Writer of the Week: Lucille Clifton
Maryland is a geographically small state, but its history and legacy are as rich as any other’s. No one writer exemplifies the rich history of this politically, socially, and racially…
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Writer of the Week: Neil Gaiman
For some authors, writing seems to be instilled in their blood. Literature colors everything they do throughout life, from early childhood to the last stages of their career. This is…
Writer of the Week: Jorge Luis Borges
Never one to defy expectations, Jorge Luis Borges, in his 86 years, managed to become one of the most prolific authors of Latin American literature. His life began as humbly…
Writer of the Week: Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda is one of the most, if not the most, influential figures of poetry in the twentieth century. Even from a young age, his raw passion for poetry is…
Writer of the Week: Gwendolyn Brooks
There are few poets more renowned in the twentieth century than Gwendolyn Brooks. Her parents experienced a classic love story: her father was a janitor that gave up a life…
Writer of the Week: Chinua Achebe
Back in November of 1930, when Nigeria was still a Protectorate of the British Empire, Chinua Achebe was born in the small village of Ogidi. His childhood was spent steeped…
Writer of the Week: Scott Lynch
Writers don’t have to be household names to be excellent, and Scott Lynch is no exception. Lynch, born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1978, lived a relatively normal life. Like…
Writer of the Week: Ethel Payne
The granddaughter of freed slaves, Ethel Payne was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1911. Better known as the “First Lady of the Black Press,” Payne was the fifth child in…
Writer of the Week: Lorraine Hansberry
A playwright, an author, an activists, and the granddaughter of a freed slave, Lorraine Hansberry is one of the most recognized black figures within the theater and the literary arts….
Writer of the Week: A. K. Smith
A K. Smith holds a special place in the heart of McDaniel College. Smith worked at McDaniel in 1994, back when our campus was still Western Maryland College, before seating…
Writer of the Week: Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto was born in Tokyo, in July 24, 1964. She graduated with a major in Literature from Nihon University’s Art College, where she chose her first name in honor…
Writer of the Week: Nicolaus Copernicus
It’s not often that Writers of the Week are from the fifteenth century, but when they are, you know they’ve made their impact. Nicolaus Copernicus was one such person. Born…
Writer of the Week: Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou is, perhaps, one of the most famed poets who ever lived. Despite the fact that she was both black and female, living in an age where being one…
Writer of the Week: John Fowles
John Robert Fowles, born on March 31, 1926, was one of the pinnacles of postmodern writing of his time. He spent most of his childhood attended by his cousin, Peggy…
Writer of the Week: Robert Jordan
Born in October 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, Robert Jordan’s immense talent and rigorous devotion to literature was shown at an early age. Jordan taught himself to read at the…
Writer of the Week: Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, born Robert Andrew Zimmerman, was born in Duluth, Minnesota in May of 1941. His early childhood was filled with music, rather than literature; he would often find himself…
Writer of the Week: Silvina Ocampo
After a brief hiatus over the month of September, Writer of the Week is back! To mark the return of the column, there’s no better way than to begin with…
Writer of the Week: Robert Frost
Born to a Scottish immigrant and a native New Hampshirite on March 26, 1874, Robert Frost was immersed in literature from the beginning of his life. Frost’s father, a teacher…
Writer of the Week: Emma Richard
A young and talented writer, McDaniel student Emma Richard, published her first novel, “Goodnight,” in 2014, after years of drafting and editing. Richard began writing “Goodnight” in seventh grade, and…
Writer of the Week: Shakespeare & Cervantes
Baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, William Shakespeare was part of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men company of theatrical players. For an estimate of 20 years, Shakespeare composed multiple…