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Dear Friends of the Writers House Dear Friends of the Writers House, ne week into September, we his family contributed punningly burnt-up embarked on something entirely John Ash-berries to our Edible Books party, new. Our free and open online along with stunningly rendered gingerbread Ocourse on modern and contemporary Kindles. Over 100 ModPo’ers demonstrated American poetry — ModPo, as it’s known their belief in our mission by responding with — launched with an enrollment of 42,000 extraordinary generosity to our annual KWH people from more than 120 countries. The fundraising campaign. Kelly Writers House course was based on Al’s famous “English Indeed, this was the year in which we felt 3805 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104-6150 88,” a class he has taught for more than 20 our community truly expand in new and tel: 215-746-POEM years. Through a series of video discussions exciting ways, reminding us that, after almost fax: 215-573-9750 and live interactive webcasts, led by Al and a two decades of innovative work, the potential email: [email protected] trusty band of teaching assistants, the ModPo for what we can do here is still nearly limitless. web: writing.upenn.edu/wh experiment brought a KWH-style learning In the pages of this annual you’ll read mode into homes, offices, and schools around more about ModPo and several of the the world. other projects that made us proud this year. Now, months after the ten-week MOOC On pages 16-17 we share news about our wrapped, we’re still in touch with ModPo’ers expanded outreach to prospective Penn from all over, many of whom have traveled students and the great work of Jamie-Lee great distances to visit us here in Philadelphia, Josselyn (C’05), who travels the country to to express their enthusiasm for our space and seek out talented young writers. We’re excited what we do with it. to tell you about student publications (page First-time visitors to the Writers House 12-13), especially two start-up magazines this year found numerous opportunities funded by our Creative Ventures project. to get involved; our regular programming Then there’s the astounding roster of included discussions about poetry, new journalists and nonfiction writers (page 9), who media, conceptual art, entrepreneurial visited us thanks to a permanent endowment journalism, and more. Plenty of our new established by Maury Povich (C’62) and ModPo friends even pitched in to help us Connie Chung — and, of course, the always- get things done: Andrew Whiteman (of the thrilling lineup for the Kelly Writers House band Broken Social Scene) and Ariel Engle Fellows Program (page 10-11), now in its — known collectively as AroarA — trekked fifteenth year, supported annually by Paul from Montreal to treat us to a performance of Kelly (C’62, WG’64, Trustee 1997–present). their innovative song cycle In the Pines, based We are grateful to all of the people who on Alice Notley’s poetry book of the same help make Writers House possible, including title. High school student Priya Prabhakar the Office of the Provost, the Friends of the flew in from India to spend several summer Kelly Writers House, alumni, students, Penn weeks with us documenting our vast archive parents, Philadelphians — and now, truly, of student projects, including Brodsky people all over the world. Gallery broadsides, Speakeasy anthologies, On behalf of the Writers House Planning letterpressed booklets, and handmade maps Committee, we thank you for everything you of our very own KWH. Daniel Bergmann and bring to this community! ■ Jessica Lowenthal Al Filreis Director Faculty Director Kelly Professor of English PEOPLE OF THE WRITERS HOUSE Left to right: Jack Nessman and Amelia Bentley wear matching outfits; Andrew Beal, Santiago Cortes, and Alli Katz in What’s all this talk about the Hub? the Kane-Wallace Kitchen; KWH Hub rom the time of its founding in 1995, the KWH has been run collectively by members of its community. members Julia Schwartz and Isaac Kaplan. Opposite page, top and bottom: Our intrepid founders — the original group of students, faculty, alumni, staff, and Philadelphians who alumni memoirists Cynthia Kaplan and wanted to create an independent haven for writers and supporters of contemporary writing in any James Martin; a session of Write On, our Fgenre — took for themselves the name “the Hub.” To this day, the Writers House Planning Committee refers to literacy outreach project. itself as “the Hub” and remains the core of volunteers from which the creative vitality of the House radiates. As participant planners, Hub members make it all happen. It was around our kitchen table that Hub members Lily Applebaum (C’12), Jess Bergman (C’14), Isaac Kaplan (C’15), and Madeleine Wattenbarger (C’16) started trading ideas for a blog that would take seriously a deceptively simple form of social media: Twitter. When the Twit