority's list of 20 best new rhetoric…
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