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Applied research relevant to 21st century issues was on stage as College of Arts & Sciences faculty were recognized at Ohio University’s 2019 newsmakers gala. Members of the Ohio University community gathered Oct. 3 to celebrate the hundreds of OHIO faculty who promote the research, expertise and overall excellence of […]

Split This Rock, a national literary organization “dedicated to fostering greater roles for poets in public life by using art to promote social activism,” maintains a searchable database of over 600 social justice-related poems as a resource for educators, readers, and writers. Since its launch in 2015, poems in this […]

The latest installment of a local reading series, Spoken & Heard: Poetry of Departure and Relevance, will take place on April 11 at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens. The reading will feature West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman and poet, as well as multidisciplinary artist and OHIO Assistant […]

Poet and multidisciplinary artist Dr. Bianca Spriggs kicked off the Ohio Northern University English Department Reading Series on Oct. 11. Spriggs is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University. “Bianca is an award-winning writer and multidisciplinary artist from Kentucky. She is the author of five collections of poems, most recently Black Mermaid (Argus […]

> After its successful inaugural year, Spoken & Heard: Poetry of Departure and Relevance returns this fall to The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens. Oct. 11: Dave Lucas & Paula J. Lambert Athens Poet: Wendy McVicker Nov. 30: Concrete Wink (Chuck Salmons, Rikki Santer, Sandra Feen) Athens Poet: Becca […]

by Kristin Distel “If you enjoy and/or teach Appalachian literature, this anthology is a necessary addition to your libraries and syllabi. There’s literally quite nothing like it!” says Dr. Bianca Spriggs, Assistant Professor of English, says of the newly published book Black Bone: 25 Years of the Affrilachian Poets. Spriggs, along […]

Dr. Bianca Spriggs, Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University, is a guest author at East Tennessee State University’s Spring Literary Festival, reports the Johnson City Press. …The festival will also feature afternoon writing workshops and presentations on poetry, young adult and fiction writing by noted guest authors Bianca Lynne […]