Senior Capstone Programs

Each year, we celebrate graduating seniors who have been closely affiliated with the Writers House community. The names of the celebrated seniors below are links to downloadable MP3 recordings of the seniors' comments, reading or performance, preceded by an introduction given by the Faculty Director, Director, or another key member of the Writers House staff. Attending our "capstone" program are the families and friends of the seniors--a joyous occasion for the community, truly.

2007 Senior Capstone Program

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Al Filreis - introduction
Jeff Greenwald - introduced by Al Filreis
Pia Aliperti - introduced by Jamie-Lee Josselyn (Pia read her poem Readers Writers)
Lindsey Rosin - introduced by Al Filreis
Elaine Braithwaite - introduced by Jessica Lowenthal
Adam Franklin - introdused by Erin Gautsche
Jamie Alter - introduced by Jessica Lowenthal
Sam Donsky - introduced by Greg Djanikian (Sam read his poem Dance Remix)
Anna Levett - introduced by Jessica Lowenthal (Anna read her poems Kitchen and California)
Ben Crair - introduced by Al Filreis
Arielle Brousse - introduced by Jessica Lowenthal
Richard Lawrence - introduced by Al Filreis
Al Filreis - closing statement

2006 Senior Capstone Program

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Al Filreis - introduction
Danielle Rosenblatt - introduced by Jennifer Snead
Gordon Bond - introduced by Al Filreis
Yona Silverman - introduced by Max Apple
Jill Ivey - introduced by Al Filreis
Moira Moody - introduced by Tom Devaney
Caroline Rothstein - introduced by Al Filreis
Alicia Oltuski - introduced by Max Apple
Cristina Alberto - introduced by Al Filreis
Matt Rosenbaum - introduced by Jennifer Snead
Kerry Cooperman - introduced by Al Filreis
Janine Catalano - introduced by Al Filreis
Al Filreis - conclusion

2005 Senior Capstone Program

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Several photos

2004 Senior Capstone Program

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2003 Senior Capstone Program

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2002 Senior Capstone Program

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Several photos

2001 Senior Capstone Program

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Introduction
Melissa Duclos: "Friend Found Raped", "Fireworks Revisited", "Secret to Pi"
Aaron Couch
Susanna Urminska
Tahneer Oskman
Rumela Mitra
Hannah Sassaman
Elizabeth Silver
Jeff McCall
Pam Kuklinski
Heather Starr

2000 Senior Capstone Project

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A celebratory reading by graduating senior Kirsten Thorpe. Kirsten Thorpe is a Senior Creative Writing Major here at Penn who has devoted the last semester to a Senior Capstone Project involving a poetic and visual scrapbook of points of intersections between Philadelphia as a space, and her life as it relates.