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Creative Writing

Do You Prefer AI Poems or Poets?

A study in the journal Scientific Reports suggests readers like AI-generated poems more than those written by poets like Sylvia Plath and T.S. Eliot.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/do-you-prefer-ai-poems-or-poets

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Creative Writing

Around the world in three stories — recommendations from Language House residents

In light of the intimate familiarity that these Language House residents have with languages and cultures outside of English and the U.S., they serve as the perfect sources for foreign-language literature recommendations.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/11/around-the-world-in-three-stories-recommendations-from-language-house-residents?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

Artist and poet MaKshya Tolbert smiles at the camera.
Creative Writing

Exploring MaKshya Tolbert’s ‘Shade Is a Place’

The poet, multimedia artist and University MFA graduate finds ongoing inspiration in the local canopy.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/11/exploring-makshya-tolberts-shade-is-a-place?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

A collage of the covers of each featured book.
Creative Writing

What Are UVA Librarians Reading? Here Are Their 2024 Picks

If you’re still wondering what to ask your loved ones for this holiday season, the University of Virginia Library staff is here to help.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/what-are-uva-librarians-reading-here-are-their-2024-picks

Glen and Cathy Miranker stand in a room full of book shelves with a librarian.
Creative Writing

Why a California Couple Gave Millions to Rare Book School

Book-loving adventures over five decades inspired a California couple to make a $3.1 million donation to Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, the largest donation in its history.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/why-california-couple-gave-millions-rare-book-school

A split-screen image of Shivani Dimri smiling in front of the Rotunda, accompanied by a photo of red, blue, green, and white playing cards; the one on top reads "director."
Creative Writing

Let’s Circle Back, the Ice-Breaking Office Game a UVA Alumna Created

Let’s Circle Back is a corporate storytelling game and prompt deck that’s designed to break the ice with new employees or enhance the workplace culture within a veteran staff.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/lets-circle-back-ice-breaking-office-game-uva-alumna-created

Three books laying on a wooden table: "The Complete Works and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe," which features a drawing of a raven; "You Like it Darker" by Stephen King, which has a picture of an island; and "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson, represented by a white drawing of people's faces on a black background.
Creative Writing

This Halloween, Curl Up With These Haunting Reads From UVA Library

This scary season, if you find yourself on a midnight dreary without a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore to ponder, the University of Virginia Library has recommendations for you.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/halloween-curl-these-haunting-reads-uva-library

Professor Stanley Stepanic wears fake vampire teeth and circular sunglasses while holding up his book, titled "A Vamp There Was." The cover is black and includes a shadowy photo of a woman smirking and looking at the reader.
Creative Writing

Stanley Stepanic on Fact and Fiction in "A Vamp There Was"

According to Stepanic, scholarship on vampires is valuable because analysis of vampire folklore provides insight into humanity.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/09/stanley-stepanic-on-fact-and-fiction-in-a-vamp-there-was?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured