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by Kristin M. Distel Sarah Minor, doctoral student of creative writing, will spend 10 weeks this summer in Iceland, where she will write a “visual essay about the historic and modern relationship between literature and landscape in Iceland.” Minor’s research will examine “Beinakerling,” which, she explains, refers to “‘bone crone’ […]

by Kristin M. Distel “Eric LeMay is the future of the essay, but fortunately he’s here now,” says author Ned Stuckey-French in advanced praise of LeMay’s newly published collection, Essays on the Essay and Other Essays. LeMay is Associate Professor of creative writing in OHIO’s English Department. He’s also an Ohio […]

by Kristin M. Distel “This is the story of one of the longest-surviving HIV-positive men in the United States, a story irrevocably intertwined with my own,” says Kirk Wisland, doctoral candidate in creative writing. Wisland has published an essay in the latest issue of Proximity Magazine. The essay, “Inheritance,” chronicles […]

by Kristin M. Distel Michelle Pretorius, doctoral student in fiction, has won a Friends of American Writers literary prize for her debut novel, ‘The Monster’s Daughter.” ‘It Was Hard to Believe This Is a First Book’ “Our reading committee was blown away by the book,” says Tammie Bob, literature awards […]

The 2017 Spring Literary Festival welcomes author Colm Tóibín for a lecture on Wednesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m., in Walter Hall Rotunda, and for a reading on Friday, April 7, at 8:30 p.m., in Baker Theatre. By Justin Mundhenk Graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing: Fiction Writers get written into corners by genre, […]

The 2017 Spring Literary Festival, held April 5, 6, 7, will feature authors Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, Mary Cappello, Gerald Early, Tom Sleigh, and Colm Tóibín. The festival is sponsored by the Creative Writing program in the English Department at Ohio University, in conjunction with Alden Library. All readings and lectures […]

  The 2017 Spring Literary Festival welcomes author Mary Cappello for a lecture in Walter Hall on Thursday, April 6, at 11 a.m., and a reading Friday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Baker Theatre. By Hugh Martin Graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing: Nonfiction In one of her excellent essays, Mary Cappello goes with […]