If you recall, Penn took this big step earlier this year for aspiring journalists, and now a famous alum of ours is making a sizable donation to further support this endeavor.
More about this alum and details about what it will support after the jump!
Showing posts with label Kelly Writers House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kelly Writers House. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Since I've graduated, thanks to the great leadership of Al Filreis, Penn keeps on beefing up it's creative writing program and offering students a variety of courses that help prepare students for real life careers.
More about Penn's new "journalism" minor after the jump!
DT stories on Penn alumni journalists HERE
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
NBC is Giving This Penn Alum "Friends with Benefits"...and How You Can Get A Studio To Produce Your TV Pilot
For all those aspiring Penn TV writers, here's some advice for you, if you write a hit film, studios are more receptive to giving you your own TV pilot.
Case in point for one talented Penn alum...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Here's a fun new way Penn and its programs continue to advance...
This Thursday, October 29, (8 pm eastern time), Penn's Kelly Writers House goes virtual ...inside "Second Life"!
For this week's seminar, KWH director Al Filreis will be discussing three poems, one each by Cid Corman, Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams.
Check out the texts and (for two of the three) audio recordings of the poets reading their poems HERE +/-
1) Cid Corman, "Enuresis"
http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/corman-enuresis.html
http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Corman/Corman-Cid_enuresis_KWH_11-19-01.mp3
2) Ezra Pound, "The Encounter"
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/encounter.html
[no audio available]
3) William Carlos Williams, "Between Walls"
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/wcw-between-walls.html
http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Williams-WC/singles/Williams-WC_Between-Walls_Rutherford-NJ_06-06-54.mp3
When you arrive at the Second Life KWH, and come into the Arts Cafe (their main reading room) you'll see chairs set up for us, and wall displays on which you'll find the text of the poems.
- For those who will want to actively participate, to gain access to this event please contact Deke Kassabian (vdeke at isc.upenn.edu) no later than noon today.
The Kelly Writers House always seemed ahead of the curve thanks to Al Filreis. Check out this news segment with Al from back in 1999.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Here's a gem for our "Penn Performers" week...
Wanna win a trip to LA and meet with a Hollywood casting director, talent agent and headshot photographer?
Thanks to a Penn alum, the chance is now yours!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
John went to Penn hoping to write for the Daily Pennsylvanian and become a journalist, but left as primarily an author of fiction. Thanks to the mentorship of Max Apple and the nurturing community of the Kelly Writers House, John just finished three years of work as their Assistant Director of Development and has now left to pursue his MFA in Creative Writing at American University.
John has written a story called "Baby Blue" which is included in a new short story collection of Philadelphia-based fiction by Philadelphia authors called Philly Fiction 2: A Second Collection of Short Stories Highlighting Philadelphia as a City of Literary Inspiration . His story is about a guy who meets up with a former high school teacher several years after graduation. And it turns out his teacher isn't the great guy he remembered him to be. Per John,
"The story centers on our narrator, who is working through becoming an adult via this renewed relationship with a former teacher. They meet by chance and wind up making plans to see a Phillies game, and our narrator winds up seeing an odd side of his former teacher."
Check out an excerpt from it below: +/-
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Earlier last fall, I posted about how Lindsey Rosin (C'07, The Excelano Project, The Writers House, Kappa Alpha Theta) joined forces with her father Charles Rosin (Executive Producer of Beverly Hills 90210 for the first five seasons) to create www.showbizzle.com, a new form of internet entertainment that combines daily updates of original, scripted video content with a social network aimed at emerging actors, writers, directors, fans of the biz – basically anyone with a computer who is looking for some fun entertainment. (see Lindsey in photo to right directing this week's episode you can see HERE)Earlier this week, showbizzle relaunched with even more features including:
- A 23 week series set in Hollywood told from the first person point-of-view of Janey, an aspiring screenwriter who likes to hang out at her favorite coffee shop and listen to the crazy stories that her friends are only too willing to share. As Janey puts it, “there’s always somebody hooking up, screwing up, breaking up…all while chasing their first big break.” The series is set in Hollywood in 2009. Season One will feature 29 cast members, with new episodes available on a weekly basis.
- “Inside the Bizzle” is an ongoing conversation with top industry insiders such as David Semel (“House”), Elizabeth Heldens (“Friday Night Lights’) and Ted Cohen (“Friends”) about their careers, how they succeeded and their heartfelt advice for people getting started.
- “Bizzle Bits” is a place to watch behind-the-scenes footage about the show.
- “The Digital Showcase” is a stage to promote professional and upcoming talent.
- A community section as a resource for emerging talent, starting with the 21 contemporary monologues available for free download on the website. It will also feature some of our favorite member-submitted videos on the Digital Showcase, then let the members vote on their favorites – and give a community member the opportunity to be paid to do original material on the site.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Julie Kraut (C'04, Bloomers)'s new book SLEPT AWAY comes out today and if you went to sleepaway camp, I'm sure you'll relate to/appreciate this.
This is Julie's second book since HOT MESS: SUMMER IN THE CITY and it fits into that "chick lit" category I covered with another Penn alum author HERE.
Check out the synopsis below and note that the camp in her book "Camp TimberTrails" sounds like a conglomerate of camps "Camp Timberlake" and "Trails End"...2 very popular sleepaway camps for Long Islanders like myself..(although I went to Camp Wayne!):
"Laney Parker is a city girl through and through. For her, summertime means stepping out of her itchy gray school uniform and into a season of tanning at rooftop swimming pools, brunching at sidewalk cafes, and—as soon as the parents leave for the Hamptons—partying at her classmates’ apartments.
But this summer Laney’s mother has other plans for Laney. It’s called Camp Timber Trails and rustic doesn’t even begin to describe the un-air-conditioned log cabin nightmare. Laney is way out of her element—the in-crowd is anything but cool, popularity seems to be determined by swimming skills, and the activities seem more like boot camp than summer camp.
Splattered with tie dye fall out, stripped of her cell, and going through Diet Coke withdrawal, Laney is barely hanging on. Being declared the biggest loser of the bunk is one thing, but when she realizes her summer crush is untouchably uncrushable in the real world, she starts to wonder, can camp cool possibly translate to cool cool?
Summer camp might just turn this city girl’s world upside down!"
What inspired Julie to start writing? How did the Kelly Writers House help her? And what advice does she have for you...? Find out from her HERE!
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