Congratulations to all of our graduates! While we have some photos of our IPhD, MA, and MFA grads that attended the commencement ceremony, please send us any that you’d like to share.
Ande Davis wins UMKC Community of Scholars contest
On April 23, Ande Davis (IPhD, English/Humanities Consortium) won the UMKC Community of Scholars paper/multimedia presentation contest, which is a university-wide competition. Congratulations!
Joshi’s Recent Publication and Presentation
Sameer Joshi’s poem “Landscape with Stilts and Clouds” appears in I-70 Review, Vol. 12. Sameer also presented the workshop “Playtime for the Tutor Platoon” at The Greater Kansas City Writing Centers’ Project’s Annual Tutor Retreat on August 16, 2014, at Johnson County Community College.
Event: UEC Welcome Back Event
The Undergraduate English Council is hosting a Welcome Back gathering at Pizza 51 (corner of Oak St. and E 51st) on September 11, 2014, starting at 6:00 p.m. Free pizza! All are welcome.
Hirthler’s Recent Publication
Maureen Hirthler’s essay “D/d” appears in the Fall 2014 issue of The Intima, the medical humanities journal at Columbia University.
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (Midwest) Conference coming to UMKC
On October 23-25, 2014, the Midwest meeting of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies will take place at the Bloch School and the Student Union. Films, scholarly presentations, readings, posters, music, food, and a lowrider car show!
Reading: Reyna Grande
Award-winning author Reyna Grande will be reading from her work The Distance Between Us. Location: TBA Time: 6-7:30 p.m.
Events: Ellen Bryant Voight, 2014 Cockefair Writer-in-Residence
Ellen Bryant Voigt, 2014 Cockefair Writer-in-Residence “precise and lush . . . immediately accessible and richly layered with meaning” –The New York Review of Books Master Class with MFA poetry students Sunday September 21 2-5 p.m. 104 Cockefair Hall, 52nd St. and Rockhill Rd., UMKC campus open to the public, parking in rear Public Reading…
Stewart’s Recent Publication
Robert Stewart has published a collection of essays, The Narrow Gate: Writing, Art & Values with Serving House Books (2014).