“The process of writing becomes something you do for a living. You have to commit. You have to put your butt in the chair and your hands on the keyboard and put one word in front of another until you’re done.”

The message of Thomas’ talk was clear: you have a voice that holds power; lean into that and use it.

The entries are intended to help facilitate classroom discussion on current events and debates

Professor Mary Bly’s latest novel is a departure from the more than 7 million romance books she’s sold under the pen name Eloisa James

Awards are based on student nominations collected and reviewed by members of Alpha Chi Omicron (AXO)

Copies are available at RH and LC English Department offices.

Leahy plans to submit the resulting scholarly paper for publication to an undergraduate journal on rap music published at Stanford University.