Rose O'Neill Literary House @ Washington College
@literaryhouse.bsky.social
www.washcoll.edu/lithouse
Since 1972, we are Washington College's campus literary hub. All events are free & open to the public. Catch our livestreamed and recorded events on our YouTube channel @literaryhouse3383
Since 1972, we are Washington College's campus literary hub. All events are free & open to the public. Catch our livestreamed and recorded events on our YouTube channel @literaryhouse3383
The Literary House is our students' home away from home, & also a launching pad for their literary lives. If you can give $5 to help us grow our internship program, I'd be so grateful. These bright students deserve every ray of light we can give them.
tinyurl.com/LightofDayIn...
#decemberdays
tinyurl.com/LightofDayIn...
#decemberdays
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Literary House is our students' home away from home, & also a launching pad for their literary lives. If you can give $5 to help us grow our internship program, I'd be so grateful. These bright students deserve every ray of light we can give them.
tinyurl.com/LightofDayIn...
#decemberdays
tinyurl.com/LightofDayIn...
#decemberdays
Roy Kesey '91 @roykesey.bsky.social tells us about Bob Day, namesake of the "Light of Day" Internships, which pairs great students with national literary nonprofits.
If you can give: tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & then "Literary House Light of Day." #decemberdays
If you can give: tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & then "Literary House Light of Day." #decemberdays
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Roy Kesey '91 @roykesey.bsky.social tells us about Bob Day, namesake of the "Light of Day" Internships, which pairs great students with national literary nonprofits.
If you can give: tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & then "Literary House Light of Day." #decemberdays
If you can give: tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & then "Literary House Light of Day." #decemberdays
Can you pitch in $5 to help these youngsters get a little light? We're raising money for the Light of Day Internships, which pair students with literary organizations. Please, help us give the Light of Day.
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & "Literary House Light of Day"
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & "Literary House Light of Day"
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Can you pitch in $5 to help these youngsters get a little light? We're raising money for the Light of Day Internships, which pair students with literary organizations. Please, help us give the Light of Day.
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & "Literary House Light of Day"
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & "Literary House Light of Day"
Who wouldn't want to help these students? The Lit House is raising $ for Light of Day Internships, pairing students w/ national lit organizations. Even $5 helps!
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj
Select "Centers of Excellence" & "Lit House Light of Day" & give these booklovers some light.
#decemberdays
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj
Select "Centers of Excellence" & "Lit House Light of Day" & give these booklovers some light.
#decemberdays
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Who wouldn't want to help these students? The Lit House is raising $ for Light of Day Internships, pairing students w/ national lit organizations. Even $5 helps!
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj
Select "Centers of Excellence" & "Lit House Light of Day" & give these booklovers some light.
#decemberdays
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj
Select "Centers of Excellence" & "Lit House Light of Day" & give these booklovers some light.
#decemberdays
Chip in $5 to help us build the Light of Day Internship Program. Please? Super please?
Fly on over to advancement.washcoll.edu/portal/ddgd2...
and select "Centers of Excellence," and then "Literary House--Light of Day."
Thank you for doing some good for our deserving students!
Fly on over to advancement.washcoll.edu/portal/ddgd2...
and select "Centers of Excellence," and then "Literary House--Light of Day."
Thank you for doing some good for our deserving students!
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Chip in $5 to help us build the Light of Day Internship Program. Please? Super please?
Fly on over to advancement.washcoll.edu/portal/ddgd2...
and select "Centers of Excellence," and then "Literary House--Light of Day."
Thank you for doing some good for our deserving students!
Fly on over to advancement.washcoll.edu/portal/ddgd2...
and select "Centers of Excellence," and then "Literary House--Light of Day."
Thank you for doing some good for our deserving students!
This Thursday, November 20, join us at 5pm at the Lit House for the First-Year Reading! Refreshments--and a heap of inspiration--will be served!
If you can't make it in person, check out the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdR4...
If you can't make it in person, check out the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdR4...
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This Thursday, November 20, join us at 5pm at the Lit House for the First-Year Reading! Refreshments--and a heap of inspiration--will be served!
If you can't make it in person, check out the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdR4...
If you can't make it in person, check out the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdR4...
Unfortunately, the even with Maya Popa has been canceled for next week.
October 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Unfortunately, the even with Maya Popa has been canceled for next week.
Tomorrow night, 9/23 at 6pm, @wileycash.bsky.social reads from his fiction, followed by a conversation with the Starr Center's own, Dr. Pat Nugent.
Stream it live here: www.youtube.com/live/KAMn1Wn...
Stream it live here: www.youtube.com/live/KAMn1Wn...
September 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Tomorrow night, 9/23 at 6pm, @wileycash.bsky.social reads from his fiction, followed by a conversation with the Starr Center's own, Dr. Pat Nugent.
