Congratulations to the following 2007 Cellar Roots Pushcart nominees. Good luck with your nominations! Poetry: John Biando – It Must Sound To You Benjamin Fidler – Wholesome Food is Caught Without a Net Prose: Barry Graham – The Way He Preferred It Rebecca Woodward – The Good Doctor Cara Zellner – Death by Disintegration McKenny…
BathHouse Editorial Opportunities
BathHouse is currently looking for editorial help reading for its Fall 2007/Winter 2008 issue and other miscellaneous projects. There are workloads available for all schedule types. The reading process is fun, relatively quick, and a great way to hob-nob with your peers and exercise your critiquing skills. Get a chance to look at young and…
Cellar Roots Deadline Approaches
This year’s Cellar Roots deadline is December 3rd at 11:59PM If you aren’t familiar: Cellar Roots is Eastern Michigan University’s visual and literary arts journal. CR has been publishing excellent student work as well as work from all over the country for 37 years and has won numerous awards for both design and content. Why…
DECEMBER GRADUATION READING AND OPEN MIC END OF SEMESTER BLAST!!! – DECEMBER 11, 2007
Several of the December Creative/Imaginative Writing graduation candidates have expressed interest in an end-of-the-year public reading. There is already an end of the academic year Creative Writing showcase scheduled for April and this additional reading will not affect those graduates who would like to read at that time. This is an additional reading to specifically…
Ann Arbor Observer preview of Monson/Padgett Reading by Keith Taylor
Serious play People who like to categorize things often refer to Ron Padgett as a second-generation New York School poet. What that really means is that he’s one of a group of friends who have worked and played in the city for the last fifty years or more. Although the writers shoehorned into the group…
Upcoming BathHouse Reading with Ander Monson and Ron Padgett
THE EMU Creative Writing Department is Pleased to Welcome Ander Monson and Ron Padgett (Co-sponsored by Campus Life) Friday, Nov. 9 Event 1: 3:30pm – Talk with Ron Padgett “When Poet Meets Painter: The Pleasures of Collaboration” Event 2: 5pm – Reading with Ander Monson and Ron Padgett Halle Library Auditorium, Eastern Michigan University Campus…
Review of Stephen Elliot’s “Fiction and Politics” BathHouse Reading
Submitted by Sarah Smarch: As I sit in the Halle Library Auditorium waiting for Stephen Elliott to approach the podium to read, the girl behind me loudly “Can’t believe!” how quickly her hair has faded from blonde after dying it only two weeks ago. Following the exclamatory shock is an exchange between the girl and…
The CW Blog Returns
After a few technical problems, the Creative Writing Blog is back! Check here frequently for news about upcoming talks, readings, and department-related activities of interest to grad and undergrad CW students, faculty, instructors, and other EMU folks with an interest in creative writing. The CW Blog is always welcoming submissions. Send your material to Jack Visnaw…