Please join us on Tuesday May 21st for a reading by Emma Zimmerman, 2023-2024 George Bennett Fellow.

Emma Zimmerman is a writer and freelance journalist. Her journalism covers topics of sport and social change, running and gender, and environmental justice. It has appeared in Outside, Runner’s World, Women’s Running, Trail Runner, Tracksmith Journal, Taproot Magazine, and more. Her essays and literary nonfiction have appeared in Huffpost, Touchstone Literary, Canyon Voices Literary, and PRISM International, among other publications. She previously founded and hosted the Social Sport podcast, on endurance athletes committed to social change, and the affiliated Social Sport Newsletter.

The George Bennett Fellowship was established by Elias B.M. Kulukundis ’55 in honor of PEA English Instructor George Bennett. The one-year fellowship has provided writers “of outstanding promise” with the support they need to pursue their craft.

The reading and reception will be held in the Library’s Rockefeller Hall at 7pm and is open to the public.

The Lamont Younger Poets reading will take place on Tuesday May 7th in the Library’s Rockefeller Hall. The student poet prize winners will be joined by visiting poet January Gill O’Neil. The public event will begin at 7pm with a reception to follow.

About the Lamont Younger Poets Prize

The Lamont Younger Poets Prize honors poems of exceptional promise written by preps and lowers at Phillips Exeter Academy.  The prize commemorates the dedication of English instructor Rex McGuinn to student poetry at Exeter — particularly his encouragement of student poets at the 9th and10th grade levels. In such a spirit, the Lamont Poets Prize seeks to recognize promise as well as achievement in the early years of a student’s developing craft. The prize committee will select no more than four student poets, all of whom will read their poems at the May event. Winners will be announced shortly prior to the event.

About January Gill O’Neil

January Gill O’Neil is an associate professor at Salem State University and the author of Glitter Road (2024), Rewilding (2018), Misery Islands (2014), and Underlife (2009), all published by CavanKerry Press. Her poems and articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day series, American Poetry Review, Poetry, and Sierra magazine, among others. She currently serves as the 2022-2024 board chair ofthe Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP).

ComicsPlus – an app for graphic novels, manga and comics

Comics Plus offers unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from a variety of publishers.

You must create an account to access the comics in this collection.

• If you are using a mobile device or laptop and are on campus, go to our E-Resources page and select Comics Plus (make sure you are on the PEA Secure wifi)
• If you are off campus, you will be prompted to enter your PEA credentials.
• If you don’t have an account, click the Sign Up Now! link.
• Type your exeter.edu email address in the email box. Then choose a unique password.

If you wish to view ComicsPlus on your phone or tablet, download the LibraryPass app. See directions below:

• Use the LibraryPass App to access Comics Plus content on your mobile device. It is available in the Apple App Store as well as Google Play.
• Once downloaded open the app and search for Phillips Exeter Academy. Then enter your exeter.edu email and the password you created.
• To begin using, browse the curated lists on the homepage; or use the search box to look for specific titles and keywords.
• Select the Read Now but to begin reading or add to your shelf to read later. All titles are available for unlimited, simultaneous access. You can also download titles to read offline through the app.