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Miami University Press Poetry Reading by Distinguished Irish Poet & Editor Randolph Healy
When? Thursday, November 14, 2024.6pm. Register to attend the Zoom! Miami University Press is proud to present a Zoom reading on Thursday, November 14th from 6-7:30PM EST by distinguished Irish poet and editor Randolph Healy, author of books including The Electron-Ghost Casino (Miami University Press, 2024) and Green 532: Selected Poems 1983-2000 (Salt, 2002). Healy will be introduced by recent Miami MFA graduate Sean Pierson, author of The…
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Author Reading & Discussion with Pepper Stetler & Nicholas P. Money – Memoir, Disability Studies & Science Writing.
* Memoir, disability studies, & science writing– please join us for a nonfiction reading by Miami faculty, followed by a Q&A about the craft of creative nonfiction writing! * Biology professor Nik Money and Art History professor Pepper Stetler will read and discuss their new nonfiction books Thursday, November 7 at 7:30 in Harris Hall 150. Stetler’s…
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Hannah Emerson Poetry Reading
About This Event Please join the Creative Writing Program in welcoming Hannah Emerson for a Zoom poetry reading on Wednesday, November 29 at 7:30pm. As Hannah is nonspeaking, her work will be read by current and former Miami students and by Aviv Rosenzweig. A Q&A with Hannah will follow, hosted by faculty poet Cathy Wagner. Hannah Emerson is a nonspeaking autistic poet…
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The Importance and Impact of Research on Fictional and Historical Fiction Works
By: Marin Thurmer Back in November, I was pleased to meet one of Dr. TaraShae Nesbitt’s colleagues from graduate school, Dr. Shena McAuliffe, who currently teaches fiction at Union College in New York and visited Miami university classes and did a reading. Being a creative writing undergrad myself, along with other peers sitting around me,…
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Madman by Tracy Groot Review & Recommendation
By: Alayna Cowden As a person who, admittedly, shies away from things labeled “historical fiction” and worse, “Christian fiction,” I can’t deny that I felt a little apprehensive in starting this book. Would it be corny and preachy? Would Jesus be portrayed in a way that isn’t accurate or seems pushy? Hence, it took me…
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Art that Defies Expectations — an Interview with Kate Rowekamp
By: Erin Adelman We have all likely experienced the feeling to some extent: your life is moving at a pace out of sync with your peers, you are behind, you might not reach the next milestone that is expected of you.
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Isolated Domesticity: A Review of Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer
By: Anna Maltbie One definition of insanity, often attributed to Einstein, is performing the same action over and over and expecting different results. What else can everyday domestic activities be, then, but a descent into insanity?
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Appreciation: Rae Armantrout’s “Bardos,” by Trevor Root
National Poetry Month 2020 Rae Armantrout, a San Diego native famous for her terse, funny, brainy poems, visited Miami to read from her poems last April. Thanks to generous funding from the Clark Capstone Fund, Armantrout was in Oxford for several days to visit classes and meet with students for individual conferences. Author of over…
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Encountering Each Other in New Ways by Venturing into “Canyons” — A Video Review
National Poetry Month 2020 To continue celebrating National Poetry month, today we have a video review of Canyons by Jessica Poli conducted by apprentice, Lauren Miles. To learn more about Canyons and BatCat press, check out their website.
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Books We Love: Lady Bird Screenplay
Lady Bird is quite simply the quintessence of adolescence. Written by American actress, writer, and director Greta Gerwig, this screenplay tells the story of a tirelessly working family while exploring the often young and turbulent relationship between mother and daughter. Over the course of 2017 and 2018, it would go on to receive awards for…