nature and writing club
If you have interest in writing about the wonders of the natural world around you or the sights seen when traveling to foreign lands, perhaps it is time you gave the nature and writing club a shot.
At first, you may think that this club is too similar to other organizations, such as the literary club and Students of Edinboro for Environmental Defense, but you’d be mistaken. While the nature and writing club most certainly combines aspects of the two, it’s entirely its own creation.
A relatively new formation on campus, they meet in the lounge of Centennial Hall the second Monday of each month. It is the brainchild of Martha Rogus.
As the group of students perched around the table eating John’s Wildwood pizza, many famous writers’ names were dropped for discussion.? Gretel Ehrlich, Frances Trollope, Richard Wright and Paul Theroux, just to name a few. Even some not normally associated with nature writing, such as Charles Dickens and Joan Didion. And, of course: Rachael Carlson and Henry David Thoreau.
During the meeting, members watched a presentation on “special forces journalism” and “contemporary magazine writing.” In addition to chatting about relevant literature, one group member called to the larger attention a recent chemical spill in Petrolia, Pa., that forced 2,500 people to evacuate their homes. The commercial fishing industry’s current crisis was highlighted as well.
The nature and writing club will be participating in a service project at the town of North Harmony on Lake Chautauqua in southwestern New York in mid-November. Not only will they be cleaning the park, but they will also be attempting to summon inspiration from its beautiful scenery for their writings.
At each meeting, the members choose a writer to emulate the style of. Then, as Rogus stated, “our members write poems and prose, then workshop each others papers during meetings.”
This time around, the chosen writer was Wendell Berry, a Guggenheim fellow who has been a force in the literary world since the 1960s.
If you’re interested in joining this budding community at Edinboro University, you may want to act fast, within the coming months. The future of the nature and writing club is up in the air. Rogus, the current president, will relinquish her position at the end of the semester.
Since the group is not recognized by the Student Government Association, it risks either disintegrating altogether or being merged with the literary club. Rogus said that this is most likely the direction the club will be pursuing, unless new leadership steps in and takes the reigns.
The final meeting of the Fall semester will be Dec. 8. The club will reconvene for the spring semester on Jan. 12.
At first, you may think that this club is too similar to other organizations, such as the literary club and Students of Edinboro for Environmental Defense, but you’d be mistaken. While the nature and writing club most certainly combines aspects of the two, it’s entirely its own creation.
A relatively new formation on campus, they meet in the lounge of Centennial Hall the second Monday of each month. It is the brainchild of Martha Rogus.
As the group of students perched around the table eating John’s Wildwood pizza, many famous writers’ names were dropped for discussion.? Gretel Ehrlich, Frances Trollope, Richard Wright and Paul Theroux, just to name a few. Even some not normally associated with nature writing, such as Charles Dickens and Joan Didion. And, of course: Rachael Carlson and Henry David Thoreau.
During the meeting, members watched a presentation on “special forces journalism” and “contemporary magazine writing.” In addition to chatting about relevant literature, one group member called to the larger attention a recent chemical spill in Petrolia, Pa., that forced 2,500 people to evacuate their homes. The commercial fishing industry’s current crisis was highlighted as well.
The nature and writing club will be participating in a service project at the town of North Harmony on Lake Chautauqua in southwestern New York in mid-November. Not only will they be cleaning the park, but they will also be attempting to summon inspiration from its beautiful scenery for their writings.
At each meeting, the members choose a writer to emulate the style of. Then, as Rogus stated, “our members write poems and prose, then workshop each others papers during meetings.”
This time around, the chosen writer was Wendell Berry, a Guggenheim fellow who has been a force in the literary world since the 1960s.
If you’re interested in joining this budding community at Edinboro University, you may want to act fast, within the coming months. The future of the nature and writing club is up in the air. Rogus, the current president, will relinquish her position at the end of the semester.
Since the group is not recognized by the Student Government Association, it risks either disintegrating altogether or being merged with the literary club. Rogus said that this is most likely the direction the club will be pursuing, unless new leadership steps in and takes the reigns.
The final meeting of the Fall semester will be Dec. 8. The club will reconvene for the spring semester on Jan. 12.
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