A new novel by John Early, English, is available from Amazon for the Kindle reader. The Little Lame Balloon Men tells the story of “Two men and a woman struggling with the consequences of silence. Emsland, a chemist and a teacher, has lost his wife, and too many of the words in his world no longer make sense. He responds […]
Sandy Pearce, English, presented a paper at the James Joyce International Symposium in Dublin this June. After a week of scholarly presentations and plenary lectures, the Symposium ended with hours of festivities on June 16th, Bloomsday, the day that Joyce’s fictional character Leopold Bloom walks the streets of Dublin.
Congratulations to certificate in publishing graduate Emily Enger, who now lives in New York and is the new assistant editor for Lee Publications, a local trade magazine publisher, covering stories of local agriculture, construction and rural life. Enger served on the book team for It Takes You Over, by Nick Healy, our 125th Many Voices Project prizewinner. We release this […]
Michael McCord, English, was selected by the North Dakota Secretary of State, Al Jaeger, to serve as Senior Editor for the 2013-2015 North Dakota Blue Book. A 650-plus-page compendium of historical and cultural information, the Blue Book also provides a wealth of information about the state’s social, economic, environmental and political environment. McCord will write several sections and design the […]
“Heretics,” a full-length play by Richard Zinober, English, was given a developmental workshop by the Horse Trade Theatre Group in New York City this spring. An individual artist grant from the Lake Region Arts Council in Fergus Falls and an MSUM faculty grant helped fund the project. Zinober teaches playwriting and screenwriting at MSUM.