Butler University’s Visiting Writers Series provides a vibrant community filled with many opportunities to evolve as a writer, scholar or individual.
Senior Sendoff: Making my mark
“I’d never written for a newspaper prior to college, and I didn’t think that would be something that would particularly interest me once in college. I spent my first two years of college without the Collegian and decided to join on a whim — thankfully it worked out.”
Senior Sendoff: Writing through life
“It felt like I had been pushed against the pavement and could not get back up. However, every Monday the Collegian was still there waiting for me.”
Senior Sendoff: How to sportsball
“I hope I can help the next generation of Butler sports media students find the resources they need to be successful in preparing for the career they want to pursue in the world of sports.”
Pen and paper are calling
Texts and Snapchats are getting old. Let’s turn back time to the finer art of letter writing, before it’s gone forever.
To all the words I’ve loved before
There is one additional constant in their editing process, though, reliable and sturdy, that I have come to anticipate with trepidation: our editors will go through and, without fail, remove a few of the words that they deem to simply be “too much.”
Writing a better paper
Columnist Nate Lemen talks to professors and students to examine struggles students having writing papers, and how to overcome them.
Manuscripts encourages Indiana students to draw, write for magazine
As a club committed to giving students an outlet for their creativity, Manuscripts has nothing short of interesting stories, poems, pictures, drawings and essays.
Professor earns high scores for short story
Perseverance has true meaning to a man who waited years to see his hard work pay off. Bryan Furuness, Butler University adjunct professor of English, is among the honored writers to be published in this year’s “Best American Nonrequired Reading” anthology. Furuness’ short story, “Man of Steel,” will be the featured work. The “Best American…
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet continues writers series
“He thinks like a scholar [and] writes like a jazz musician,” Doug Mannual, part of the Masters of Fine Arts program, said as he introduced visiting writer, Yusef Komuyakaa, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Krannert Room of Clowes Memorial Hall. Komunyakaa read several poems for Butler University students, faculty and members of the…