EVENTS
Calling all creative writers: come be a part of Vermilion’s work to cultivate a creative writing community at Catholic U! These workshops are open to all students at Catholic U who are looking for a place to share their creative writing with others and receive peer feedback. Bring any and all kinds of creative work, complete or incomplete!
The workshops will take place on February 28, March 14, and April 18, from 7:00-8:00PM in Pryz 321.
To allow everyone to give feedback, please share your piece with the email eng-vermilion@cua.edu before the workshop. And find us on social media @catholicu_vermilion for updates and announcements prior to the event!
Public Conversations about Literature
Join English faculty as they discuss works of literature that have challenged and inspired them as readers, scholars, and teachers. Each "Reading Together" session will feature faculty in conversation and open up to a wider conversation with attendees - our hope is that we can think about, question, discuss, and read these poems and stories together.
All sessions will take place in-person only and are free and open to the public.
2022-23 Series: The Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkin
September 19th, 7-8:30pm: “Heaven Haven” (1864), “The Habit of Perfection” (1866), “For a Picture of St. Dorothea” (1866)
With Dr. Amanda Auerbach and Dr. Daniel Gibbons. Location: Aquinas 102.
November 14th, 7-8:30pm: The Wreck of the Deutschland (1875)
With Dr. Gregory Baker, Dr. Amanda Auerbach, Dr. Kevin Rulo, and Dr. William Gonch. Location: Aquinas 102.
February 13th, 7-8:30pm: “The Windhover" (1877), “God’s Grandeur” (1877), “Pied Beauty” (1877)
With Dr. Kevin Rulo, Dr. Christopher Petter (PhD alumnus, 2021), Prof. Ryan Wilson. Location: Aquinas 102.
March 27th, 7-8:30pm: “Carrion Comfort” (1885), “No worst, there is none” (1885), “I wake and feel” (1885), “That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire” (1888)
With Dr. Daniel Gibbons, Dr. Gregory Baker, and Prof. Ryan Wilson. Location: Aquinas 102.
In celebration of the launch of Issue 3: Winter 2022, please join us in Pryzbyla Center 327 on Wednesday, December 7th for free coffee and doughnuts, author readings, and conversation with the Vermilion staff.
The itinerary for the event is as follows:
9-9:30am: Introductions with free coffee and doughnuts
9:30-11am: Author readings and discussion with the Vermilion staff
Please stop by for any amount of time, even if just to grab some coffee and a doughnut.
Brad Leithauser is a distinguished poet and recipient of awards and fellowships such as the MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and Iceland's Order of the Falcon.
Ryan Wilson is an accomplished poet, critic, and translator. He is a professor at Catholic University, the Editor-in-Chief of Literary Matters, and the CFO of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers.
Catholic University is honored to host these two distinguished poets. Please join us for a reading by both poets followed by a reception.
Scavenger Hunt
For this event, participants were tasked with finding works of art around campus.
Congratulations to our grand prize winner, Eddie LaPointe, on being the first participant to find three or more items for the campus scavenger hunt!
We are shouting out Ellie Ortel and James Dolley for being the one and only pair, not to mention the only participants, to find all eight scavenger hunt items! Ellie and Dolley were very determined in their mission. Mission accomplished!
Fun fact: Ellie and James participated in the campus scavenger hunt during Vermilion’s two-hour tabling session (the end of which marked the deadline for the scavenger hunt). They found all of the items in less than that time!
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