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 […]
The English Department is happy to announce that the 2011 edition of the literary journal Red Weather is now available. Please join us on Thursday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. in CMU 101 for a reading by the authors, where you can pick up a print copy of the magazine. You can also visit the Red Weather website to download […]
Thom Tammaro (MFA, English) and Sheila Coghill (English) have been invited to the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Mass., April 1-2, as the featured speakers for the kick-off of Amherst’s “Big Read” event. Tammaro and Coghill will be joined by former U.S. Poet Laureate and two-time Pulitzer Prize winning poet Richard Wilbur, and MacArthur Fellow and poet Alice Fulton, the […]
Sigma Tau Delta presents a Literary Reading featuring Dr. Edward Risden from St. Norbert College on Friday, March 4th at 1:30 p.m. in Weld 109. Risden teaches medieval and renaissance literature and classical myth at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. He has published thirteen books including fiction, poetry, literary criticism, film criticism, a textbook, and a translation. He […]
An Evening of Powerful Theatre MSUM’s Theatre Arts Department and MSUM’s Gay Straight Alliance proudly present a reading of Dear Harvey Friday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. on the Gaede Stage in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts. It’s free and open to the public. A post-show discussion will follow.