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Poet Susan Aizenberg, author of Quiet City (BkMk Press), will read with fellow poet Hadara Bar-Nadav, author of the new book Fountain and Furnace (Tupelo Press).

Count on Midwest Poets Series, still, after 34 years, to present to the Kansas City audience one of Ireland’s greatest living poets and one the most prominent poets writing in the Irish Gaelic language today. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

EGSA and UEC will present the Fall 2016 English Colloquium this November. Panels will cover: Graduate (Master's and PhD) programs Professional and Academic Jobs Publishing Conferences International Students Following the panels, EGSA and UEC invite attendees to stay for a get-together

Writers for Readers is an evening celebrating the power of expression through creative writing and reading. Sponsors and attendees will meet and mingle during a reception and seated dinner, and enjoy a program featuring acclaimed authors Whitney Terrell and Tracy K. Smith. Proceeds from this event benefit a collaborative partnership between Literacy KC and UMKC’s…

Celebrate the power of expression through creative writing and reading. Join acclaimed authors Tracy K. Smith & Whitney Terrell for a reception, seated dinner, and conversation. Reception: 6:00pm Program:6:30-8:30pm

UMKC fiction-writing professor and author Michael "Sleeves" Pritchett, MU fiction-writing professor Trudy Lewis, poet Michelle Navarro, and poet/assistant editor for Narrative H.C. Palmer, read from their work.

The world-renown Sequentia performs this Friday at 8 pm at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kansas City. Pre-concert panel at 7 pm, featuring UMKC faculty: Dr. William Everett, Dr. Massimiliano Vitiello, Dr. Kathy Krause, and Dr. Virginia Blanton. Below is an excerpt about the event from the Chamber Music of Kansas City Website: "The…

DUE DATE: MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2017 Please be working to update myVita, which will be the means of annual evaluation hereafter, as well as the means of developing promotion portfolios. Go in now and make sure all of the previous data imported properly and add items for 2016. Deadline will be January 15, 2017. (N.B.:…