Crit blog debuted this spring, it offered some thought-provoking writing about the form, including an essay about Twitter as a form of radical pastiche. For a similarly collaborative blog project, Arielle Brousse (C’07, SPP’12) started a Tumblr to explore our collective memory of children’s literature. The Sensible Nonsense Project collects personal essays about some of our all-time favorite books. For a corresponding Sensible Nonsense event at KWH, Arielle invited a handful of DIRECTORS contributors to read their essays, including Victoria Ford (C’15), who recalled her very own “bad case of stripes” Charles Bernstein (similar to the trials of lima-bean-loving Camilla Cream) and Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve (C’88, W’88), whose Al Filreis enthusiasm for “hullabaloo and romance” surfaced with a second look at The Witch of Blackbird Pond. KWH EDITOR Program Coordinator Alli Katz and a team of nostalgic student chefs even cooked up after-school snacks for a Michael S. Hennessey playful post-program reception. Isaac Kaplan (C’15) convened our very first Writing About Art symposium, which featured seven art TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Christopher J. Martin aficionados and artists speaking about works by Marcel Duchamp. Presenters included ICA staffers Grace Ambrose (C’11) and Rachel Pastan, poet Tom Devaney, professor Jean-Michel Rabaté, printmaker Henry PODCAST DIRECTOR AND SENIOR EDITOR Steinberg (C’13), Brodsky Gallery curator Lily Applebaum (C’12), and visual artist Francie Shaw. Steve McLaughlin (C’08) Other projects planned by Hub members this year included: two new print magazines (Stamped and SENIOR EDITORS Symbiosis); a “time bank” for exchanging skills and expertise, started by Meghna Chandra (C’13), Julia Graber Danny Snelson (GAS’14) (C’13), Jun-Youb (“JY”) Lee, (W’13, C’14), and Shivani Srivastav (C’13); a book club led by Shoshana Akabas Kenneth Goldsmith (C’14); a new compost system for our garden (including a dirt giveaway day and potted herbs), managed by ASSOCIATE EDITORS Jenny Chen (C’14) and Kenna O’Rourke (C’15); our ongoing Feminism/s series, curated by Arielle Pardes Jeffrey Boruszak (C’10) (C’14) and Joshua Herren (C’13); and an edible books party, deliciously imagined by Michelle Taransky. And Rebekah Caton (C’10) more! This whole booklet, in fact, reflects the efforts of the Hub. Read on! Allison Harris ■ Sharon Margolis Anna Zalokostas Alumni involvement THROUGH AN ACTIVE alumni mentorship project, This year, inspired by brainstorming sessions with TECHNICAL ADVISORS Chris Mustazza we mobilize our network of accomplished alumni students and young alumni, and with help from KWH John MacDermott in journalism, marketing, editing, TV production, Board Member Cheryl Family (C’91) and KWH staffer Lily publishing, and other creative fields, to connect Applebaum (C’12), we expanded our Alumni Mentors STUDENT TECHNICAL SUPPORT STAFF Julia Schwartz (C’15) them with students looking for advice about arts and Program to cultivate a greater number of connections Jonathan “J.C.” Wilt (C’13) culture beyond Penn. Mentorship coordinator Mingo between students and alumni writers. Students seeking Reynolds (Administrative Director for the Center for advice had plenty of opportunities to interact with Programs in Contemporary Writing) arranges for casual alumni mentors such as Alex Koppelman (C’05), informational lunches, formal presentations, and one- Benjamin Crair (C’07), Elizabeth Gerst (C’92) and Tali on-one visits between mentors and mentees. Aronsky (C’97). 2 A day in the life of a Writers House staffer llison Wattenbarger (C’14) unlocks the front door and looks at the whiteboard art — Virginia Seymour’s (C’16) illustration is perfect — before enlisting help from Ayla Fudala (C’16) and Kristie Gadson (C’15) to prep Athe house for a busy day of projects. Ali Kriegsman (C’13) lurches in (it was a late night with her a capella group), grabs a cup of coffee in the Kane-Wallace Kitchen, then pops open her Mac to polish up a press release for Dan Fishback’s upcoming performance of thirtynothing. Josie Elias (C’14), assistant to our Associate Director of Recruitment Jamie-Lee Josselyn (C’05), greets prospective students and their parents at the door and offers to show them around. Soon the Pub Room’s hopping. Anastasiya Shekhtman (C’14) and Madeleine Wattenbarger (C’16) tweak the design on next month’s print calendar. Victoria Ford (C’15) drafts a script for our monthly radio show, LIVE at the Writers House. The web team — Jack Nessman (C’15), Zach Carduner (C’13), Ali Castleman (C’13), and Arielle Pardes (C’14) — start slogging through their long fix list. Kenna O’Rourke (C’15) and Green Initiatives Coordinator Jenny Chen (C’14) work out new plans for our herb garden and the ever-growing compost pile. The day’s just begun. The Writers House runs on student power.
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