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5:59 Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we continue to explore the authors of SIU Press. Also, catch the latest podcast episode of "A Knight of Another Sort: Prohibition Days and Charlie Birger" from Blanket Fort Radio Theater. Welcome to this weeks installment of Inside The Blanket Fort.  Join us as we continue to explore the books of SIU Press and talk with the authors about their work.  Also, this week on Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a story telling initative from SIU Press in co...

Arts & Social Justice By Kimber Williams | Jan. 25, 2021 In the wake of nationwide protests over the killing of unarmed Black people, Emory senior Liz Greene found herself researching a historic tragedy with a strong contemporary resonance. Before last year, Greene had never heard of the 1906 Atlanta race massacre — a bloody uprising sparked by inflammatory claims that sent nearly 5,000 white men rioting through downtown Atlanta, vandalizing Black-owned businesses and hanging, stabbing, bludg...

Writing a successful memoir requires talent, personal touch Writing a successful memoir requires talent, personal touch "A Promised Land" by former President Barack Obama is displayed in the window of a New York bookstore in November 2020. Photo: The Associated Press 01-21-2021 "A Promised Land" by former President Barack Obama is displayed in the window of a New York bookstore in November 2020. Photo: The Associated Press By Michael R. Malone 01-21-2021 Universi...

6:00 Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we continue our discussion with the authors of SIU Press. Also, listen to the latest episode of the podcast of "A Knight of Another Sort: Prohibition Days and Charlie Birger" from Blanket Fort Radio Theater. This week on Inside The Blanket Fort we continue our discussion with author Andrea Ross and her lastest book "Edith: The rogue Rockefeller-McCormick" from SIU Press. Blanket Fort Radio Theater. Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling inita...

Article content Heather Milligan’s poem “If my Heart Were a Home” was chosen to be published in the book Broadcast – a Collection of Canadian Poetry – by Polar Expression Publishing. Poems were chosen through a national competition and the top three, along with 10 honourable mentions were chosen to be published in the book. Milligan received an honourable mention. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Writer from High River has poem published B...

Kenan Visiting Writer Kenan Visiting Writer Applications Open for Kenan Visiting Writer The Creative Writing Program in UNC’s Department of English and Comparative Literature seeks to bring an emerging talent to campus for a one-year teaching appointment as the Kenan Visiting Writer.  For the 2021-2022 academic year, beginning August 2021, the Program requests applicants in FICTION. This one-year appointment carries a salary of $40,000. The selected candidate will teach one undergraduate c...

Join us for the latest installment of Inside The Blanket Fort as we continue to discuss new offerings from SIU Press as well as the lastest podcast episode

Jericho Brown and Danez Smith in Conversation with Tracy K. Smith Join 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith, as she discusses poetry, survival and our pandemic reality with renowned poets Jericho Brown and Danez Smith. This highlighted Wintersession event will feature poetry readings by Jericho Brown, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in poetry; and award-winning poet, performer, and current Princeton Arts Fellow Danez Smith. Professor Smith will moderate a conversation on art, A...

UC Davis Creative Writing Series begins new year 3 minute read Collaborators for the “New Words and Music” concert are, from left: top row, Anna Tuchin, Kate Campbell, Mangai Arumugam, Jennifer Soong and Jordan Dahlen; and bottom row, Orkun Akyol, Trey Makler, Emily Joy Sullivan, Daniel Godsil and Sawyer Elms. Courtesy photo Support Local Journalism Program includes award-winning authors, faculty readings and interdisciplinary student works The UC Davis Creative Writing Series kicks off 20...

Brian Cornelius At the start of this year, Jericho Brown addressed the graduates of the Bennington Writing Seminars Class of January 2020.  He said, “If you can’t imagine these last few days without trees, I know you can’t imagine life without poetry. Literature fills needs we did not know we had. Poems and stories plant seeds for things we did not know we needed.” Jericho Brown is this year’s Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry for his book The Tradition, a collection of poetry quest...