Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series presents Nick Healy

Mark your calendar for Thursday, Nov. 15 at 4:30 p.m., in CMU 101, when New Rivers Press’ 125th Many Voices Project prizewinner, Nick Healy, will be on campus to read from It Takes You Over. Healy, whose work was recently favorably reviewed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, is here as the invited speaker for the Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series. […]

Literary series bring Healy to campus

Short-story writer and poet Nick Healy comes to MSUM Thursday, Nov. 15, to read from his work and discuss the writing process. The event takes place at 4:30 p.m. in Comstock Memorial Union, Room 101. Healy’s work has appeared in North American Review, Water~Stone Review, and Great River Review. In 2005, Healy’s story And Other Delights won the Speakeasy Prize […]

New Rivers Press starts celebration of 45 years

By Mary Ann Grossmann mgrossmann@pioneerpress.com New Rivers Press will be 45 years old in 2013, and the literary press founded by the late C.W. (Bill) Truesdale is starting the celebration this week with an evening of readings by Nick Healy, Sharon Suzuki-Martinez, Nick Knittel and Tim Nolan. There will be music by Minnesota singer, songwriter andguitarist Diane Jarvi, who writes […]

Kevin Zepper’s poem chosen as editor’s choice

Kevin Zepper, professor in the English Department, was recently chosen editor’s choice for his poem, “Ghost Writing.” Two of Zepper’s poems, “Ghost Writing” and “Blind” were published in “Talking Stick,” a publication out of Park Rapids. “Ghost Writing” is a poem that tells a story about how language constantly surrounds us. It’s the idea that everyone sees different things in […]