Events
Lily Hoang signs a copy of her debut novel, Parabola,
for IU South Bend English Graduate Student Naoko Fujimoto
April 2008
English Department Writing Awards Ceremony and Reading by Brock Clarke
Saturday, April 19, 7:00, Northside 158
The English Department award evening will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in Northside 158. English writing awards, including the Lester M. Wolfson Poetry Award, will be presented.
There will be a reading by the awards judge, Brock Clarke, author of An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, which has been critically acclaimed by The New York Times and Washington Post, and cited as a Critic's Choice in People Magazine. His other books include The Ordinary White Boy, What We Won't Do, and Carrying the Torch. He teaches creative writing at the University of Cincinnati. A reception and book signing will follow the reading. The event is free and open to the public.
March 2008
Open Mic sponsored by the English Club
March 20, 6:30, Wiekamp Hall, 3rd Floor Lounge
Erik Reece, creative nonfiction (Lost Mountain)
March 18, 6:00, Wiekamp Hall, DW 1001
Erik Reece teaches writing at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. His work appears in Harper's, Orion, and The Oxford American, among other publications. He was the recipient of the Sierra Club's David R. Brower Award, and his Harper's story on which Lost Mountain is based won the Columbia University School of Journalism's 2005 John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism.
February 2008
Greg Rappleye, poet; recent collection is Figured Dark
http://sonnetsat4am.blogspot.com/
February 28, 7:00, Wiekamp Hall, Third Floor Bridge
The biography from his blog notes: "I am a poet who lives and works in West Michigan. I am a graduate of Albion College and the University of Michigan Law School. I am also a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina. I have published three full-length collections of poetry: Holding Down the Earth (Sky Books, 1995), A Path Between Houses (University of Wisconsin Press, 2000) which won the Brittingham Prize, and Figured Dark (University of Arkansas Press, 2007), which won the University of Arkansas Press Poetry Series. My work has received a Pushcart Prize, the Mississippi Review Prize, the Paumanok Poetry Prize, the Greensboro Review Literary Award in Poetry, and the Arts & Letters Prize. I was a Bread Loaf Fellow in 2002. When not writing, I work full-time as corporation counsel for a local government and also teach part-time in the English Department at Hope College in Holland, Michigan."
January 2008
Sam Sheridan Reading
January 30, 7:00 p.m., Thrid Floor Lounge, Wiekamp HallSam Sheridan, author of the memoir, A Fighter's Heart
Same Sheridan, author of the memoir, A Fighter's Heart, will be giving a reading. To learn more about the book, visit
http://www.myspace.com/fightersheart
ANALECTA OPEN-MIC
Thursday Jan. 17, 6:30 p.m., Wiekamp Hall, Third Floor Lounge
Emcee: Vince Bauters, Analecta editor
Analecta will continue to accept SUBMISSIONS for this year's issue. Information at http://www.iusb.edu/~analecta/guidelines.htm
Please also check out the new IU South Bend Creative Writing Blog for events and program updates.
Email Kelcey Parker at parkerk@iusb.edu for further information.
