Join the English Department at our annual “Day at the K” Cheer on the Kansas City Royals as they defend home against the Cleveland Indians Who: All English Students, Faculty, and Staff What: A Great Day at the K When: Friday, May 5, 7:15 PM Where: Kauffman Stadium Why: To Have Fun! Buy Tickets for $10…
This event is a featured program of the fall 2017 Big Read KC.The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien’s seminal book about the Vietnam War, two area novelists and a poet share their different wartime perspectives and how their experiences shaped their approaches to writing.
Midwest Poets Series, sponsored by The Center for Arts & Letters and the College of Arts and Sciences, enhances the literary and intellectual lives of Rockhurst University, the Kansas City community and the surrounding region. Marcus Wicker’s first book of poems, Maybe the Saddest Thing, was selected by D.A. Powell as a National Poetry Series winner…
Dr. Ellis Fletcher has taught or served in a clinical capacity at private, public, and urban organizations. Her book *Cultural sensibility in healthcare: A personal and professional guidebook* (2015) represents her passion for cultural diversity, inclusion and equity among healthcare workers, daily confronted with cultural clashing.
Learn how to recognize clutter and other diction problems in your own writing and that of others. Attendees should bring 500 words of creative writing to class. Reading "The Narrow Gate" by Robert Stewart is recommended prior to attending this workshop. This class is part of Storytelling Certificate from Mid-Continent Public Library and Maple Woods…
The UMKC Department of English and M.F.A. Program, the Carolyn Benton Cockefair Chair in Continuing Education and Writers at Work present the 2017 Cockefair Chair Writer-in-Residence. Master Class with M.F.A. prose students Monday, Oct. 23, 6-8 p.m. UMKC Volker Campus Cockefair Hall, Room 105 5121 Rockhill Road Kansas City, MO 64110
O’Nan is the author of 17 critically-acclaimed books of fiction, including the bestsellers Snow Angels, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, Emily, Alone, West of Sunset, and most recently, City of Secrets. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, and named by Granta as a Best Young American Novelist, O’Nan is one of…
The Sigma Tau Delta "Conscious Cinema" Film Series presents: Get Out with oOpening remarks by & post-film discussion with Dr. Jacqueline Wood, UMKC English Department and Black Studies Program. Pizza provided by Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society. Contact umkcsigmataudelta@gmail.com.
Join Sigma Tau Delta for our monthly poetry salon! Select from provided books, draw at random from the Magic Hat, or bring your own to read aloud. Casual format and open to all. Find us at the tables due west of the 51st & Wornall entrance. Featured Authors Include: Sylvia Plath, Oscar Wilde, Ursula Le…