Stream it live here: www.youtube.com/live/KAMn1Wn...
Stream it live here: www.youtube.com/live/KAMn1Wn...
"What I Did This Summer" -- check out this story about conferences for high school students at Washington College, including the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference!
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/20...
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/20...
July 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"What I Did This Summer" -- check out this story about conferences for high school students at Washington College, including the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference!
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/20...
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/20...
We join our community in mourning Robert Earl Price, and celebrating his life & poetry. Here's an interview & reading Robert Earl did with Grace Cavalieri on The Poet and the Poem: www.gracecavalieri.com/images/Rober...
April 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We join our community in mourning Robert Earl Price, and celebrating his life & poetry. Here's an interview & reading Robert Earl did with Grace Cavalieri on The Poet and the Poem: www.gracecavalieri.com/images/Rober...
Award-winning novelist Andy Mozina is coming to the Lit House tonight, Wednesday, April 9th for a fiction reading at 6:00PM! Please join us for this inspiring event.
Books and broadsides will be available after the event and available for signing courtesy of our friends at The Bookplate.
Books and broadsides will be available after the event and available for signing courtesy of our friends at The Bookplate.
April 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Award-winning novelist Andy Mozina is coming to the Lit House tonight, Wednesday, April 9th for a fiction reading at 6:00PM! Please join us for this inspiring event.
Books and broadsides will be available after the event and available for signing courtesy of our friends at The Bookplate.
Books and broadsides will be available after the event and available for signing courtesy of our friends at The Bookplate.
Tonight, Denise Duhamel is going to serve up poems that will make you laugh, and poems that will make you cry and laugh again. Maureen Corrigan joins after for a Q&A.
More info and free tix: www.kentculture.org/poetryfest
More info and free tix: www.kentculture.org/poetryfest
April 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tonight, Denise Duhamel is going to serve up poems that will make you laugh, and poems that will make you cry and laugh again. Maureen Corrigan joins after for a Q&A.
More info and free tix: www.kentculture.org/poetryfest
More info and free tix: www.kentculture.org/poetryfest
Award-winning novelist Andy Mozina is coming to the Lit House next Wednesday, April 9th for a fiction reading at 6:00PM! Please join us for this inspiring event.
Books and limited-edition broadsides will be sold by our friends at The Bookplate!
Books and limited-edition broadsides will be sold by our friends at The Bookplate!
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Award-winning novelist Andy Mozina is coming to the Lit House next Wednesday, April 9th for a fiction reading at 6:00PM! Please join us for this inspiring event.
Books and limited-edition broadsides will be sold by our friends at The Bookplate!
Books and limited-edition broadsides will be sold by our friends at The Bookplate!
We're so excited for the 16th annual Kent County Poetry Festival this weekend, April 4-6, headlined by the incomparable Denise Duhamel and featuring three days of INCREDIBLE & FREE events!
Secure your free tickets at kentculture.org/poetryfest/
Secure your free tickets at kentculture.org/poetryfest/
March 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We're so excited for the 16th annual Kent County Poetry Festival this weekend, April 4-6, headlined by the incomparable Denise Duhamel and featuring three days of INCREDIBLE & FREE events!
Secure your free tickets at kentculture.org/poetryfest/
Secure your free tickets at kentculture.org/poetryfest/
The Lit House is a proud co-sponsor of the Kent County Poetry Festival! Join us for FOUR fabulous events April 4-6, 2025. Events are free but some require tickets (because space is limited), which you can get at kentculture.org/poetryfest/
March 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Lit House is a proud co-sponsor of the Kent County Poetry Festival! Join us for FOUR fabulous events April 4-6, 2025. Events are free but some require tickets (because space is limited), which you can get at kentculture.org/poetryfest/
TONIGHT, come see Phaedra Scott '14, who will be speaking about writing professionally for the page and the stage in Tawes Theater at 4:30PM. Right after this talk, race to the Lit House for a generative workshop at 6:00PM with Christopher Tilghman!
It's sure to be a great time!
It's sure to be a great time!
February 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
TONIGHT, come see Phaedra Scott '14, who will be speaking about writing professionally for the page and the stage in Tawes Theater at 4:30PM. Right after this talk, race to the Lit House for a generative workshop at 6:00PM with Christopher Tilghman!
It's sure to be a great time!
It's sure to be a great time!
Tonight at 6pm at the Lit House, acclaimed novelist and short story writer Christopher Tilghman will read from his newest novel.
Broadsides & books will be available for sale, thanks to our friends at the BookPlate!
Livestream available on Lit House Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AkI...
Broadsides & books will be available for sale, thanks to our friends at the BookPlate!
