In our final event of English Week, MSU creative writing professor will read from his work in Plaster Student Union, Room 400 (Union Club) at 7:30 p.m. Born in Michigan, he left Pennsylvania for the Ozarks, where he now teaches poetry as a Professor in the English department's Creative Writing Program. Cafagña is the author of three books of poetry, The Broken … [Read more...] about Marcus Cafagña Poetry Reading
As part of English Week, MSU Libraries' Special Collections and Archives is sponsoring a panel discussion, "Introducing Robert Wallace, Poet, Prosodist, and Literary Editor," led by Christine Wallace, Tracie Gieselman France, and Jim Baumlin. This event will also serve as the launch of The Orbit of Meter: Writings on Poems and Prosody by Robert Wallace, edited by MSU's James … [Read more...] about Panel discussion and book launch: The Orbit of Meter
In the first event for this year's English Week, Buki Papillion will read from her work on Friday, April 14 at 6:30 in Plaster Student Union 400 (Union Club, 4th floor). Papillion won the Maya Angelou Book Award for her acclaimed first novel, An Ordinary Wonder. She was born in Nigeria. After studying law at Hull University in the UK, she completed an MFA in Creative Writing … [Read more...] about Maya Angelou Award winning author to read during English Week
The English Department is excited to announce that author Laura McHugh will read from her work at the C. Minor Recital Hall in Ellis Hall. About Laura McHugh Laura McHugh is the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of novels The Weight of Blood, Arrowood, The Wolf Wants In, and What's Done in Darkness. The Weight of Blood won the International Thriller Writers … [Read more...] about English Week Reading: Catching Lightning with Laura McHugh
At the end of Fall 2021, the Missouri State department of English held its annual Student Literary Competition. Submissions open in October for current undergraduate and graduate students. Students are invited to submit at least one work to any of the four categories; fiction, graphic narrative, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The creative writing faculty chooses finalists … [Read more...] about 2021 Student Literary Competitions