Grand Valley: Department of Writing News GVSU Department of Writing News http://www.gvsu.edu/writing/ Wed, 22 May 2013 02:52:11 EST Grand Valley: Department of Writing News http://www.gvsu.edu/images/rsslogo.gif http://www.gvsu.edu/writing/ 112 33 Writing Department's Annual Award Ceremony 2013-04-26 00:00:00.0

Annual Award Ceremony


Friday April 26, 6:00 p.m. at the Loosemore Auditorium, Pew Campus


Join us in the celebration as we recognize the graduating seniors and those receiving awards. Also enjoy a few readings.


Refreshments will follow ceremony

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David Shields


Tuesday March 19, 2013


Reading and Q+A 6pm KC 2263


David Shields is the author of thirteen books, including How Literature Saved My Life (Knopf, 2013); Reality Hunger: A Manifesto (Knopf, 2010), named one of the best books of the year by more than thirty publications; The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead (Knopf, 2008), a New York Times bestseller; Black Planet: Facing Race during an NBA Season, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Remote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity, winner of the PEN/Revson Award; and Dead Languages: A Novel, winner of the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award. His essays and stories have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Esquire,Yale Review, Village Voice, Salon, Slate, McSweeney’s, and Utne Reader. His work has been translated into fifteen languages. Shields has received a Guggenheim fellowship and two NEA fellowships, among other awards. He lives with his wife and daughter in Seattle, where he is the Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the University of Washington.

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Poet Traci Brimhall


March 11, 7:30pm reading at University Club, Pew Campus


Traci Brimhall is the author of Our Lady of the Ruins (W.W. Norton, 2012), selected by Carolyn Forché for the 2011 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and Rookery (Southern Illinois University Press), winner of the 2009 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award.  Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review, Slate, Ploughshares, New England Review, The Missouri Review, and elsewhere.  She’s received fellowships from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, the King/Chávez/Parks Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Publishing Night

Wednesday, February 27  6pm in LOH 174

 

In this informational session, students will learn where to find resources for publishing their work and understand what the submission process entails for various types of writing. The session will also discuss ways to determine if work is ready for the submission process. 

]]> http://www.gvsu.edu/writing/module-news-view.htm?newsId=EC5B6F26-09E5-0506-F06818A90A60CA90 Roses Are Red 2013-02-26 00:00:00.0
You are cordially invited to join us for the next installment of the Student Reading Series: "Roses Are Read."

 

In accordance with the season, "Roses Are Read" is a celebration of all things love and even those things not-so-love. This is your chance to read that poem you've been grievously lamenting over for your Valentine, your favorite story of romance, an enigmatic essay of heartbreak, a passion-filled drama of loathing, and anything in between. After all, love is complicated, and we want to recognize it in all its glorious forms.

 

Prizes for the top two performances include publication in GVSU’s student publications Running Out of Ink or Cohesion in addition to a top-secret prize for first place.

 

As always, refreshments will be provided, and even if you're not reading, we'd love for you to come out and support your very talented peers.

Roses Are Read:

Tuesday, NEW DATE Feb. 26, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Honors College Reading Room (222 Niemeyer)

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