Visiting Artists - Living Writers' Series
Monday, September 15, 2008
Anne Panning, Short Story Writer
A Flannery O'Connor Award winner, Panning is the author of two short story collections, the most recent being "Super America." Her work has a national following of devoted short story fans.
3 p,m.
Campus Center 118
Monday, October 6, 2008
Mark Haskell Smith, Screenwriter and Novelist
Smith will give his insider views about writing Star Trek Voyager episodes, feature films, and most recently, the adaption of novel, Moist, into a film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and produced by Dreamworks.
3 p.m.
Campus Center 118
Monday, October 13, 2008
Steve Langan, Poet
Midwestern poet Langan has a dark, searing vision in his poems that rivets the reader to the page--and yet he always gives us alternatives of hope. He will talk about dark visions and dark humor in creative work.
3 p.m.
Campus Center 118
Monday, November 10, 2008
Patricia Lear, Short Story Writer
Lear's work has been named Notable Book of the Year by the NY Times, and has been chosen to appear in numerous Best of the Year, Best of the Decade anthologies and publications. Heartbreaking and uplifting by turns, she is a master of the craft.
3 p.m.
Campus Center 118
Professional Writing Activity 2007-2008 of Current and Recent Creative Writing Majors
David Russell '05 Novel, two young adult novels forthcoming from Penguin (2009, 2010)
John Hardoby '08 Essay, Crab Orchard Review
Jeremy Magnan '08, Poem, 34th Parallel
Harmony Brush '07, weekly food columnist for The Father Life
Christina Matthews '06, poetry editor of Arts & Letters (national journal of the arts)
Jen Janisch '07, nonfiction editor of So to Speak (out of George Mason University); Essay, Prick of the Spindle; Essay, Fringe Magazine
Derek Holst '07, Essay, Prick of the Spindle
Patrick Vittik '07, Story, Monkeybicycle
Kenneth Nichols '07, Play Production, winner of the Ohio Arts & Letters Award, performed at Curtain Players 6th Annual Playwright Festival
Jon Chopin '04, Essay, Sub-Lit; Story, Monkeybicycle; Essay, Word Riot
Jessica Benjamin '04, essay, Finalist for the Hunger Mountain Review Creative Nonfiction Contest (publication in journal); Summer 2008 working as a grant writer with Story Corps (NPR)
Brandon Maxam '04, Essay, Clapboard House Review
Brooke Wacha '07, Essay, Boston Globe
Caroline DePalma '06, Poems forthcoming from Saranac Review, Soundings East, The Redivider
Mark Mazzoli '04, Poem, Mississippi Review
Graduate School activity of Current and Recent Creative Writing Majors 2007 - 2008
Brandon Pettit '08, entering MFA program at University of South Florida
Soheila Ahmad '08, entering Clark University (veterinary school)
Kelly Palka '06, graduating with MFA from Vermont College
Jon Chopin '04, graduating with MFA from Ohio State
Jessica Benjamin '04, graduating with MFA from Mankato State University (Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award, Mankato 2008)
Caroline DePalma, graduating with MFA from The New School
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