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Word Play — 54 episodes
15 Book Recommendations for 2025
Welcome to Season 9: Meet the Host
Micro Certification: Interview with Dr. Heather Listhartke
It's Poetry Month! Read some WC poetry picks with me
Flower Language: History, Development, and Modern Usage
Horror Literature: Why do we enjoy it?
Hello! Season 8 Begins!!
Lets Talk Young Adult Literature: Special Guest Bri Sharp
Annotated Bibliographies: What are they and how are they useful?
Inside the Minds of Winthrop's English Professors: Short Interviews with Dr. Dustin M. Hoffman and Dr. Amanda Hiner
Meet your new host! More exciting episodes to come!
Frankenstein pt. 2: How to Start and Research Paper
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein pt. 1
The Origin of Mystery: Lucy Sussex's Women Writers and Detectives in Nineteenth Century Crime Fiction
Speculative Fiction and Imagining the Irreal
What's The Point of it All? Why Do We Read?
The Writing of The Working Class
Grief in Literature: How Others' Grief Affects Us and Our Writing
War of The Writers is Back!
Affect Theory and How Our Favorite Characters Make us Feel
Literature and Earth's Changing Climate
Tattered Tales Exploring Dacus' Ghost Stories
Season Finale: Virginia Woolf
Tutors Discuss: Young Adult Fiction
Tutors Discuss: The Literary Merits of Fanfiction
Self Publishing: Zines and Self Publishing Platforms
Self Publishing: Literary Magazines
Black Playwrights and The Craft of Playwriting
Season 4 Finale
Writing for Unconventional Media
A Dive Into Poetry
The Horror Genre
Creative Writing Mentorship
The Writing Process
Writing Misconceptions
Season 4 Trailer
Psychology of Writing Part 2: The Benefits of Writing as a Hobby
Psychology of Writing Part 1: Why Academic Writing is Stressful
Different Types of Learning Disorders
Procrastination: College Students' Worst Enemy
Season 3 Trailer
Season 2 FINALE
Horror Fiction
A First Semester Like No Other
From the Professor's Perspective
Quarantine Woes
SEASON 2 TRAILER
Time Management
COVID-19 (AKA Coronavirus) Update
Unfolding Creative Nonfiction
What is Theory?
How to Get Ready For Essay Exams (or Regular Exams)
Why Don't People Come to the Writing Center?
Intro to Word Play