Tag: Reading
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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…
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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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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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Mary Szybist Reading, a reflection by Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: Mary Szybist Reading, a reflection by Ashley Alfirevicby English Department Communications Intern Ashley Alfirevic Poetry lovers filled the LSC’s North Ballroom for the first of this semester’s Creative Writing and Reading Series. The room had a palpable buzz while waiting for Mary Szybist, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry with her latest creation, Incarnadine. The…
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Dan Robinson's Reading, a Reflection from intern Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: Dan Robinson's Reading, a Reflection from intern Ashley Alfirevicby Communications Intern Ashley Alfirevic The comfortable blue armchair in the middle of the Children’s Section at Old Firehouse Books felt like a stark contrast to the reading about to start. Compared to the bright soothing covers on the shelves, the sleek new book jacket of Dr. Robinson’s new novel Death…
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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…
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News of Note Week of March 2nd
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Read More: News of Note Week of March 2ndDan Beachy-Quick has been invited to be the Visiting Hurst Professor at Washington University in St. Louis next spring, a two week appointment. Also, his poem, titled “Poem,” included in an anthology titled Liberation to be published by Beacon Press next spring. Matthew Cooperman’s manuscript Spool has won the 2014…
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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)by English Department Communications Intern Kara Nosal Where does a person end and her words begin? I began to wonder at the February 19th Master of Fine Arts poetry and fiction reading held at the University Center for the Arts. Each of the four writers — Kristin George Bagdanov, Mary…
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Creative Writing Reading Series: Peter Heller
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: Peter Hellerby English Department Communications Intern Kara Nosal “You know how it feels when prose goes, not through your head, but through some other organ, like your skin?” Peter Heller asked us, the audience at his February 5th reading at the University Center for the Arts (UCA). I recognized many familiar…
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Gary Snyder Reading
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Read More: Gary Snyder ReadingPoet Gary Snyder read on September 17, 2014 at the University Art Center. This event was attended by English Department Communications intern Tim Mahoney, who had this to share: Last week, CSU’s English Department invited renowned author, Gary Snyder, to campus for a reading of his latest work. While I…