On Friday, May 13, the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing will be awarded to five candidates: Renee LaMie (Poetry), Ellie Musselman (Screenwriting), Daniel Nygard (Fiction), Andrew Olson (Fiction), and Derrick Paulson (Poetry). Lonnette Lynch (Fiction) completed her degree in December 2010. As part of their program requirements, the students will present a public reading of their […]
Sigma Tau Delta is conducting a book drive running from May 1-13. Our primary focus for this semester’s drive is textbooks. Proceeds from the drive will be donated to the National Center for Family Literacy. In addition, Sigma Tau Delta will receive $1 for each book that is accepted. The money raised will be used to sponsor activities on and […]
Elizabeth Kirchoff, English, presented a paper titled The Successful Use of Naughty Novels in First-Year Composition Classes at the College English Association’s 42nd Annual Conference in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday, April 2.
Sandy Pearce, English, delivered a paper on George Kelly, Pulitzer-Prize winning Irish-American playwright at the University of Wisconsin Madison for the national meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies. Pearce will be bringing this group of scholars to MSUM next October for the regional meeting. Also accompanying Pearce to the Wisconsin conference were two English students, Andrew Olson (MFA […]
On April 26, 2011, the University of Iowa Press will release Thom Tammaro (MFA Program, English) and Sheila Coghill’s (English, MLA Program) new anthology, VISITING DR. WILLIAMS: POEMS INSPIRED BY THE LIFE AND WORK OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS. This is the fifth anthology in the series established by Tammaro and Coghill and published by the University of Iowa Press. Tammaro […]