December 7, 2021, 4:28 pm
A short story by Dr. Holly M. Wendt, director of creative writing and associate professor of English, “The Bolton Strid,” which appeared in Shenandoah 70.2, was nominated for Best Small Fictions. Dr. Wendt’s latest short fiction, “Lepidoptery,” appears in the most recent issue of VIDA Review.
September 12, 2019, 2:15 pm
Dr. Holly M. Wendt, director of creative writing and assistant professor of English, was published in Bodies Built for Game, The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Sports Writing. The anthology, edited by MacArthur Fellow Natalie Diaz and Hannah Ensor, “brings together poems, essays, and stories that challenge our traditional ideas of sport and question the power structures that athletics enforce.” Wendt’s essay, “The Sum of Our Doing,” brings together their experiences on the Camino de Santiago, the nature of competition and pilgrimage, and issues of community and identity.
November 20, 2018, 3:42 pm
On Oct. 20, at the Conversations & Connections Conference at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Dr. Holly M. Wendt, assistant professor of English and director of creative writing, facilitated an interactive workshop for conference attendees. In “What Do You Make of It?: History & Short Forms,” participants generated poems, micro-essays, or flash fictions through engaging with historical artifacts ranging from daguerreotypes to advertisements. A tutorial for the workshop is available here.
February 8, 2018, 7:12 pm
Dr. Holly Wendt, assistant professor of English, was recently interviewed by The Triangle regarding the College’s newest major, creative writing, which she helped launch. Curtis Smith, who adjuncts occasionally at LVC, conducted the interview.
December 14, 2017, 2:38 pm
Dr. Holly M. Wendt, assistant professor of English, presented at the annual Council on International Education Exchange (CIEE) Conference in Austin, Texas, as part of the panel “Faculty Development: Bringing it Back to Campus” on Nov. 11. Dr. Wendt highlighted the ways in which they’ve used their experience as a participant in a CIEE International Faculty Development Seminar focused on the Camino de Santiago, a medieval pilgrimage route in Spain, to enrich their First Year Experience course, “Get Medieval On It.” The seminar, titled “Modern Debates Along an Ancient Way,” considered the role of the Camino de Santiago in medieval and modern literature, economics, faith, and visual culture.