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"Adjei-Brenyah made the reading entertaining as he even had audience participation while reading excerpts from two chapters of the novel." - Staff Writer / Ryan Schaller.

Rowan welcomes NYT best-selling author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to speak about his debut novel

Ryan Schaller March 18, 2024

On Feb. 29, Rowan University’s Writing Arts Department welcomed New York Times best-selling author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah who read excerpts from his debut novel "Chain-Gang All-Stars." He also had...

"The reviews on the back cover described it as “intellectually playful,” but besides a few meta-textual nods, like “Edwin St. John. Andrew,” a character named after the author, there’s nothing all that clever." - Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon

Navigating the seas of critique: A candid evaluation of “Sea of Tranquility”

Owen O'Brien February 7, 2024

Reading is back. Long considered a medium near death, cast aside in the age of video games, binge-watching, and cell phones, people have begun to rediscover the simple joy of reading a book.  It’s...

"You could never keep stare long enough but needed to keep staring to find out why you couldn't," from the story Call Me By Your Name. — Arts & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon

“Call Me by Your Name” by André Aciman: An exploration of obsessive infatuation

Al Harmon October 23, 2023

I have been putting off reading for a while and have just now started getting through my never-ending TBR (to be read) list. But after putting it off for months, I eventually read a book that I had been...

The cover of "A Refugee’s American Dream: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service" showcases a young Leth Oun and his journey to freedom in the U.S. government employee. - Photo via Professor Starnes

RU professor co-writes memoir with Cambodian refugee

Paige Britt October 18, 2023

Editor's Note: We previously referred to the memoir as a "novel," which would imply that it is fiction, which it is not. Sam Starnes, an adjunct professor at Rowan who has taught creative writing...

Fall in love with reading during Campbell Library's "Blind Date With a Book" event. - Staff Writer / Elena Laughton

Fall in love with reading: Campbell Library hosts “Blind Date With a Book” event

Elena Laughton February 8, 2023

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and if you haven’t found yourself a valentine yet Campbell Library has got you covered. Throughout February up until Valentine’s Day, Rowan’s library...

Lisa Taddeo's novel "Animal" dives into themes of female rage and cycles of abuse. - Copy Editor / Daniela Garofalo

Lisa Taddeo’s “Animal” delves into themes of female rage and cycles of abuse

Daniela Garofalo November 16, 2022

Lisa Taddeo’s novel, “Animal,” is a compilation of your darkest, truest and most impulsive thoughts typed onto 321 pages for the world to read. Taddeo’s main character, Joan, doesn’t hold anything...

Rowan invites author Jeremi Suri, Ph.D., to talk about his new book. Photo / College of Humanities & Social Sciences at Rowan

Author Talk: Jeremi Suri on “Civil War by Other Means”

Abigail Twiford November 9, 2022

Jeremi Suri, Ph.D., the fifth guest speaker for the Hollybush Author series, gave a presentation about his newest book “Civil War by Other Means” on Nov. 3 in Discovery Hall. Fifteen copies of...

"I don’t think that anyone could ask for a better man, and I think many readers hate that book boyfriends aren’t actual people in real life. Thank you Colleen Hoover for giving us readers unrealistic expectations for men." - Art & Entertainment Editor / Al Harmon.

Colleen Hoover’s “It Starts With Us”: A heart-wrenching journey of love & healing

Morgan Reitzel October 25, 2022

The novel “It Starts With Us,” the sequel to the sensational novel “It Ends With Us,” written by New York Times best-selling author Colleen Hoover, was released on Oct. 18, 2022. “It Starts...

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Goodwin remembers LBJ on anniversary of Glassboro Summit

Taylor Henry February 22, 2017

When President Lyndon Johnson called for a meeting with Soviet Union Premier Alexei Kosygin to discuss U.S.-Soviet relations in the summer of 1967, he did not expect that the historic meeting would...

Race, immigration, white privilege themes for “Americanah” panel

Cierra Lewis November 16, 2016

Race, racism, white privilege, identity, immigration, and diaspora were all themes centered around the panel discussion of the novel “Americanah,” written by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. On...

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