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 […]
The university community is cordially invited to hear spring semester 2013 MFA graduates Allegra Barlow (Creative Nonfiction), Jamee Larson (Creative Nonfiction), Kathryn Taylor (Scriptwriting), John Powers (Poetry), and Whitney Walters (Creative Nonfiction) read from their work Thursday, May 16 from 7-9 p.m., at The Spirit Room, 111 Broadway, in Fargo. Joining our spring 2013 graduates will be winter 2012 MFA […]
Kim Ehrlich, graduating this May with a double major in B.S. Communication Arts and Literature and B.A. English with Writing Emphasis, has just been awarded a Student Fulbright to Taiwan for 2013-14. Excited and happy to be awarded such an honor, Ehrlich is enthusiastic about her “wonderful experiences in the MSUM English department faculty” both in her English Education classes […]
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 […]
Steve Hoffbeck, History, contributed a chapter to a new book on baseball history entitled The National Pastime, 2012: Short But Wondrous Summers: Baseball in the North Star State, a June publication of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). The book, available on Amazon.com and other online booksellers, tells the history of baseball in Minnesota from the 1870s to modern […]