Kevin Zepper, associate professor of English at Minnesota State University Moorhead, shared his thoughts on writing poetry and all things creative with Moorhead High School creative writing students during presentations May 3. Zepper, a Moorhead High graduate, told students that he became interested in writing in second grade. “My parents read to me all the time, and the library became […]
Kevin Zepper, MFA in the English Department, presented at the 17th Pecha Kucha (pronounced Pa-cha ku-cha) event April 18 in Bemidji. Zepper’s presentation followed the strict rules of Pecha Kucha: a 6:40 time limit, which is 20 seconds of “script” along with images projected every 20 seconds. The title of his distilled lecture was, “The Prose Poem: My Intuitive Journey.” […]
Kevin Zepper, MFA in the English Department, presented at the Minnesota Writing and English Conference at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota April 5. The theme for this year’s conference was “Writing Cultures.” Zepper’s presentation topic was “Prose Poems as Teaching Resources.” His program encouraged instructors to incorporate their own creative writing examples to generate assignments and prompts for English […]
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 […]
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 […]