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The Ides of March, 2021
Patricia Thrushart “Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March. Caesar: What man is that? Brutus: A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.” — William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, c. 1599…
A Review of Marilou is Everywhere
Review by Karen Weyant Marilou is EverywhereSarah Elaine Smith Penguin Random House, 2019 Cindy Stoat lives in a rural Pennsylvania home with her two brothers and a mother who is…
I’m Just Lucky to Own My Own Car – A Review
Peggy Zortman reviews I’m Just Lucky to Own My Own Car – a first book by Joe Taylor I recently purchased this short book (about 100 pages) at Watershed Books…
40 Patchtown: A Novel, Reviewed
Review of 40 Patchtown: A Novel by Karen Weyant Damian Dressick | Bottom Dog Press | 2020 [T]his story draws readers into a world where miners struggle in poverty, scrounging…
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Remotely Join TWJ Events via Airmeet
by Sarah Rossey To join an AirMeet event, simply click the link provided on our calendar from a desktop or laptop computer. Read on to learn more! From writer's meetings…
Review of Dead Letters: Delivering Unopened Mail from a Pennsylvania Ghost Town
Byron Hoot reviews author Jess Weible's new publication, Dead Letters: Delivering Unopened Mail from a Pennsylvania Ghost Town What Fragile Hope Dies ... ? Imagine being given a letter written…
Decolonize Your Bookshelf: A Call to Action for White Writers and Readers
The mindfulness with which we engage with literature is crucial to creating, deconstructing, and recreating our worldview as we move through life. How do our cultural blindspots influence the stories we tell?
Clarion University Historians Share “Wild” Stories with New Podcast
The Stories from the Pennsylvania Wilds podcast is the latest initiative in the department’s mission to make history relevant and engage with people through historical narratives.
Hoot and Clary Present Piercing the Veil at the Clarion University Art Gallery
A Panorama of Place at Clarion University Art Gallery Last night dozens of people crowded in the Clarion University Art Gallery for their first glimpse of Piercing the Veil: Appalachian…
Tobeco Open Mic Night 1/30/2020
Poets of all ages took the mic to share poems ranging from a variety of topics. Some were love poems, some explored painful experiences and some were a contemplation of everyday occurrences. Students cheered on their peers as they shared their work with each other.