Eastern Michigan University alum David Kuhnlein is now the author of the science fiction/horror book Die Closer to Me, which was published on Merigold Independent in 2023. In this interview, I had a chance to get to know Kuhnlein, which you can read about below: My first encounter with storytelling came from parents, grandparents, friends…
Category: Publication Annoucements
Graduate Publications Feature || Winter 2023
Several of our current and recently graduated master’s students have been published! Please view the list below for information about the authors and links to their publications:
A Conversation with Christine Hume
According to New York Times’ Book reviewer, Ken Kalfus, ” Saturation Project is sometimes elusive, but there’s no meaning in it that gets lost for long. When Hume’s thematic connections and redemptive insights arrive, it’s with the force of a hurricane.” (New York Times, 2/14/2021.) By Christina-Marie Sears Christine Hume is an acclaimed poet, essayist…
A Conversation with Rosie Stockton, Poet and Alum
Rosie Stockton, (they/them/theirs) is Alumni from the Creative Writing Program, 2017 who is currently pursuing a PhD at University of California, Los Angeles. They (RS) take a few moments to chat with current blog writer/admin staffer, Christina-Marie Sears (BH). We discuss their work, current practice, and time at Eastern Michigan University. Proudly we share this…
What we did on summer vacation…
Students, alums, and faculty were busy making us proud this summer and into September: Joe Sacksteder‘s sound poems were published at textsound: http://textsound.org/index.php?ISSUE=13. Joe also had a story published in Booth (Sept 7): http://booth.butler.edu Peter Markus was named a Kresge Arts Fellow for 2012. Elizabeth Mikesch, Gerard Breitenbeck, and Ned Randolph spent two weeks on a …
CRTW Faculty Releases: Ventifacts and Open Box
CRTW Faculty Carla Harryman and Christine Hume both released new book/CD combos earlier this year. Check them out if you haven’t already: Ventifacts by Christine Hume (Omnidawn) Ventifacts begins the year Christine Hume’s daughter develops a wind phobia, but quickly blows into lyric investigations of the wind in art, politics, and literature, highlighting the…
textsound Issue 13 is now live!
The editors of textsound have announced publication of Issue 13. Read on for more info… textsound ISSUE 13 IS HUFFING AND PUFFING to knock your mouse’s sock off. Featuring work by Joe Sacksteder, Judith Goldman, Mike Gould & Ken Mikolowski, Ish Klein, We Are Your Friends, and Audra Woloweic. From the editor’s note: “‘I am committed to…
Now available: Sex in the Library
Sex in the Library is an anthology of nine provocative, text-based performance pieces by members of the Writing for Performance class at Eastern Michigan University (Winter 2012). These texts represent an extensive range of textual and performance strategies examined and actualized over the course of the semester. The texts are captivating on the page: visually,…
Cellar Roots 41 – read it for FREE online!
Cellar Roots 41, the 2012 edition of EMU’s own arts and literature annual anthology, was released last month. The print form was limited to a 500-copy run, but the new edition is also available in digital form online at the new CR site (www.cellarroots.com) where you can download it for free! Congratulations to everyone who has…
Alumni news
Congratulations to Creative Writing alumnus Joe Sacksteder! Parts of his 2011 grad thesis have been accepted for publication. The Collagist accepted one piece for their February issue (http://www.dzancbooks.org/the-collagist/2012/2/8/scratch-where-it-itches.html), and Sleepingfish accepted a substantial portion as well (http://www.sleepingfish.net/Xi/Sacksteder.htm). Additional congratulations go to 2010 almuna Brynne Barnes! Her book, Colors of Me, won the 2012 Friends of American Writers…