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, 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 […]
Sandy Pearce, English, delivered a paper at the Midwest American Conference for Irish Studies at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Oct 20. Last year, this organization held its annual meeting here on our campus with help from the MSUM and NDSU English Departments.
Yahya Frederickson, Linda Lein, and Kevin Zepper, English, recently received poetry acceptance letters. Frederickson’s two poems “Carthage” and “Ruins,” Lein’s poem “Meltwater,” and Zepper’s poem “Visitation” were published in the Lake Region Review, an annual literary journal published by the Lake Region Writers Network. Linda Lein also presented a workshop “Why Writers Need an Author’s Platform” at the Lake Region […]
Twenty student members of MSUM’s 2012 Ireland Literature and Writing Study Tour will present a reading of their creative work inspired by their studies and travels in Ireland, May 17-31, 2012. The event will take place at Nichole’s Fine Pastry, 13 Eighth St. S. in Fargo, on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to […]