Writers at Work is featuring editor and poet John Freeman on November 28, 2017. There will be a 6:00p.m. reception and the event will begin at 6:30pm. It will be at the KCPL: Central branch.
The UMKC Classics Program presents Dr. Floyd McCoy, the 2017-2018 Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecturer with the Archaeological Institute of America. Dr. McCoy will present his research on the Tsunami and the Late Bronze Age Eruption of Thera (Santorini).
Monica Youn is the author of Blackacre (20!6), longlisted for the National Book Award; Ignatz (2010), a finalist for the National Book Award; and Barter (2003). She was a Rhodes Scholar in English literature at Oxford University, graduated from Yale Law School, practiced law for more than a decade, served as a commentator on PBS…
The UMKC Department of English Language and Literature, the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Media Arts, and the Bernardin-Haskell Lecture Fund invite you to attend a Master Class with Poet John Hodgen. The class will focus on gradu-ate students’ work and may be helpful to anyone interested in the craft of creative writing.
The Sigma Tau Delta “Conscious Cinema” Film Series Presents: Baraka Remarks by and Discussion with Dr. Stephen Dilks Wednesday, March 21, 2018 2:00 p.m. Haag Hall 312
Academic job market got you stressed? Wondering what to do with that MA or PhD? Get advice on your alt-ac job search. Jump start your career outside higher ed. Learn what makes you desirable in the non-academic workplace. Greta Perel, PhD, graduated from the KU Communication Studies department in 2012. She started her own business…
"Her bold, necessary poems light up the American 20th century," writes poet Mark Dory. Patricia Smith is the author of six highly praised books of poetry that include: Sboulda Been Jimi Savannah, awarded the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress and winner of the 2013 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; Blood Dazzler,…
Second year MFA students will read their original poems, stories, and essays.
