Sarah Blake reads from Mr. West at Indian Springs School Visiting Writers Series

Sarah Blake is the author of Mr. West, an unauthorized lyric biography of Kanye West, out with Wesleyan University Press. Named After Death, her chapbook, is forthcoming from Banango Editions. She was awarded an NEA Literature Fellowship for poetry in 2013. She is Editor at Saturnalia Books and co-founder of Submittrs. She lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband and son.

Sarah Blake at the Indian Springs School Visiting Writers Series

Thanksgiving choir concert conducted by Dr. Tim Thomas, accompanied by Dr. Hye-Sook Jung

ISS Choir Fall 2015 Thanksgiving Concert

ISS Choir performing Jingle bells, directed by Dr. Tim Thomas and accompanied by Dr. Hye-Sook Jung.


ISS Choir Fall 2015 Jingle Bells

Clay, Limón and Robins read from recent books of poetry at the Indian Springs School Visiting Writers Series, 11 April 2016.

Ada Limón is the author of four books of poetry, Lucky Wreck, This Big Fake World, Sharks in the Rivers, and most recently Bright Dead Things, which was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harvard Review, Poetry Daily, and others. 

Adam Clay’s most recent book is Stranger (Milkweed Editions, 2016). His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Crab Orchard Review, Boston Review, Iowa Review, The Pinch, and elsewhere. A co-editor of TYPO Magazine, he serves as a Book Review Editor for Kenyon Review, and teaches at the University of Illinois Springfield.

Michael Robins is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently In Memory of Brilliance & Value (Saturnalia Books, 2015). He teaches literature and creative writing at Columbia College Chicago. For more information, visit www.michaelrobins.org

Adam Clay - Ada Limón - Michael Robins

Poetry and essays by senior creative writing students at Indian Springs School. Introduced by Latin and English Teacher Douglas Ray.

1. Josh Scarborough
2. Benjamin Lasseter 
3. Dan McMahon
4. Stella Davis
5. Parker Bryant
6. Cheska Romero
7. Johnny Baxley
8. John Touloupis
9. Marc Straus
10. Julia Fleisig
11. Austin Pack
12. David Hobdy


Indian Springs's Award-winning Student Writers

The Indian Springs School Visiting Writers Series brings authors to campus for workshops, interviews, and readings. (isswriters.tumblr.com)


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