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From Now To Then. AUR Lit/Pub magazine, Spring 2023.

"When I found out about my father’s diagnosis, my first impulse was to light up,” Nalu Gruschkus writes in the opening line of Abnormal Whites and Excessive Blues, her striking piece about her father’s cancer and her own addiction to smoking.

Remus Volume XIII - Spring 2022 - English Writing, Literature, and Publishing

English Writing, Literature, and Publishing are proud to release the 13th/Spring 22 issue of Remus to celebrate the creativity of our students at The American University of Rome (many from the graduating class of 2022).

Modern Affairs: Volume II of the Literary Editing and Publishing class magazine

It has been an especially good year for Literary Editing and Publishing (Eng 305). Once in a while, you are blessed with a special class. This year I had an all-women team, which perhaps explains the quality of the work and the collegial spirit that was there from the start.

Professor Lisa Colletta unearths new information in the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome.

While working on a chapter for the recently published The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: History, Culture, People, and Ideas (Temple University Press, Sept 2021), Professor Colletta discovered new information about one of the residents eternally resting in the so-called

English Writing, Literature, and Publishing defies all the odds

For decades we have all been hearing about the demise of English departments, but the Bachelor's degree program in English Writing, Literature, and Publishing (EWLP) at The American University of Rome (AUR) continues to buck this trend and has become one of the fastest-growing majors at AUR.

Professor Andrea di Robilant contributes to upcoming publication on Camilla McGrath

AUR congratulates Professor Andrea di Robilant on the upcoming publication of the new book entitled Face to Face: the Photographs of Camilla McGrath, detailing the life and work of the eponymous Italian-American photographer. Di Ro

Professor Lisa Colletta writes chapter for new book 'Isherwood in Transit'

Professor Lisa Colletta, Director of the English Writing, Literature, and Publishing Program has written a chapter, “Isherwood as Travel Writer,” in the new book Isherwood in Transit, p

The Today Show names novel by AUR professor, Andrea di Robilant, in top five late-summer reads

The Today Show invited New York TImes bestselling author Brad Thor to choose his five must-read books for the end of the summer.

A new course on Writing Fiction for Children and Young Adults

Many years ago J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series had reinforced and expanded tremendously this market, demonstrating that children and young adults were quite willing to follow engaging narratives even as book length soared, with each installment, well into the hundreds of pages.

Internship at Romeing Magazine

In April 2018, I began my internship at Romeing, an English-language magazine for expats and tourists in Rome. Romeing updates locals and visitors on a wide range of activities in Rome, from restaurant openings, to concerts, to museum exhibitions.