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Kent Nelson reads at Prout Thursday

bgsuenglish — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:16:49 +0000

Distinguished Visiting Writer Kent Nelson will read from his work at Prout Chapel on Thursday January 12 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Creative Writing program’s ongoing Thursday night Reading series. Kent is most recently the author of the short story collection The Touching That Lasts (Johnson Books, 2006).

Poet Ann Townsend reads at Winter Wheat

bgsuenglish — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:21:35 +0000

Poet Ann Townsend is reading tonight as part of Mid-American Review‘s Winter Wheat Festival of Writing. Ann is the author of two collections of poetry: The Coronary Garden (2005) and Dime Store Erotics (1998), and Editor (with David Baker) of Radiant Lyre: Essays on Lyric Poetry (2008). She is also a founding member of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, and serves on the Executive Committee of its Board of Directors. Ann is Dominic Consolo Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Denison University and lives on a small farm in Granville, Ohio.

The reading starts at 7:30 p.m. and is located in the Union Theater, which is in the southeast corner of the second floor of the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Writes Ann, “Sex, death, wicked troubadour ladies, chainsaws, and more! If you’re in the neighborhood, come out and say hello.”

Iraqi students to give presentation

bgsuenglish — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:03:03 +0000

Shahad Al Doori and Tamara Al-Sammarraie, who are currently studying at Bluffton University as part of the Iraqi Student Project, will be giving a presentation at the next International Studies Network meeting about their experiences living in Baghdad during the war and in Damascus, Syria, as refugees.

The presentation will take place on Wednesday, November 9 from 7-8 p.m. in the Business Administration building, Room 1010. For further information, please contact Kimberly Spallinger, ESOL Director (spallkk@bgsu.edu / (419) 372-2746).

Alumni and friends of the English Department

bgsuenglish — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:00:53 +0000

Please visit the following link to download a copy in .pdf format of the latest issue of English Matters, our departmental newsletter. We hope you will enjoy reading about the creative and scholarly accomplishments of both our faculty and our students and that you will send along your own updates that we can feature in a future edition of the newsletter. We really want to hear from you! English Matters 2011

Shakespeare on screen

bgsuenglish — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:46:34 +0000

Dr. Stephannie Gearhart, Assistant Professor of Literature, was recently interviewed by the Toledo Free Press about Roland Emmerich’s new Shakespeare film Anonymous. You can read the story here.

Sigma Tau Delta hosts poetry reading

bgsuenglish — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:37:36 +0000

Sigma Tau Delta, the Department’s chapter of the English Honor Society, will be hosting a poetry reading Friday, October 21st from 6-9 p.m. at Books-A-Million at Levis Commons in Perrysburg.

Everyone is invited to share poetry–either their own or the work of favorite poet.

Winter Wheat Festival of Writing 2011

bgsuenglish — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:42:35 +0000

Winter Wheat, the Mid-American Review’s annual Fall Festival of Writing kicks off on November 17. You can find details of all of the sessions here. Due to high demand, it’s recommended that you pre-register, which you can do here.

Stutter

bgsuenglish — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:16:40 +0000

The Creative Writing Program was pleased to learn that one of our BFA graduates, William Billiter (1983) was chosen the winner of the National Poetry Series Open Book Competition. His book, Stutter, was published by University of Georgia Press in April of this year. William currently works as the Director of Foundation, Corporate, and Government Relations at Hamilton College.

Congrats, William!

Congratulations Ashley Graffeo!

bgsuenglish — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:00:49 +0000

Congratuations go out to senior Ashley Graffeo, double major in Literature and Philosophy who has been accepted by the University of Chicago Law School and wait-listed for Harvard Law School. Ashley is also a member of the University Honors Program, Phi Sigma Pi National Honors Fraternity, a Peer Facilitator and International Student Volunteer.

Congratulations Ashley, and good luck!