Stories, big and small, permeate our daily lives. Not just through words on a page, but through the pieces of gossip we share with our friends and the recipes we use to cook dinner. Everyone is, in some way, a storyteller. Last spring, Maria Meluso earned a bachelor's degree in professional writing and a minor in screenwriting, and she plans to make storytelling her … [Read more...] about Maria: storyteller
MSU Student Literary Competitions The English Department is proud to announce the annual MSU Student Literary Competitions for 2019! Moon City Review, Moon City Press, and the Department of English sponsor these contests and we are now seeking entries for this year's competitions. See our flyer here! Contest Categories There are three separate contests: fiction, … [Read more...] about 2019 MSU Student Literary Competitions
Please welcome Judy D’Ammasso Tarbox, Ph.D. to the Missouri State University English Department! Dr. Tarbox has over twenty years of experience as a communication professional, working with print and online writing and communication. For the last 10+ years, she has worked in the area of higher education teaching professional and technical writing, composition, and … [Read more...] about Please Welcome Dr. Judy D’Ammasso Tarbox
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Alan Tinkler to the Missouri State University English Department! Dr. Tinkler will be fulfilling the roll of Associate Professor of English. In addition to his critical work on Jane Bowles, Janet Frame, and Italo Calvino, his fiction has been published in literary journals, including Post Road, Beloit Fiction Journal, and Black Ridge … [Read more...] about Please Welcome Dr. Alan Tinkler
As part of the MSU English Department's Fall Reading series, we are proud to host Amanda Marbais and Erika T. Worth for a fiction reading! The event will take place on October 17th at 6:00 PM at 400 Union Club in Plaster Student Union. Amanda Marbais's fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Hobart, Fugue, Joyland, and more. She has been featured as part of Electric … [Read more...] about Amanda Marbais and Erika T. Wurth – Fiction Reading