Author Regina Sirois, a past Creative Writing minor from our department, is excited about publishing her book and wants to share the glory with her alma mater (and she needs our votes!). Sirois is getting national recognition through the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) competition. Her book, On Little Wings, is one of three finalists selected out of the original 5,000 … [Read more...] about Missouri State English alumni is in national spotlight
On Monday evening, April 23, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Springfield’s Barnes & Noble Bookstore will host an event, “Remembering Michael Burns: A Reading from ‘Night of the Grizzly.’” Free and open to the public, the evening will begin with music by renowned local folk musician, Julie Henigan. Clark Closser, Missouri State University emeritus professor of English, will give a … [Read more...] about Missouri State University English Faculty, Public Library and Barnes & Noble join in remembering poet Michael Burns
On Friday, October 7th, 2011, the English Department at Missouri State University held its First Friday Artwalk Creative Writing Showcase at the Park Central Branch Library located at 128 Park Central Square in Springfield, Missouri. This first-time event featured faculty, alumni, and student writers in the areas of fiction and poetry. W.D. Blackmon, Jane Hoogestraat, Jen … [Read more...] about First Friday Artwalk Creative Writing Showcase
Next Friday night, October 21st, our department head, Dr. W.D. Blackmon, will be the featured reader at the Moon City Faculty Invitational Reading at 7 PM in the PSU Theater. This reading will celebrate the publication of Blood and Milk: A Novel in Stories and provide faculty, students, and the community an opportunity to hear excerpts from the book and attend a book signing … [Read more...] about Dr. W.D. Blackmon’s Featured Fiction Reading
The Missouri State University Creative Writing program is hosting the Fall 2011 Soul of a Poet reading next Tuesday night, Sept. 20th, at 7 PM in The Library Center on South Campbell. The featured readers are Joseph Cover (fiction) and Lora Knight (poetry). Joe Cover has a Masters in English and has been teaching Creative Writing at Missouri State University since 2003. … [Read more...] about Soul of a Poet