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Office Hours: Faculty on What Makes a Good Writer

Swarthmore faculty share thoughts and advice on writing, and discuss their own strategies for how to write in both academic and creative contexts.

October 1, 2026

Features

Grace Dignazio ’22 on the MFA, Hybrid Poetics, and the Liberal Arts Experience

Last February, Swarthmore alum Bobby Zipp ’18 wrote an article in The Phoenix about the broken relationship between students, alumni, and career services. He mentioned that attempts to connect students and alumni lack simplicity and fluidity, among other problems, boiling down to

November 20, 2025

Arts

Small Craft Warnings Event 10/25/25

Submit to Small Craft Warnings by Nov. 2nd!

October 30, 2025

Arts

Letters to Dead Authors: A Series

Jonas Barr '27 communes with the dead, and argues we should too. Read for a glimpse into another literary world.

October 2, 2025

Arts

Artist of the Week Grace Fruauff ’26: The Experimental World with No Rules, Only Possibility

Come to Grace Fruauff 26's upcoming project on Oct. 25 at 7:30pm in Frear Ensemble Theater.

September 25, 2025

Arts

Accidentally, On Writing

Note: This piece was originally written in February 2025 When I first arrived at Swarthmore, I couldn’t stop taking pictures. It was August, and the whole campus was bursting with late summer bloom – bright blue cushions of hydrangea just at eye

April 24, 2025

Campus Journal

These are the Things I Think about Sometimes: Life’s Hard Decisions.

These past few weeks, more so than ever since going to college, I have had to make many hard decisions. Stumbling upon two roads diverged in a yellow path, both having their own pros and cons, and more urgently, I have realized

April 17, 2025

Arts

Tabitha Parker-Theiss ‘26 on Artistry, Narrative, and Building Empathy Through Music and Writing

When I asked Tabitha if she had any advice for readers, she kept it simple. “Get a notebook. Keep it by your bed. See what happens…” If you sit down with Tabitha Parker-Theiss ’26, you’ll quickly realize that art — whether through

March 6, 2025

Arts

The Brilliance of Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Robert Frost famously said: “One who concerns himself with the sound of sense more than the subject is an artist.” What is beyond an artist? What is beyond art? What do you call someone who masterfully weaves words and sounds, and stitches

February 20, 2025

Features·News

Eric Song on Fashion, Milton, and Being ‘Boring’

Eric Song is an associate professor of English literature here at Swarthmore. After being informed of his status as a highly sought-after faculty feature, Song’s reply was humble: “I should warn you that my life isn’t very interesting.” Contrary to this admission,

November 14, 2024

writing

Office Hours: Faculty on What Makes a Good Writer

Grace Dignazio ’22 on the MFA, Hybrid Poetics, and the Liberal Arts Experience

Small Craft Warnings Event 10/25/25

Letters to Dead Authors: A Series

Artist of the Week Grace Fruauff ’26: The Experimental World with No Rules, Only Possibility

Accidentally, On Writing

These are the Things I Think about Sometimes: Life’s Hard Decisions.

Tabitha Parker-Theiss ‘26 on Artistry, Narrative, and Building Empathy Through Music and Writing

The Brilliance of Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Eric Song on Fashion, Milton, and Being ‘Boring’

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