Post Tagged with: "Creative Writing"

Alumni News | Romasco Moore’s New Book Praised in New York Times

Maria Romasco Moore

Ohio University alum Maria Romasco Moore’s new book, Ghostographs: An Album (Rose Metal Press), received enthusiastic accolades. New York Times book reviewer Amal El-Mohtar praises the book’s originality and hybridity, noting in particular the multimodal combination of text and images. “Each story takes up a single page opposite an image, and […]

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December 29, 2018 at 8:37 pmAlumni Alumni in the News

ffitch Publishes Debut Novel, ‘Stay and Fight’

ffitch Publishes Debut Novel, ‘Stay and Fight’

Dr. Madeline ffitch’s debut novel, Stay and Fight, was accepted by national publisher Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. The novel also serves as ffitch’s English doctoral dissertation, which she successfully defended on Oct. 5. It will appear in print in Spring 2019. “Set in a region known for its independent spirit, […]

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October 19, 2018 at 2:41 amNews

Moore Named DePauw’s Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing

Dinty W. Moore

English Professor Dinty W. Moore has been named DePauw University’s Mary Rogers Field and Marion Field-McKenna Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing and will spend the Spring 2019 Semester teaching and promoting nonfiction writing at the Indiana college. Endowed by J. David Field, professor emeritus of English at DePauw, the […]

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September 26, 2018 at 8:47 pmResearch

Minor Encourages Readers to ‘Reshuffle’ Her Essay, ‘Handling the Beast’

Sarah Minor, doctoral candidate in creative writing

Sarah Minor, Ph.D. candidate in English (nonfiction), has republished her essay, “Handling the Beast,” with Proximity magazine. The essay was originally published by Conjunctions as a traditional text-only piece. Download, print, shuffle, and re-read her essay. In Proximity, however, “Handling the Beast” takes on a new, tactile element: the essay […]

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September 13, 2018 at 5:44 pmResearch

McCrary’s Debut Memoir Released to Excellent Reviews

Micah McCrary

by Kristin Distel Micah McCrary’s debut memoir, Island in the City, published by the University of Nebraska Press, received advanced praise from reviewers. McCrary is a doctoral candidate studying rhetoric and composition in Ohio University’s English Department; he has a secondary specialization in creative writing (nonfiction). His memoir grows out of […]

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September 11, 2018 at 1:42 amResearch

Williams Publishes Several Poems and Book Review

Williams Publishes Several Poems and Book Review

Derek J. G. Williams, a doctoral student in Creative Writing (poetry), recently published several poems and a book review. Williams’s poem, “Keeping Time,” was published in a recent issue of Pleiades magazine and is available on his website. His poems, “Reinventing Hunger” and “Desert Garden,” appear in the latest issue […]

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September 4, 2018 at 6:34 pmStudents in the News

Moore Co-edits New Book, ‘Flash Nonfiction Funny’

Moore Co-edits New Book, ‘Flash Nonfiction Funny’

Dinty W. Moore, along with Tom Hazuka, has co-edited a new book, Flash Nonfiction Funny: 71 Very Humorous, Very True, Very Short Stories (Woodhall Press). The book features concise essays, all consisting of 750 words or less, that are sure to delight and entertain readers. “It is hard to say […]

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August 30, 2018 at 8:13 amFaculty in the News News