Questions and Answers
The question box has debuted, and there are questions in it. Heartfelt thanks to those of you who took the time. Keep at it. Nothing is too big, nothing is too small, nothing is too specific, and, because… Read More
Alchemy Announces the Fall 2023 WRITE LIKE A HUMAN Contest!
In 2011, after attending an annual Turing test competition, journalist Brian Christian wrote: “I think that while the first year that computers pass the Turing test will certainly be a historic one, it will not mark the end… Read More
On Beginnings, again
I struggle with beginnings, especially of short stories. I think everyone does. They are the most exciting part, the moment when everything seems possible. But they are terrifying because so much depends on them. They must set the… Read More
Suggestion Boxes and Beginnings Part #2
Part of my business here is to be on hand to answer questions. Sometimes questions are hard to ask. Because it’s tricky to find the time, or formulate (on your feet, in your words) what you want to… Read More
Beginnings
Hello all. I’ll be your writer in residence from now through to the end of April. You’ll see me skulking around the campus a couple of times a week. At Sheridan, I’ll be here to read your work,… Read More
From the Dean’s Office
Fellow Alchemists, March is nearly behind us and most of us cannot wait for spring to be in full bloom. This ‘winter’ issue is truly a celebration of everything FHASS. To get the party started, we marked new… Read More
Sheridan’s ESL and TESOL Plus Programs Reach New Milestones!
FHASS’s School of Communication and Literary Studies (SCLS) has big news in Winter 2023, as the ESL and TESOL Plus Programs each reach important milestones. ESL Program Surpasses 1000 Students This semester, the ESL program has set a… Read More
Sheridan Reads Welcomes Waubgeshig Rice!
On March 9th, members of the Creative Writing & Publishing program staged an unforgettable evening of literary conversation and community. Hundreds of people gathered in the HMC Creativity Commons to listen to Waubgeshig Rice speak about his celebrated… Read More
Naben Ruthnum’s Video Blog Now Available!
The CW&P 2022-23 Writer-in-Residence, Naben Ruthnum, has been hard at work, meeting with students and staff for consultations, visiting classes, and running events like the 2023 Sheridan Reads visit with Waubgeshig Rice and the Food, Writing, and Identity… Read More
Professor Laura Trethewey Publishes Second Book
This coming July, creative nonfiction professor Laura Trethewey will publish her second book, The Deepest Map: The Amazing Global Race to Chart the World’s Oceans with Goose Lane Editions. This dramatic and action-packed story of the last mysterious place on earth—the world’s seafloor—documents the… Read More
