Tag: Michaela Hayes
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News of Note: March 2019
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Read More: News of Note: March 2019A poem from Dan Beachy-Quick’s new project, “Canto,” has been accepted by TriQuarterly. He also be participated in a conversation about John Keats and negative capability at the University of Denver. Genesea Carter attended the Spilman Symposium on Issues in Teaching Writing at Virginia Military Institute. The Spilman Symposium is a…
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Creative Writing Reading Series: Ross Gay
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: Ross GayThe final installment of the 2017-2018 Creative Writing Reading Series took place to the sound of a sorority party happening next door. The bellows of Taylor Swift, celebration, and Greek chants penetrated through the walls. But even that couldn’t overshadow the vigor, humor, and emotion of Ross Gay’s reading. For…
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MFA Thesis Reading: Cory Cotten-Potter and Cole Konopka
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Read More: MFA Thesis Reading: Cory Cotten-Potter and Cole Konopka~from Michaela Hayes The last MFA Thesis reading of the semester was a magical night indeed. Only two readers took the floor — fiction writer Cory Cotten-Potter and poet Cole Konopka. Before the festivities began, Camille Dungy introduced the night (as always, thank you Camille) and the graduating class of…
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National Poetry Month: James Galvin
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Read More: National Poetry Month: James Galvin~from Michaela Hayes James Galvin, born in 1951, is a poet, novelist, and instructor. He has written seven books of poetry, most recently Everything We Always Knew Was True (2016), one novel, and a weird hodge-podge mix called The Meadow. Galvin was brought to my attention only a few days…
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National Poetry Month: “The Moment When Your Name is Pronounced” by Forrest Gander
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Read More: National Poetry Month: “The Moment When Your Name is Pronounced” by Forrest Gander~from Michaela Hayes Today’s poem is brought to us by CSU poet and MFA candidate Danny Schonning. I’m taking E403 Writing the Environment this semester (a great class, I highly recommend it to English and non-English majors alike) with Danny as the TA and today I asked him which poems…
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National Poetry Month: Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus”
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus”~from Michaela Hayes My personal national poetry month would not be complete without a tribute to Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus.” This poem always chills me to the bone in the best possible way. The three line stanzas, the leading questions, the intermittent German — oof. It’s a complicated poem and…
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National Poetry Month: Hannah Johnson
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Hannah Johnson~from Michaela Hayes I found this poem several years ago when I was going through my obligatory English major spoken word poetry craze. I was struck by it then and I’m still struck by it now. It’s been hanging out in my laptop bookmarks and I watch it every few…
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National Poetry Month: Theodore Roethke
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Theodore Roethke~from Michaela Hayes I love the circularity of “The Waking.” The poem is a villanelle, a strict and rather complicated poetic form, so by definition it is pretty circular. It discusses the inescapable monotony of life as it interacts with the inescapable uncertainty. The poem is ambiguous and beautiful; it…
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Women’s History Month: Lorrie Moore
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Lorrie Moore~from Michaela Hayes Lorrie Moore, born January 13 1957, is an American novelist and short story writer. She was born in Glens Falls, New York, and later attended St. Lawrence University, a small liberal arts college in Canton, New York. Like Sylvia Plath, she won Seventeen magazine’s annual fiction award…
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Women’s History Month: Carrie Brownstein
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Carrie Brownstein~from Michaela Hayes Carrie Brownstein is a renaissance woman. In her 43 years of life she has pioneered a feminist movement, co-written an award-winning show, and written a memoir about the process of it all. Brownstein was born and raised in Washington where she stayed until after graduating from Evergreen…