Zinzendorf Society is a campus organization and literary group open to all English majors, minors, and literary enthusiasts. The group meets once a month to discuss possible campus events and current interests. Early in the Fall of 1998, the group sponsored a Transbridge bus to the Dodge Poetry Festival in Waterloo, NJ, to hear readings by a variety of poets from Adrienne Rich to Mark Doty to Sharon Olds, as well as participate in poetry workshops. Forty Moravian students, faculty, and guests joined the gathering of poetry fans for a day of literary adventure.
Moravian students are also busy writing their own poetry.
In November, Zinzendorf sponsored a student poetry reading in the Doghouse, which provided at atmosphere much like South Campus coffee house, the site of pretty regular poetry readings on Wednesday nights. Fourteen student poets took to the stage that night, reciting the best of their work to a group of 40 or so other students and faculty. Zinzendorf is planning another student poetry reading for this semester. The reading is free and open to all. Members of Zinzendorf are also very excited by the possibilities of bringing writers to campus.