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This week on Inside The Blanket Fort we continue our discussion with SIU associate professor and author Joshua Vossler as he takes us on a walking tour of LaRue-Pine Hills - the subject of his new book "Snake Road" from SIU Press. Plus, check out the latest podcast from Blanket Fort Radio Theater of "Survived by One."     Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a story telling initative of SIU Press in collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing Program and WSIU Radio.

15:15 This week on "Survived by One" from Blanket Fort Radio Theater, Tom Odle describes the day leading up to the murders. This week on "Survived by One" from Blanket Fort Radio Theater, Tom Odle describes the day leading up to the murders.    "Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer" by Robert Hanlon and Thomas Odle is published by SIU Press. Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling initative by SIU Press in collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing Program and...

6:00 Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we continue our discussion of the recent release from SIU Press - "Snake Road." Join us as we walk Snake Road in LaRue-Pine Hills to learn first hand about this phenomenon. This week on Inside The Blanket Fort we continue our discussion with SIU associate professor and author Joshua Vossler as he takes us on a walking tour of LaRue-Pine Hills - the subject of his new book "Snake Road" from SIU Press. Plus, check out the latest podcast from Blank...

Write on the DOT, a literary platform that connects UMASS Boston writers to the wider Dorchester community, is currently seeking submissions for its 6th annual book of local writing. A decade after being founded by a group of MFA students at UMass Boston, Write on the DOT organizes live readings of creative writing and publishes a yearly volume of pieces by MFA students and

17:15 This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theaters podcast of "Survived by One," Tom Odle briefly enters the army before being discharged, an act that sets his downward spiral in motion. This week on " Survived by One," Tom Odle briefly enters the army before being discharged, an act that sets his downward spiral in motion.   "Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murder," by Robert Hanlon and Thomas Odle is from SIU Press. Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a story telling initative o...

The Ucross Foundation, the renowned artist residency program, today announced its Ucross Spotlight spring calendar, featuring virtual events with acclaimed artists, authors, and journalists, including visual artist Karen Kitchel; art writer Leah Ollman(The Los Angeles Times, Art in America); acclaimed authors Joshua Ferrisand Ottessa Moshfegh. Aura Estrada Prize Founder, Co-Director, and New Yorker contributing writer Francisco Goldman; writer and Aura Estrada Co-Director Gabriela Jauregui; and...

5:59 Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort this week as we continue our discussion with the author of "Snake Road" from SIU Press. Plus, catch the latest podcast installment from Blanket Fort Radio Theater of their production of "Survived by One." Journey back "Snake Road" from SIU Press.    Plus, catch the latest podcast installment from Blanket Fort Radio Theater of their production of ." Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling initiative from SIU Press in collaboration with the ...

April 23, 2021 The Spring 2021 Zalaznick Reading Series culminates with a reading by poet, memoirist, translator, and human rights advocate Carolyn Forché on Thursday, April 29 at 7 p.m. Registration is required for this free event, which is open to the public. Carolyn Forché. Don J. Usner/Provided Forché will read poems from her 2020 collection “In the Lateness of the World,” as well as prose selections from her 2019 book, “What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resi...

By Stephanie Wolf (Kentucky Public Radio) • 15 hours ago Credit Stacie Pottinger, Rogue Studios “It was a very moving moment because it was a total surprise, no setup whatsoever,” Wilkinson said. “So I was very surprised and moved to tears because I was so honored.” Wilkinson, who is an award-winning fiction writer, poet and an associate professor of English at the University of Kentucky’s MFA Creative Writing Program, was inducted Friday during a ceremony that was s...

16:31 This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theaters podcast of "Survived by One," Tom Odle describes his senior year of high school and meeting a girl that would have a big impact on his life. This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theaters podcast of "Survived by One," Tom Odle describes his senior year of high school and meeting a girl that would have a big impact on his life.  Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling initiative of SIU Press in collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing Program ...