The Tyler Literary Society made a successful comeback at Buck County Community College last year with a renewed interest in the club, and the group looks to continue that success into this year’s Fall semester.
The club had previously been dormant for a few years before being set back up last November to meet every Tuesday in the afternoon.
Club President Zion Cerutti was crucial in this process, running the meetings and becoming the club’s president along the way.
Records Library Technician Kelly Deeny acts as the staff advisor of the Tyler Literary Society.
Deeny talked about the club’s successful rebound last semester. “The group was very well attended averaging 10 to 15 people at every meeting,” Deely said. This is also coupled with the club having a good number of people signing up during the involvement fair that took place at the start of the semester on Aug. 29.
The club also has a few returning members as well, with this mix of old and new members the club is excited and eager to start the new semester.
The club takes part in an array of different activities with a lot of flexibility including literary discussions involving all sorts of different types of literature and books. “We do workshops and give feedback for in-class writings,” Cerruti said.
“During last spring, we were very heavy on the writing aspect of the club,” Deeny said.
“We did prompts for each day, we’d start by explaining the prompt, then by the end of the meeting we’d share what we all had written that day,” Cerruti stated.
“These prompts really engage the students in discussions and encourage a lot of good discourse” Deeny responded.
She also mentioned how Cerutti has done a great job as president of the club, helping it find new life at Bucks with an uptick in the club’s involvement since its return.
One tradition that has carried over from the previous iteration of the club is the creation of a magazine showcasing literary works from students of the club.
“The club took admissions and compiled it into the book,” Cerutti said. These were works that had been written both during the club meetings itself with the prompts given, as well as in members’ free time, giving members of the club the opportunity to get their personal and passion projects admitted.”
The magazine features an assortment of different writing types and styles, with each member of the literary club having their own personal touch in the creation of the magazine.