Tag: Creative Writing Reading Series
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MA/MFA Reading, a Reflection from Katie Haggstrom
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Read More: MA/MFA Reading, a Reflection from Katie HaggstromThe Creative Writing Reading Series ended with this semester’s second, and final, thesis reading in the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art. The space was filled with family, peers and faculty members eager to hear the accomplishments of these three students: Joyce Bohling (MA in Creative Nonfiction), KT Heins (MFA in Fiction),…
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Creative Writing Reading Series MFA Reading Reflection
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series MFA Reading Reflection~from intern Joyce Bohling The reading of creative writing master’s theses on March 30 featured creative nonfiction M.A. candidate Dana Chellman and poetry M.F.A. candidates Denise Jarrott and Kylan Rice. Each reading featured unique style and subject matter, showing the diversity and creativity of work produced by students in the…
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David Shields Reading, a Reflection from Joyce Bohling
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Read More: David Shields Reading, a Reflection from Joyce BohlingDavid Shields is a controversial figure in the creative nonfiction world: someone who pushes the boundaries of genre and sometimes inspires strong reactions in his readers. In his introduction to Shields’ reading at the Lory Student Center, first-year M.A. student Caleb Gonzalez emphasized how Shields challenges the conventions of literary…
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Reading: Rachel Hall and Mike Lala
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Read More: Reading: Rachel Hall and Mike Lala~from intern Katie Haggstrom Literary readings always bring together a diverse audience who shares a love for language. As a new MA English student at CSU, I was eager to attend my first Creative Writing Reading Series at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art. I relinquished my pen and water…
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Gregory Pardlo Reading
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Read More: Gregory Pardlo Reading~from English Department Communications Intern Courtney Satchell When I went to go see Gregory Pardlo read at the ballroom in the LSC recently, I had been in a bit of a rush. Under the belief that I was late, I hurried to the LSC building where I ended up running into Camille…
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Steven Church Reading: a Reflection from Joyce Bohling
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Read More: Steven Church Reading: a Reflection from Joyce Bohling~from intern Joyce Bohling When visiting writer and CSU alumnus Stephen Church introduced himself at a class visit on Thursday afternoon, I was more than a little surprised to discover how much he and I have in common. We went to the same high school, the same university for our…
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Reading Series: Andrew Mangan and Vauhini Vara, a Reflection by Jill Salahub
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Read More: Reading Series: Andrew Mangan and Vauhini Vara, a Reflection by Jill Salahub~From Communications Coordinator Jill Salahub Usually one of our communications interns goes to the reading and writes about the event. They’ve written some really great pieces this semester that give a good sense of what it’s like to go to a reading, what it’s like to be read a particular piece…
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Reading Series: Selah Saterstrom, a Reflection by Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: Reading Series: Selah Saterstrom, a Reflection by Ashley AlfirevicAt once both warmly familiar and strangely terrifying, Selah Saterstrom’s writing took what I felt to be a comforting ritual and turned it on its head. Reinvigorating what I knew as literature and as reading, Saterstrom injected an electrifying pulse of stark realism, dark humor, and disturbing imagery into the…
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MFA Thesis Reading: Melissa Hohl and John McDonough, a Reflection by Kaitlyn Phillips
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Read More: MFA Thesis Reading: Melissa Hohl and John McDonough, a Reflection by Kaitlyn PhillipsCreative Writing Reading Series MFA Thesis Reading, Melissa Hohl and John McDonough ~From English Department Communications Intern Kaitlyn Phillips As I walked into the Clara Hatton gallery, I noticed first the energy and the atmosphere; dozens of happy voices bounced from wall to wall and back, the result one hundred…
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MFA Reading, Stuart Moore and Dean Sangalis: a Reflection by Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: MFA Reading, Stuart Moore and Dean Sangalis: a Reflection by Ashley AlfirevicAfter my last reading series fiasco, I made sure to arrive early to the Hatton Gallery, sitting among empty chairs until they slowly filled up with the familiar voices of my professors and classmates. With the warm chatter dying down, the first presenter introduced Stuart Moore as a man who very…