There are still two or three slots open for the third annual Writer’s Edge conference, held Friday through Sunday, July 25-27, in downtown Portland, Oregon. Applications are accepted until May 5. Sponsored by FC2 and hosted by Portland State University, the conference will feature five workshops on innovative fiction, two panels, a faculty reading, one open mic…
BathHouse Hypermedia Journal Goes Live!
This Friday, April 25, BathHouse hypermedia journal goes live with the reveal of its re-designed website! The site boasts a new user-friendly interface and will experiment with innovative ways for readers to interact. At the site you will find: Archived and current BH issues Regularly updated Artist-spotlights Bi-weekly BH “finds” (presentations of great journals and…
Upcoming CW Faculty Readings
Catch Christine Hume reading at the William P. Faust Public Library in Westland on Wednesday, 4/23, at 7PM. William P. Faust Public Library of Westland 6123 Central City Parkway, Westland, MI 48185 / 734-326-6123 http://westland.lib.mi.us/ Next month, Christine will join Janet Kauffman for a reading at the Schultz-Holmes Memorial Library in Blissfield on Tuesday, 5/6,…
Participants Wanted: 4000 WORDS 4000 DEAD
Poet and artist Jennifer Karmin is collecting 4000 WORDS for the 4000 DEAD in Iraq. All words will be used to create a public poem. 4000 WORDS 4000 DEAD will be performed as part of the Guild Complex’s Art Against War event on April 18th at the Heartland Cafe. It will be a featured street…
BathHouse Reading Series – Janet Kauffman and Jeff Parker – Wednesday, April 2, 5:00 pm
Please join us for the last BathHouse Reading of the year featuring Janet Kauffman and Jeff Parker (Co-sponsored by Campus Life). Apr. 2, 5pm (NEW DATE) Student Center Auditorium, Eastern Michigan University campus Reception to follow at Frenchie’s in Depot Town Janet Kauffman will read from her new book Trespassing: Dirt Stories & Field Notes,…
textsound Launch Party
The editors of textsound, a locally produced online audio journal, are hosting a launch party on April 5th at the Dreamland Theater in Ypsilanti. The website (www.textsound.org) went live February 25th and is getting hit from all sides. Noise musicians, modern composers, poets with musicians, and poets without them are reaching audiences locally, nationally, and…
New Publication from Christine Hume
Check out new work from EMU’s own Christine Hume: http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/page-lullaby.html _Lullaby: Speculations on the First Active Sense_ is an essay-poem (by Christine Hume) with a soundtrack (by James Marks). The text uses the lullaby to investigate rhythm as an innate instinct and drive. Rhythm creates us: a local manifestation of the physical infinitude. Lullaby shows…
Carla Harryman joins the CW Program
Carla Harryman has joined the Creative Writing Program (and will begin teaching this Fall!). A poet, playwright, novelist, and essayist, Harryman’s recent publications include the book-length poem Open Box (Belladonna, 2007), the novel Gardener of Stars (Atelos, 2001), Baby (Adventures in Poetry, 2005), & the selected mixed-genre writings, There Never Was a Rose Without a Thorn…
Lyceum presents: Crash Course in the Bible and Literature
Have you noticed how many biblical references there are in the literature you study? Have you wondered how you are supposed to know this stuff? Well, here’s a chance to get some of those questions answered! THURSDAY at 6:30pm in 618 Pray Harrold, Dr. Holkeboer will be coming to present on the Bible in Literature….
NY Times Essay Contest
College students are invited to submit a personal essay of between 1,500 and 2,000 words that illustrates the current state of love and relationships. The winning author will receive $1,000 and his or her essay will be published in a special “Modern Love” column on May 4, 2008 and on nytimes.com. Submission details can be…