Join us Monday, April 8, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in Carrington Auditorium (Room 208) to hear panelists highlight the findings of articles recently published in Springfield’s Urban Histories: Essays on the Queen City of the Missouri Ozarks (Moon City Press, 2012). There will be an autographed book sale at 6:45 p.m. and after the event. Students will have a chance to enter a raffle … [Read more...] about Springfield’s Hidden History of Diversity: A Panel Discussion
If you missed Jo McDougall or Michael Czyzniejewski read their work on campus, that's okay. Now is your chance to enjoy what you missed: Jo McDougall, visiting poet and memoirist, read from her poetry and new memoir on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7-9 p.m., in the PSU Theater. McDougall is the author of five books of poetry, including Dirt and Satisfied with Havoc, and a … [Read more...] about Watch the Jo McDougall and Michael Czyzniejewski Readings
Friday, October 26th, 7 p.m. PSU Theater – Moon City Faculty Rotational Reading and Book Signing Featuring Michael Czyzniejewski (fiction) and other faculty TBA (Reception for new creative writing faculty member Michael Czyzniejewski to follow at the home of Jen Murvin) Tuesday, October 30th, 7 p.m. The Library Center – Soul of a Poet Featuring (tentatively) Stacy … [Read more...] about Fall 2012 Creative Writing Program Readings Schedule
Faculty, alumni, and friends of the Missouri State University English Department remember their long-time teacher and colleague, Michael Burns (1953-2011), who helped found the department’s creative writing program. Though his living voice has passed, his poetry remains. Forthcoming from Moon City Press, Night of the Grizzly is Burns’s seventh, his last, and arguably his best … [Read more...] about Remembering Michael Burns, poet and founder of the Missouri State University Creative Writing Program
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