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
The English Department is hosting a reading via Zoom on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 7 PM CST in collaboration with Moon City Press. Author Andrew Bertaina will be reading from his collection One Person Away From You. About Andrew Bertaina Andrew Bertaina's short story collection One Person Away From You won the Moon City Press Short Fiction Award in 2020. His work has … [Read more...] about Upcoming Reading: Andrew Bertaina
While a student in the English Department, Taylor Supplee dreamed of moving to New York City. After obtaining the MA in English (2016), Supplee did just that. He became the first Lucie Brock-Broido teaching fellow at Columbia University, where he received his MFA in 2020. Today, Supplee is a project engineer for the P1 Group, a construction, fabrication, and facility … [Read more...] about The Alum Report: Taylor Supplee
In August of 2021, Moon City Review, a student and faculty run literary magazine, released their annual publication. Under the direction of Michael Czyzniejewski, associate professor of English, Moon City Review’s staff has been comprised of Missouri State University faculty and students since 2013. As an annual publication they publish writers from all over the world in … [Read more...] about Moon City Review releases 2021 issue