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 […]

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 […]