Professor Kevin Zepper, English, will be at Southwest Minnesota State University Visiting Writers Series on Monday, March 24 for a poetry reading. Kevin Zepper, author of “Sugartown” and three other chapbooks, will read from Noon – 1 p.m. at the Marshall-Lyon County Library and from 7-8 p.m. at SMSU, Charter Hall 201. Zepper teaches at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Robert “Bob” Louis Pender, 78, (01/26/1936 – 02/27/2014) son of Louis and Louise (Burns) Pender of Chicago, IL, passed away February 27, 2014 at Sanford Health Palliative Care in Fargo. Bob was born and raised in Chicago, IL, spending summers with family in Shawnee, OK. After high school, he served in the US Navy. He graduated with his bachelors and […]
“Bird Flew Hard,” a song from the Fargo-based roots trio Amanda Standalone and the Pastry Shop Girls is featured in the opening credits of the documentary “Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert,” which aired Monday, March 17 on HBO. “It’s just validating that my song is interesting enough to attract some kind of attention from a […]
By Mary Ann Grossmann mgrossmann@pioneerpress.com www.twincities.com/entertainment Mark Vinz, fiction writer, poet and retired professor of English at Minnesota State University Moorhead, is winner of the Minnesota Book Awards 2014 Kay Sexton Award for outstanding work in fostering books, reading and literary activity. Sponsored by Common Good Books, the award honors Kay Sexton, who was an influential book buyer at B. […]
Suzzanne Kelley, PhD, New Rivers Press managing editor and co-director, is invited by Phi Alpha Theta, University of Central Oklahoma’s history honor society, to be their guest lecturer on the topic, “Research and Rhetoric: Transforming Your Notes into Publications.” She brings to the conversation her own experiences as a researcher and writer of the Great Plains region, New Zealand, and […]