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Lit Fest | The Many Voices of Poet Tom Sleigh

Tom Sleigh

The 2017 Spring Literary Festival welcomes author Tom Sleigh for a reading in Walter Hall on Thursday, April 6, at 8:30 p.m., and a lecture Friday, April 7, at 11 a.m. in Alden Library. By Angie Mazakis  Graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing: Poetry As a child, Tom Sleigh used to fall asleep next […]

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March 31, 2017 at 12:35 pmNews

Visiting Author | Fiction Writer Rachel B. Glaser, Feb. 16

Visiting Author | Fiction Writer Rachel B. Glaser, Feb. 16

NEW LOCATION/TIME: Ohio University’s Creative Writing program hosts Visiting Fiction Writer Rachel B. Glaser On Thursday, Feb. 16, for a 8:00 p.m. reading at Athens Public Library (30 Home Street). A reception follows the event, which is free and open to the public. Glaser has published several books, including her […]

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February 1, 2017 at 8:15 pmEvents

Visiting Author | Writer-Actor Dinah Lenney, Oct. 27

Dinah Lenney; Photo by Daniel Reichert

On Thursday, Oct. 27, the Ohio University Creative Writing program hosts Visiting Nonfiction Writer Dinah Lenney for a reading at Walter Hall Rotunda (7:30 p.m.). A reception will follow the event, which is free and open to the public. Watch live or later on A&S TV. Lenney is the author […]

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October 1, 2016 at 5:30 pmEvents

Graduate Student Finds ‘Enchanting Experience’ Teaching in France

Micah McCrary (right) and fellow ESL counselors at American Village Officiel

By Kristin M. Distel Graduate student Micah McCrary is spending his summer teaching at American Village Officiel, a summer camp for elementary-age students in the south of France. “While I’ve always been interested in going back and forth between teaching college students/adults and teaching children, my work abroad has been […]

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July 18, 2016 at 12:29 pmNews

Grad Student Discusses Writing about Abuse at ‘Room of Her Own’

Grad Student Discusses Writing about Abuse at ‘Room of Her Own’

Kelly Sundberg, a graduate student in English, has been named the 2015 A Room of Her Own Foundation’s Courage Fellow. The fellowship was created to enable a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault to attend the foundation’s annual retreat in Ghost Ranch, NM. While at the retreat, Sundberg will […]

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October 7, 2014 at 11:37 amResearch

A Playable Essay: The Tetris Effect

A Playable Essay: The Tetris Effect

Welcome to the Tetris Effect, a “playable essay” in Dr. Eric LeMay new book In Praise of Nothing: Essays, Memoir, and Experiments. LeMay is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing: Nonfiction in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Today’s test for gamers: The Tetris Effect. Note: The Forum […]

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August 6, 2014 at 9:32 amNews

LeMay Publishes Book: In Praise of Nothing: Essays, Memoir, and Experiments

LeMay Publishes Book: In Praise of Nothing: Essays, Memoir, and Experiments

Dr. Eric LeMay published a new book, In Praise of Nothing: Essays, Memoir, and Experiments. Why do we play the lottery when we know we’ll lose? How does what we laugh at tell us who we are? What happens when, through some misstep or mishap, we lose ourselves and become […]

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June 18, 2014 at 1:33 pmNews Research