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Mar. 20, 2024

Spotlight on Faculty: Mary-Alice Daniel, Mary Routt Chair of Writing

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May. 15, 2025

“There is No Sole Genius”: Mary Routt Chair of Writing Éireann Lorsung on the Philosophy of Making Art

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Apr. 21, 2025

Spotlight on Seniors: Lauren Mar ’25 Reflects on Leadership and Lifelong Ties at Scripps

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Mar. 20, 2024

Spotlight on Faculty: Mary-Alice Daniel, Mary Routt Chair of Writing

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May. 15, 2025

“There is No Sole Genius”: Mary Routt Chair of Writing Éireann Lorsung on the Philosophy of Making Art

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Apr. 21, 2025

Spotlight on Seniors: Lauren Mar ’25 Reflects on Leadership and Lifelong Ties at Scripps

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Mary Routt Chair of Writing


May 15, 2025

“There is No Sole Genius”: Mary Routt Chair of Writing Éireann Lorsung on the Philosophy of Making Art

Éireann Lorsung (left) and Chloe Martinez By Caitlin Antonios In Scripps College’s Hampton Room above Malott Commons on a spring Thursday afternoon, white banners with stark black lettering decorated the […]

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April 21, 2025

Spotlight on Seniors: Lauren Mar ’25 Reflects on Leadership and Lifelong Ties at Scripps

Lauren Mar ’25 By Emily Glory Peters  Lauren Mar ’25’s earliest memory of Scripps College is of community. During her first night on campus back in 2021, she found herself […]

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March 20, 2024

Spotlight on Faculty: Mary-Alice Daniel, Mary Routt Chair of Writing

Scripps’ 2024 Mary Routt Chair of Writing is Mary-Alice Daniel, an award-winning, cross-genre writer born near the Niger/Nigeria border and raised in England and Tennessee.

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May 31, 2023

In the Media: Jean Chen Ho Discusses Fiona and Jane with Aspen Public Radio

“I wanted to write a book that was about friendship and identity,” Ho said.

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March 15, 2023

Spotlight on Faculty: Jean Chen Ho, Mary Routt Chair of Writing

“Writing is a solitary activity, but finding community in like-minded thinkers and readers can be so wonderful in the writing process,” Ho says. “In all my classes, I want students to gain a greater sense of themselves and their own work, to learn how to see themselves more clearly and with more careful attention.”

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April 23, 2021

In the Media: Rachel Kushner Discusses Artistic Inspiration in New York Times

Author Rachel Kushner, who served as the 2018 Mary Routt Chair of Writing, reflected on her sources of artistic inspiration in the New York Times.

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March 22, 2021

Mary Routt Chair of Writing Joan Kane: Confronting Archetypes and Apocalypse in Literature

For writer Joan Kane, the 2021 Mary Routt Chair in Writing at Scripps, the connection forged between writers and readers is not only vital, but timely. This semester, Kane’s workshop syllabus is focused on themes of archetype and apocalypse across genres, with particular emphasis on works in translation and by Indigenous writers.

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April 10, 2020

In the Media: Mary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon Reflects on Grief and the Coronavirus Pandemic in the New York Times

In an op-ed for the New York Times, Spring 2020 Mary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon reflected on her attempts to write during the upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic and the grief she discovered was stymying her writing process. “…because many Americans weren’t talking about grief before the pandemic, we don’t know how to name it, let alone voice it,” Kwon writes.

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March 6, 2020

In the Media: R.O. Kwon Discusses Writing, Teaching, and Sources of Inspiration with the Los Angeles Daily News

Mary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon discussed writing, teaching, and the experiences she drew on while writing her bestselling debut novel, The Incendiaries, with the Los Angeles Daily News. “For me, with teaching, it’s very much not about trying to evangelize about what I love,” she said.

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February 17, 2020

In the Media: Los Angeles Times Highlights Scripps Presents Event with R.O. Kwon and Maureen Corrigan

The Los Angeles Times featured Scripps Presents’ recent conversation between author R.O. Kwon and NPR book critic Maureen Corrigan in its list of weekly literary highlights.

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