"The cookbook is set up to be a pleasure-oriented genre, but if you want to be in the south, you can't ignore those painful parts," she says.

Associate professor of English Marc Nieson takes us through his life as a creative.

The Rachel Carson Conference is an annual research symposium spearheaded by Chatham’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the national English honor’s society.

It was Professor of English Anissa Wardi’s first book on Morrison. “I’d never read a novelist like her before,” Wardi said. “I still haven’t.”

Student writer Lirit Gilmore recaps the experience of students and her own at the 8th Rachel Carson Conference Facing the Horrors.

Laura Roberts’ MFA helped launch her career of candid and humorous writing about life in West Virginia.

Senior Rylee Napolitan shares their experience in this interview series where senior Eliza Moore interviews other students from the Class of 2023.

Happy World Emoji Day! Join us as we match 10 of our emojis with the emojis that best suit them.

The Minor Bird, Chatham’s undergraduate literary and art magazine, is in its third year of recognizing new artists through the Simon Matela SOAR Awards for Emerging Writers. Created in memory of Simon Matela (class of 2020), a creative writing major and Minor Bird executive board member who passed away unexpectedly in January 2019, these awards seek to recognize young talent. We sat down with the 2022 recipients, Alison Righetti ’25, Maggie Vargo ’25 and McKenna DiRienzo ’22 to talk more about their work as emerging writers and artists.

As an undergraduate student at Chatham, Allie Reznik founded the Rachel Carson Academic & Creative Writing Conference. Now, as Assistant Professor of Humanities, Dr. Reznik is working with students Abigail Yeager and Madeline Hennessey to reinstate and reinvigorate the Carson Conference this March.

With the coldest weeks of the year upon us, we’ve found ourselves wanting to do nothing but cozy up with a good book and a warm cup of hot cocoa. Luckily, our resident experts— our English and Creative Writing majors— are here to help warm up the season with their favorite reads. Read on to find what they find heartwarming, uplifting, or thought-provoking.

By taking this Chatham mission course, you’ll fulfill a SEE credit, and grow a sense of wonder (and literary relish) about the ecosystems at your fingertips— take it from ChathamU student Irina Bucur, who recently completed the course herself!