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Lit Fest: Quiet Triumph–The Unmatchable Poetry and Prose of Laura Kasischke | April 3-5

Lit Fest: Quiet Triumph–The Unmatchable Poetry and Prose of Laura Kasischke | April 3-5

Learn more about Laura Kasischke’s work and Lit Fest events. By Madison Foltz The Poetry Foundation describes Laura Kasischke’s poetry as “noted for its intelligent, honest portrayal of domestic and familial life, its explosively accurate imagery and dense soundscapes, and its idiosyncratic use of narrative.” No poem of hers encapsulates […]

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April 1, 2019 at 11:30 pmEvents

Spring Literary Festival | Kiese Laymon, April 3-5

Kiese Laymon

Ohio University’s Spring Literary Festival is April 3 to 5. One of this year’s featured authors is Kiese Laymon, a black southern writer, born and raised in Jackson, Miss. Laymon attended Millsaps College and Jackson State University before graduating from Oberlin College. He earned an MFA in Fiction from Indiana […]

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April 1, 2019 at 11:00 pmEvents

Lit Fest: Unpacking the Weight of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’ | April 3-5

Kiese Laymon

Learn more about Kiese Laymon’s work and Lit Fest events By Madison Foltz Kiese Laymon begins Heavy with the insistence that he wanted to “write a lie.” But he then lists every reason why that lie was not worth writing. He doesn’t want to lie because he needs to be […]

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April 1, 2019 at 11:00 pmEvents

Visiting Fiction Writer Thisbe Nissen, Feb. 21

Thisbe Nissen | author photo by Kaitlin Lamoine Photography

The English Department presents visiting fiction writer Thisbe Nissen on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 730 p.m. in the Walter Hall Rotunda. Madison Foltz‘s essay, “Crisis, Love, and Chaos in Thisbe Nissen’s Our Lady of the Prairie,” provides more information about Nissen’s work: “So much of this life we spend holding […]

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August 2, 2018 at 5:00 amEvents