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Creative Writing Professor Dan Chaon Inks Deal to Adapt Latest Novel to Television
Communications Staff
Dan Chaon, Delaney Professor of Creative Writing, has finalized a deal with Buster Productions as writer, executive producer, and creator of a limited television series based on his 2017 novel Ill Will.
An Invitation to Write
Amanda Nagy
Creative writing teaching residency makes poetry accessible for local middle school students.
Olivia Schwartzman '16 Receives Fulbright in Taiwan
Kasey Cheydleur
Schwartzman says she looks forward to immersing herself in a language she is passionate about learning.
Louise Edwards '16 Receives Shansi Fellowship
Kasey Cheydleur
Louise Edwards ’16 says her Shansi fellowship at Shanxi Agricultural University in Taigu, China, is an opportunity to learn more about her biracial identity by engaging in cross-cultural learning.
Author Gary Shteyngart '95 Visits Oberlin
Owain Heyden
Acclaimed novelist Gary Shteyngart ’95 delivers Convocation talk and shares excerpts from his memoir Little Failure.
Behind the Scenes
Kasey Cheydleur
Maya Mariner ’15 is exploring the world behind the camera as a production assistant for the satirical publication The Onion.
Writing Science for Radio
Kasey Cheydleur, Chloe Vassot
Angus Chen ’13 is a science reporter for National Public Radio (NPR).
Two Awarded Critical Language Scholarship
Amanda Nagy
Sarah Chatta ’17 and Olivia Evans ’18 will study critical foreign languages this summer.
Word Power
Xiaoqian Zhu
Oberlin's slam poetry club, OSlam!, sent a competitive team to Richmond, Virginia, to compete in the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI). The team placed 16th out of 68 competitors, beating its personal record from the previous year.
Saksham Khosla '15 Receives a Carnegie Junior Fellowship
Rosalind Black
Politics and creative writing double-major and economics minor Saksham Khosla ’15 has been awarded a Carnegie Junior Fellowship in the South Asian Program.