~From English Department Communications Intern Kaitlyn Phillips At 7:30 in the Lory Student Center’s Cherokee Park Ballroom, people began to filter in and take their seats. They talk excitedly, browse the books for sale in the corner, and await author […]
~From English Department Communications Intern Ashley Alfirevic I had often been warned about this, that agreeing to too much, even willingly and excitedly, might have its pitfalls. “Of course I can handle covering two events in one night. It won’t […]
~from English Department Communications Intern Ashley Alfirevic For the last time of the Fall semester, everyone gathered in the UCA’s Art Gallery for the final Creative Wring and Reading Series event. Though the readings always feel congenial with all of […]
“Darn it. I forgot the pickles.” I muttered at a stoplight. “And it’s too late to turn back now.” The Writer’s Harvest Festival was about to start, and my non-perishable food item sat at home on my coffee table. Though […]
~by English Department Communications Intern Ashley Alfirevic Collectible trading cards, practice footage, and man-and-ball portraits currently occupy the walls of the UCA’s Art Gallery. “I just don’t get all the football stuff,” someone behind me murmured as an aside. Granted, […]
~From English Department Communications Intern Kara Nosal On April 30th, I attended the final installment of the Creative Writing Reading Series of the school year. Presenting their MFA projects were Gracie McCarrol, Neil Fitzpatrick, Matt Treslow, and Drew Webster. I […]
~From English Department Communications Intern Kara Nosal I have taken two creative nonfiction workshops this year. Still, because nonfiction lies in a realm somewhere between journalism and fiction, often I am confused as to what purpose creative nonfiction fulfills. On […]
~From English Department Communications Intern Kara Nosal The last time I was in a place with this much buzz in the air I was at a premier for the final Harry Potter movie. (That was 2011. I don’t get out […]
~From English Department Communications Intern Kara Nosal Poet Kyle Dargan read at the UCA Art Museum on March 12th as part of the Creative Writing Reading Series. He walked in wearing a clean, gray sweater, but his poetry ended up […]
Chery Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild, as well as the advice essay collection Tiny Beautiful Things and the novel Torch. “Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages around the […]