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A picture of UVA student Tyler Ruvolo standing in Shannon Library surrounded by bookshelves.
Creative Writing

UVA Fourth-Year Business Student Blends Real-World Concerns Into Fantasy Novel

When University of Virginia fourth-year student Tyler Ruvolo takes a break, he escapes into a fantasy world of his own making. Ruvolo, an economics and commerce major from Long Island, New York, sees economic theory and business practicality as a perfect marriage. “Economics provides the theoretical framework, it provides a baseline in an imagined world,” Ruvolo said. “Then commerce gives the tools to actually make it real. It gives you the ability to communicate your vision.”

https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-fourth-year-business-student-blends-real-world-concerns-fantasy-novel

A group of students talk with Elizabeth Mirabal about her poetry publication at a small table.
Creative Writing

The Origin, Translation and Publication of Elizabeth Mirabal’s “Herbarium”

Publishing house Valparaíso Editions’ newest poetry publication, “Herbarium” was written by Elizabeth Mirabal, third-year Spanish Ph.D student at the University. Originally from Havana, Cuba, Mirabal wrote “Herbarium” as a 205 page collection of free verse poems about the flora of Cuba.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/04/the-origin-translation-and-publication-of-elizabeth-mirabals-herbarium?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

Molly Rathbun poses at New Dominion Bookstore, holding a stack of books.
Creative Writing

Amplifying Deaf Stories: UVA Student Creates First-Ever Festival

When University of Virginia fourth-year student Molly Rathbun propped open the doors to Nau Hall on a rainy February morning, she wasn’t sure who would brave the weather for the event she created. By day’s end, Rathbun’s Deaf Literature Festival had welcomed more than 80 attendees, featured six authors in the Deaf community and hosted an open mic session.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/amplifying-deaf-stories-uva-student-creates-first-ever-festival

Three UVA Cavalier Daily writers are pictured
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Roundtable: From Arts and Entertainment Bylines to New Beginnings

The University’s arts scene is a thriving one with student-run theater productions and a cappella concerts, coupled with film screenings, gallery shows, comedy nights and literary journals. This is, in no small part, a result of the passionate student artists on and around Grounds who bring it to life — not just as performers or creators, but as writers, editors and commentators.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/05/roundtable-from-arts-and-entertainment-bylines-to-new-beginnings?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

Book Launch Poster
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Arts This Week: Deborah Baker’s Book Launch at The Jefferson School

On Tuesday, June 3rd at 6pm, the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center will host the launch for a new book about the fateful Unite The Right rally titled “Charlottesville: An American Story”. For Arts This Week, we spoke with the author, Pulitzer Prize finalist, Deborah Baker.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-deborah-bakers-book-launch-at-the-jefferson-school/

The cover of "Edgar A. Poe: A Life" by Richard Kopley, which features a zoomed-in photo of a raven's wing, on a half-orange, half-tan background with illlustrated ravens flying past.
Creative Writing

The Lesser-Known – and Happier – Life of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was more than a tormented poetic and literary genius writing macabre stories of gloom; he also was a husband, a companion and a friend.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/lesser-known-and-happier-life-edgar-allan-poe

MaKshya Tolbert (contributed photo)

National Poetry Series Winner is the Library’s Artist-in-Residence

April is National Poetry Month and UVA Library is pleased to announce that poet MaKshya Tolbert, the inaugural Art in Library Spaces Artist-in-Residence, will deliver a talk on place-based poetics and creative process on April 18. Tolbert was one of five winners of the 2024 National Poetry Series competition; her first collection, “Shade is a place,” will be released by Penguin Books in October.

https://library.virginia.edu/news/2025/national-poetry-series-winner-librarys-artist-residence

A promotional drawing that reads VIRGINIA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK in red lettering, decorated with white flowers. Underneath, an open book that reads "Charlottesvile March 20th-23rd, 2025".
Creative Writing

UVA Poet Rita Dove To Honor Renowned Colleague at Book Festival

The Virginia Festival of the Book, an annual celebration of reading Virginia Humanities hosts under the umbrella of the Virginia Center for the Book, kicks off March 20.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-poet-rita-dove-honor-renowned-colleague-book-festival

A classroom in which students sit at tables arranged in a circle.
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

An illustration of a stack of books in the foreground, in front of an illustration of UVA's French House.
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