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Literary House

We serve as one of the cultural hubs on campus, offering literary programs, classroom spaces, support to student groups, professional training, and—among other things—the chance to work with an antique printing press. Stop by for a cup of tea made in our kitchen, catch a poetry or fiction reading, or curl up with a thick book.

Recent Stories

  • Michael Dirda on the Writer’s Life
    Addressing the finalists for the 2013 Sophie Kerr Prize, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book columnist for the Washington Post advised them to be resilient and to remember, “Safety Last.”
  • 2013 Sophie Kerr Finalists
    To help get to know the five Sophie Kerr Finalist of 2013, we asked them to answer four questions and here is what they wrote.
  • Five Finalists for $61,000 Sophie Kerr Prize
    Washington College today announced the graduating seniors in the running for the prestigious prize. The winner will be named May 14 in Baltimore.
  • Lost Originals
    During the Spring of 2013, the Literary House staff, with the skills and talent of Sophie Kerr Winner Jim Dissette ‘71 and artist Abigail Rorer, began assembling a fine press chapbook, a brief collection of poems by Mary Jo Salter.
  • 2013 Lit House Prize Winners
    At the 2013 Senior Reading, the Rose O’Neill Literary House announced this year’s winners of three annual student creative writing prizes: The Literary House Genre Fiction Prize, The William W. Warner Prize for Creative Writing on Nature and the Environment, and The Jude & Miriam Pfister Poetry Prize.
  • The Making of an AWP Letterpress Broadside
    The first in a new letterpress broadside series from Literary House Press features Beth Bachmann’s poem, “(why your room has a door).”
  • Telling America’s stories on stage
    In residence at the Literary House, playwright KJ Sanchez will discuss her approach to creating plays, including her most heralded production, the Marine docudrama ReEntry.

  • “There is no Frigate like a Book / To take us Lands away.”  Emily Dickinson

May 28th, 2013

  • Image preview 4:30pm - 7:30pm: The First Summer Poetry Salon of 2013
    The first of our three Summer Poetry Salons, featuring readings poets Michelle Chan Brown, Ryan Teitman, and a performance by Chester River Runoff. Good conversation, literature, music, and wine!

June 1st, 2013

June 25th, 2013

  • Image preview 4:30pm - 7:30pm: The Second Summer Poetry Salon of 2013
    The second of our three Summer Poetry Salons, featuring readings by emerging poet Steve Kistulentz and Cave Canem Fellow Yona Harvey with a performance by local musicians, Sleeper Cell.  Good conversation, literature, music, and wine!
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