Livestream available on Lit House Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AkI...
February 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Tonight at 6pm at the Lit House, acclaimed novelist and short story writer Christopher Tilghman will read from his newest novel.
Broadsides & books will be available for sale, thanks to our friends at the BookPlate!
Livestream available on Lit House Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AkI...
Broadsides & books will be available for sale, thanks to our friends at the BookPlate!
Livestream available on Lit House Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AkI...
This week at the Lit House, we're keeping you INSPIRED with:
reading & workshop by acclaimed fiction writer Christopher Tilghman (Wed & Thurs, 6pm / Lit House).
as well as a talk by award-winning playwright & screenwriter Phaedra Scott (Thurs. 4:30pm in Tawes, Gibson Center).
All are welcome!
reading & workshop by acclaimed fiction writer Christopher Tilghman (Wed & Thurs, 6pm / Lit House).
as well as a talk by award-winning playwright & screenwriter Phaedra Scott (Thurs. 4:30pm in Tawes, Gibson Center).
All are welcome!
February 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This week at the Lit House, we're keeping you INSPIRED with:
reading & workshop by acclaimed fiction writer Christopher Tilghman (Wed & Thurs, 6pm / Lit House).
as well as a talk by award-winning playwright & screenwriter Phaedra Scott (Thurs. 4:30pm in Tawes, Gibson Center).
All are welcome!
reading & workshop by acclaimed fiction writer Christopher Tilghman (Wed & Thurs, 6pm / Lit House).
as well as a talk by award-winning playwright & screenwriter Phaedra Scott (Thurs. 4:30pm in Tawes, Gibson Center).
All are welcome!
Please welcome Christopher Tilghman as he reads at the Lit House on Wednesday, February 26th at 6:00PM, followed by a generative workshop on Thursday, February 27th at 6:00PM.
Books and broadsides will be sold courtesy of The Bookplate, and light refreshments will be provided after the reading.
Books and broadsides will be sold courtesy of The Bookplate, and light refreshments will be provided after the reading.
February 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Please welcome Christopher Tilghman as he reads at the Lit House on Wednesday, February 26th at 6:00PM, followed by a generative workshop on Thursday, February 27th at 6:00PM.
Books and broadsides will be sold courtesy of The Bookplate, and light refreshments will be provided after the reading.
Books and broadsides will be sold courtesy of The Bookplate, and light refreshments will be provided after the reading.
Come out to the Lit House tonight at 6:00PM for a generative workshop with R.O. Kwon. We will be exploring all there is to know about desire, so be sure to bring your pens, papers, and questions. Livestream will be available on our YouTube Channel!
January 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Come out to the Lit House tonight at 6:00PM for a generative workshop with R.O. Kwon. We will be exploring all there is to know about desire, so be sure to bring your pens, papers, and questions. Livestream will be available on our YouTube Channel!
Come out to the Lit House tonight at 6:00PM for a fiction reading by the acclaimed R.O. Kwon. Light refreshments will be provided, and books and broadsides will be on sale courtesy of our friends from The Bookplate!
January 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Come out to the Lit House tonight at 6:00PM for a fiction reading by the acclaimed R.O. Kwon. Light refreshments will be provided, and books and broadsides will be on sale courtesy of our friends from The Bookplate!
Come out to the Lit House this week for a fiction reading and generative workshop with R.O. Kwon! Bring a friend or two for light refreshments, laughter, and the exploration of desire. Books and broadsides will be on sale by our friends at The Bookplate!
January 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Come out to the Lit House this week for a fiction reading and generative workshop with R.O. Kwon! Bring a friend or two for light refreshments, laughter, and the exploration of desire. Books and broadsides will be on sale by our friends at The Bookplate!
"While the NEA grant certainly means a lot for my own writing, I think I’m most delighted because of the example I can set for my amazing Washington College students: that a life in art does pay.....”
Read the story about Lit House Director's NEA fellowship here:
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/ne...
Read the story about Lit House Director's NEA fellowship here:
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/ne...
January 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"While the NEA grant certainly means a lot for my own writing, I think I’m most delighted because of the example I can set for my amazing Washington College students: that a life in art does pay.....”
Read the story about Lit House Director's NEA fellowship here:
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/ne...
Read the story about Lit House Director's NEA fellowship here:
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/ne...
January 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
May the last days of 2024 inspire the first drafts of 2025.
And happy holidays from all of us at the Rose O'Neill Literary House!
And happy holidays from all of us at the Rose O'Neill Literary House!
December 25, 2024 at 3:52 AM
May the last days of 2024 inspire the first drafts of 2025.
And happy holidays from all of us at the Rose O'Neill Literary House!
And happy holidays from all of us at the Rose O'Neill Literary House!