Category: News
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LGBT History Month: James Baldwin
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Read More: LGBT History Month: James Baldwin~by Michaela Hayes Summer is an exciting time for me. I always craft an extensive list of books that I want to read and then get through about half of them. In early August, with a good chunk of books left to go and only two weeks before the fall…
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Filipino American History Month: Peter Bacho
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Read More: Filipino American History Month: Peter BachoFilipino writer Peter Bacho grew up in Seattle’s Central District during the 1950s and 60s. His working class family struggled to make a living in Seattle. As Bacho explained in an interview with International Examiner, it was an “era that was very hostile to people of color.” It was through…
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LGBT History Month: Virginia Woolf
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Read More: LGBT History Month: Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf was born as Adeline Virginia Stephen in 1882. Like many other great authors, Woolf’s path to literary fame was not ordinary. Her parents were both intelligent and social within their community, resulting in ample connections and opportunities for their children. However, their good fortune did not last long.…
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Humans of Eddy: Katherine Indermaur
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Katherine IndermaurKatherine Indermaur MFA in Creative Writing, Poetry Managing Editor, Center for Literary Publishing What drew you to the Center for Literary Publishing and how did you first get involved? While I was studying English and creative writing as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, there…
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Filipino American History Month: Jose Garcia Villa
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Read More: Filipino American History Month: Jose Garcia VillaJose Garcia Villa, a Filipino poet, critic, short story writer and painter, is an important person to recognize during Filipino American History Month. Villa was born in 1907 in the Philippine Islands. His early path did not involve poetry. Instead he began a pre-medical course of study at the University…
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News of Note October 9
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Read More: News of Note October 9There’s an essay titled “Atlantis” from Dan Beachy- Quick’s forthcoming book, Of Silence and Song, just published at The New Orleans Review: http://www.neworleansreview.org/atlantis/. Genesea Carter was a panelist on the panel “Composition, Curiosity & Technical-Major Students” at the Two-Year College English Association’s Midwest conference this past week in St. Paul, Minnesota.…
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LGBT History Month: Scott Heim
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Read More: LGBT History Month: Scott Heim~by Michaela Hayes Scott Heim has had a varied and somewhat quiet career. He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1966 and later attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence to earn a B.A. in English and Art History in 1989 and an M.A. in English Literature in…
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Sandra Cisneros
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Read More: Hispanic Heritage Month: Sandra CisnerosBecause we got a late start for Hispanic Heritage Month, (it actually started September 15), we are going to spend this whole week, the final week of this particular celebration, featuring Hispanic authors, scholars, educators, and speakers. Next week we’ll get back to celebrating LGBT and Philipino American History. Sandra…
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Junot Díaz
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Read More: Hispanic Heritage Month: Junot DíazBecause we got a late start for Hispanic Heritage Month, (it actually started September 15), we are going to spend this whole week, the final week of this particular celebration, featuring Hispanic authors, scholars, educators, and speakers. Next week we’ll get back to celebrating LGBT and Philipino American History. ~by…
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"CSU Writing Center teaches skills, builds confidence" in the Collegian
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Read More: "CSU Writing Center teaches skills, builds confidence" in the CollegianMir-Yashar Seyedbagheri, a graduate student working on his English MFA in Creative Writing, has an article in the Collegian about the Writing Center.