Alum Dan Nygard will read from his book “Rounds”

Minnesota State University Moorhead graduate and North Dakota author Dan Nygard, a member of the Minnesota National Guard who served in Iraq, will be reading from his book “Rounds” at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Hunt Club in the basement of Usher’s House at 700 1st Ave. N. in Moorhead, Minn. From April 2006 until July 2007, Nygard […]

MFA students read at UND Writer’s Conference

Five graduate students in MSUM’s  Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program read their creative work Thursday, March 31 to attendees of the 42nd annual UND Writer’s Conference in Grand Forks, N.D. MFA program candidates Ryan Christiansen, Renee LaMie, Ellie Musselman, Dan Nygard, and Andrew Olson read from their work at the conference, which was held March 29 through […]

War stories and other fiction topic of Oct. 20 Dean’s Lecture

“War Stories and other Fiction: Crafting Literature from Personal Experience,” is the topic of a Dean’s Lecture by MFA candidate Dan Nygard at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20 in Comstock Memorial Union Room 101. He states: “American writers have been telling war stories since even before Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner. This lecture will discuss how I turned my […]

War Stories and Fiction topic of dean’s lecture

“War Stories and other Fiction: Crafting Literature from Personal Experience,” is the topic of a Dean’s Lecture by MFA candidate Dan Nygard, at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20 in Comstock Memorial Union Room 101. He will discuss his experiences in the Iraq War and the process of turning them into a work of fiction.