Literatures in English Stories

Literary Philadelphia – A Collective Exploration
Philadelphia is a vibrant literary city - and one without a single, monolithic literary center of gravity. In this class, taught by novelist, poet, and Swarthmore Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, students will have a chance to get to know, and contribute to, Philadelphia's vibrant literary culture.

Tay Jones '25
"I've had such great professors. They've been examples for me of what I want to do as an educator."

Major Moment: Rana Rastegari '26
"I was initially very hesitant about being a chemistry major but taking a risk ended up being one of the best decisions I could have made."

360°: Revolutions
How do different kinds of revolutions feed one another? How do art, culture and politics work together to form and normalize or defang the radicalism of the new order?

Major Moment: Bethany Wisdom '24
"Enjoy the process of exploring and growing, it will only give you more clarity and more chances to discover what you really love learning!"

360°: Poetics and Politics of Race
The goal of this 360° is to unpack how meaning is made from representations of race—from artifacts in an anthropological context, to representations in literature, to how people teach and learn.