Category: Reading Series
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Steve Almond Reading, a Reflection from Kaitlyn Phillips
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Read More: Steve Almond Reading, a Reflection from Kaitlyn Phillips~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 Steve Almond to take the stage and recite a sample…
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Luke Dani Blue & Stephanie Lenox Reading, a Reflection from Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: Luke Dani Blue & Stephanie Lenox Reading, a Reflection from Ashley Alfirevic~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 be a problem. The readings are always fun, anyways,” I…
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MFA Thesis Reading, a Reflection from Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: MFA Thesis Reading, a Reflection from Ashley Alfirevic~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 the friendly faces of the English Department, I knew less…
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Writer’s Harvest Festival Reflection from Intern Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: Writer’s Harvest Festival Reflection from Intern Ashley Alfirevic“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 I felt empty-handed upon entrance, the crowded Art Museum of…
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David Baker Reading, a Reflection from Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: David Baker Reading, a Reflection from Ashley Alfirevic~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, we were all there to listen to David Baker’s prolific…
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Creative Writing Reading Series: MFA Thesis Reading (Fiction & Poetry)
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: MFA Thesis Reading (Fiction & Poetry)~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 started to get a bad case of nostalgia walking into…
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Creative Writing Reading Series: MFA Thesis Reading (Nonfiction)
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: MFA Thesis Reading (Nonfiction)~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 April 16th, in the Organ Recital Hall, Jayla Rae Ardelean,…
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Creative Writing Reading Series: Cheryl Strayed
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: Cheryl Strayed~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 much.) But we’re not waiting for a movie to start.…
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Creative Writing Reading Series: Kyle Dargan
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: Kyle Dargan~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 being neither clean nor gray. What I was expecting from…
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Creative Writing Reading Series: Cheryl Strayed (Fiction & Nonfiction)
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: Cheryl Strayed (Fiction & Nonfiction)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 world. Wild was chosen by Oprah Winfrey as her first…