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Pickering Publishes Two Poems on Terrain.Org

Paul Pickering

By Regina Yoong Ohio University graduate student Paul Pickering has two poems—“Golden Eagle” and “For the Dusky Seaside Sparrow”—in the newest issue of Terrain.org. “‘Golden Eagle’ emerges from a drive on New Year’s Eve last year. My wife and I traveled from Kansas to New Mexico. We were somewhere beyond […]

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December 11, 2019 at 10:18 pmNews

Mazakis Named Finalist for 2020 Miller Williams Poetry Prize

Angie Mazakis

Ohio University graduate student Angie Mazakis’ collection I Was Waiting to See what You Would Do First was named a finalist for the 2020 Miller Williams Poetry Prize and will be published next year by the University of Arkansas Press. Mazakis’ manuscript was also a finalist for the National Poetry […]

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September 24, 2019 at 10:58 amNews

Mazakis Publishes Several Poems, Named Finalist in Book Prize

Angie Mazakis

English graduate student Angie Mazakis’s manuscript, I Was Waiting to See What You Would Do First, was selected as one of two finalists by Indiana Review’s Blue Light Books Prize. Mazakis, an Ohio University alum, also has one poem each in new issues of The Iowa Review, Columbia Journal, and […]

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April 25, 2019 at 10:52 amAlumni Research

Martin Receives Prestigious NEA Grant

Hugh Martin

Hugh Martin, a Ph.D. student in Creative Nonfiction, was awarded a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Poetry. “I plan to use the time and resources to continue work on a longer manuscript focused on my leave from Iraq in 2004; I also plan to work on […]

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February 26, 2019 at 7:57 amNews Research

New Poetry Series Debuts at Dairy Barn, March 15

New Poetry Series Debuts at Dairy Barn, March 15

A new poetry series, Spoken & Heard: Poetry of Departure and Relevance, is debuting this year at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens. The series will begin in March with poet Maggie Smith, author of the critically acclaimed collection Good Bones. Opening for Smith will be Deni Naffziger, OHIO […]

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March 1, 2018 at 8:30 pmEvents

Just the Right Amount of ‘Too-Muchness’: The Visceral Poetry of Diane Seuss, Dec. 7

Diane Seuss

The Ohio University Creative Writing Program hosts Visiting Poet Diane Seuss, for a reading on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m., in Walter Hall Rotunda. By Abby Mohler, intern for the Office of Special Programs The poet Diane Seuss writes imaginatively, lyrically, and lushly about the transition from girlhood and […]

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December 1, 2017 at 10:30 pmEvents

Torres Presents on Colonial Latin American Poets at International Conference

Dr. Daniel Torres

Dr. Daniel Torres, Spanish Professor in Modern Languages, a founding member of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Poetry and a past board member, returned as a presenter to the Universidad de Sevilla (Spain) during the XIII Conference of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry. Torres presented “Finezas […]

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October 27, 2017 at 11:18 amNews Research