A planning meeting to organize the second annual 50/50 anthology will take place at the Tower Inn on Feb. 7, 9:30 pm. This is your opportunity to speak your mind regarding the appearance and other details of our home-grown anthology of graduate student work. Please RSVP to Barry at bgraham<at>emich<dot>edu if you plan to attend….
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“Image and Text” Artists’ Panel Discussion
Date / Time: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 – 6 p.m. Location: 208 Wilson Hall Hosted By: Oakland University Art Gallery In conjunction with the current exhibition, “Image and Text,” the participating artists will discuss their work. The event is free and open to the public. For more info: Phone: (248) 370-3005 Fax: (248) 370-4208 E-mail: …
Poetry Night in Ann Arbor this Friday (1/18)
The 7th annual Poetry Night in Ann Arbor takes place this Friday! This year’s celebration of language, literacy and creative culture will feature poets from the nationally lauded VOLUME Youth Poetry Project plus performances from the dyanimic collegiate spoken word troupe Ann Arbor Wordworks. Out-of-town guests include New York City’s Aracelis Girmay (who Poets & Writers just named one of…
Interview with Lee Abbott
Lee Abbott will be reading at EMU Student Center Tuesday, January 15th at 5:00 with Yannick Murphy for the third BathHouse reading of the (academic) year. Here is an interview with Abbott on the craft of writing short fiction. Hope to see you there! http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2455/is_n2_v32/ai_17268497
Contests at New Michigan Press
Two upcoming contests from New Michigan Press: –the DIAGRAM $5 Innovative Fiction Contest, judge: Kelly Link; deadline: 03.15.08 –the DIAGRAM/NMP Chapbook Contest: deadline 04.01.08 Info on both contests can be found at: http://www.thediagram.com/contest.html
Janet Kauffman – The Tribute Interview
This collective interview is a tribute to Janet Kauffman’s 20 years at EMU, and to her careers as writer, teacher, and environmental activist. In the spirit of Janet’s collaborative fire, students and faculty of the Creative Writing program play the interviewer here, where inquiry bears the weight of our admiration and appreciation. Particular thanks to…
Snapshots from the Fall Graduation Reading / Open Mic
Check out some photos from the Creative Writing Dept’s Fall Graduation Reading/Open Mic event on December 11, 2007 on the Creative Writing Program Flickr site! Click here!
Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference: Jan 18-21, 2008
FYI for folks interested in The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference… Next conference: January 18-21, 2008 The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference provides the faculty, connections, and method necessary to set poets with a completed manuscript or manuscript-in-process on a path towards publication. It includes workshops, consultations with press editors, evening poetry readings, editorial panel Q&A, group…
Cellar Roots Announces Pushcart Nominees for Issue 36
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…