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Drexel Publishing Group intern Mirella Morelli-Peyton has published an interview with Ivy Noelle Weir in Write Now Philly.
Ivy Noelle Weir is an award-winning comic book writer, librarian, and publishing professional who currently resides in the Philadelphia area. She frequently makes appearances at events and speaks at professional conferences. Her most recent work, Anne of West Philly, which reimagines the story of An...
John Timpane has reviewed Lynn Levin's story collection House Parties at Write Now Philly.
Leave it to Lynn Levin to publish an enormous collection of short stories that seemingly takes five minutes to read. With House Parties, her first fiction collection, you’re through almost before you’re ready to be done. You go back and reread. The stories exert their spells all over again. They...
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Lynn Levin is a Philadelphia-based poet and writer. She is a professor of English at Drexel University and has also […]
New on Write Now Philly: The First Annual Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl
The Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl is coming on August 26th! Below is the press release from the event's organizers, which include Philadelphia's indispensable Eric Smith and social media manager Ernest Owens. It looks like this is going to become a yearly celebration of Philly's independent bookstore...
Drexel Publishing Group intern Kasia Bunofsky has reviewed Lisa Scottoline's novel Loyalty in Write Now Philly.
If you’re a fan of historical fiction, mafia tales, true crime, or the second season of White Lotus, then run to read Philadelphia-based author Lisa Scottoline’s latest thriller. Loyalty is set in 1810 Sicily and tells the tale of the mafia’s genesis and rise to power on the island. Franco and...
Former Drexel Publishing Group intern and English grad Randee Wismer has reviewed First-Year Orientation, an anthology edited by Lauren Gibaldi and Eric Smith.
In First-Year Orientation, Lauren Gibaldi and Eric Smith have compiled 16 diverse stories that will surely serve as comfort reading for any incoming college freshman. This cross-genre YA anthology follows the story of a different student in each entry upon their arrival for orientation day at the fi...
In Write Now Philly, Drexel Publishing Group intern Kasia Bunofsky interviews Lynn Levin about her new collection of short stories, House Parties.
Lynn Levin is a Philadelphia-based poet and writer. She is a professor of English at Drexel University and has also taught at other universities in the Philadelphia area. She has authored several books of writing and poetry. Her most recent book House Parties, a collection of thought-provoking, vivi...
Drexel Publishing Group intern Jordan Anderson has reviewed Alina Pleskova's Toska on Write Now Philly
The debut collection of poems compiled in Alina Pleskova’s Toska takes readers on an unapologetic journey through her passionate critiques and appreciation of modern society. The book urges readers to gaze at themes through immigrant and q***r lenses and relate them to their own personal experienc...
Write Now Philly has published an interview with Nathaniel Popkin by Drexel Publishing Group intern Béa Urbanowski-Womer
In his work as a writer and editor of fiction, nonfiction, film, criticism, and journalism, Nathaniel Popkin explores memory and loss, urban and historical change, architectural palimpsests, ecological grief, and the struggle for the democratic ideal. His latest work, a personal and philosophical bo...
Drexel Publishing Group intern and English major Diamond Warney interviewed Jiordan Castle about her upcoming book (a memoir in verse) Disappearing Act in Write Now Philly
Jiordan Castle is a New York-born writer who currently lives in Philadelphia. She received her MFA in Poetry from Hunter College and published a chapbook, All His Breakable Things, in 2020. Her work can also be found in HuffPost, The New Yorker, and other notable publications. I had the pleasure of....
Drexel Publishing Group intern Béa Urbanowski-Womer has published a review of Scrape the Velvet from Your Antlers by Kelly McQuain on Write Now Philly.
Kelly McQuain’s Scrape the Velvet from Your Antlers is his debut collection of poems that follows the chronology of a life from a childhood fraught with conflict, both internal and external, to a young adult life of discovery and reflection, to a maturing relationship with oneself, family, friends...
Write Now Philly has published an interview by Drexel English major Beck Schneider with author Kathy Anderson
Kathy Anderson is a Philadelphia-based author who worked as a librarian for over 25 years. Her debut short story collection, Bull and Other Stories, was the winner of the 2015 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize. She released her debut novel, The New Town Librarian, through NineStar Press in January 20...
Write Now Philly has published a book review by Drexel English major Cassandra Stathis of the novel Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
The horror novel Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak begins by following the recovery of ex-addict and Philadelphian Mallory Quinn to what seems to be a picture-perfect suburban neighborhood in New Jersey. While she is recovering, Mallory’s new babysitting job takes a turn when young Teddy starts dra...
Beck Schneider has published a book review on Write Now Philly: When We Come Back by D.H. Schleicher
In 2020, independent author D.H. Schleicher released his first short story collection, And Then We Vanish, which navigated “waves of mystery, violence, and the absurd that filter into [the characters’] everyday lives,” according to Schleicher’s synopsis. Three years have passed since then, a...
Zipporah Fulmore has published an interview with Miriam N. Kotzin about her new novel Right This Way on Write Now Philly.
Dr. Miriam N. Kotzin is a Philadelphia-based author who teaches literature and creative writing at Drexel University. She has written and published novels, short fiction, flash fiction, and poetry. Some of her published works include The Body’s Bride, The Real Deal, and her most recent novel, Righ...
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