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
Next Friday, Sept. 7th (7 p.m.), we will be showcasing outstanding student writers in the areas of fiction and poetry as part of the downtown First Friday Artwalk. The reading will be located at the Park Central Library on the square (attached to The Coffee Ethic). Last year's Artwalk reading was an enormous success, and we anticipate this one will be too! Please make a point … [Read more...] about First Friday Artwalk Creative Writing Showcase
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
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
If you missed the Spring 2012 Soul of a Poet Reading featuring authors Mara Cohen-Ioannides and Michael Pulley, you can watch it now. The event was hosted by the Missouri State University English Department at the Library Center branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library on March 13th at 7:00 p.m. Watch the video now. … [Read more...] about Spring 2012 Soul of a Poet Reading featuring authors Mara Cohen-Ioannides and Michael Pulley