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Lit Fest | Spring Literary Festival 2018, April 11-13

Lit Fest | Spring Literary Festival 2018, April 11-13

The Ohio University Creative Writing program presents five visiting writers for the 33rd annual Spring Literary Festival, April 11, 12, and 13. This year’s program will feature fiction writer Mary Gaitskill, nonfiction writers Geoff Dyer and Aisha Sabatini Sloan, and poets Alan Shapiro and Rosanna Warren. All readings and lectures […]

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April 1, 2018 at 9:00 pmEvents

Lit Fest | Tightrope Walking Over the Abyss: The Vivid Poetry of Rosanna Warren, April 12, 13

Rosanna Warren

The 2018 Spring Literary Festival welcomes author Rosanna Warren for a lecture on Thursday, April 12, at 11:00 a.m., in Walter Hall Rotunda, and for a reading on Friday, April 13, at 8:30 p.m., in Baker Theater. By Emily Kramer Graduate student pursuing an M.A. in Creative Writing: Poetry Rosanna Warren was born on the kitchen […]

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April 1, 2018 at 9:00 pmEvents

Lit Fest | ‘Space to Misbehave’: The Work of Mary Gaitskill, April 12, 13

Mary Gaitskill

The 2018 Spring Literary Festival welcomes author Mary Gaitskill for a reading on Thursday, April 12, at 8:30 p.m. in Walter Hall Rotunda, and for a lecture on Friday, April 13, at 11:00 a.m. in Alden library. By Melanie Ritzenthaler Graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing: Fiction Formidable is a word that has […]

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April 1, 2018 at 9:00 pmEvents

Lit Fest | ‘No Way in but Through’: The Essays of Aisha Sabatini Sloan, April 12, 13

Aisha Sabatini Sloan. Photo credit: Hannah Ensor.

The 2018 Spring Literary Festival welcomes author Aisha Sabatini Sloan for a reading on Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Walter Hall Rotunda, and for a lecture on Friday, April 13, at noon in Alden Library (4th floor). By Sarah Minor Assistant Professor of Nonfiction, Cleveland Institute of Art Graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative […]

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April 1, 2018 at 9:00 pmEvents

Lit Fest | ‘Never on the Ground: The Buoyant Prose of Geoff Dyer, April 11, 13

Geoff Dyer. Photo credit: Matt Stuart.

The 2018 Spring Literary Festival welcomes author Geoff Dyer for a lecture on Wednesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Walter Hall Rotunda, and for a reading on Friday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Baker Theater. By Jordan Floyd Graduate student pursuing a M.A. in Creative Writing: Nonfiction At first glance, Geoff Dyer is […]

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April 1, 2018 at 9:00 pmEvents

Alumni News | Ohio Today Features William Virgil Davis, ‘Always at Home at OHIO’

Ohio Today, the alumni news site for Ohio University, featured a first-person alumni essay headlined “Always home at OHIO” by William Virgil Davis AB ’62, M.A. ’65, Ph,D, ’67, who earned three degrees in English from the College of Arts & Sciences. Davis, who served as Professor of English and writer-in-residence […]

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March 29, 2018 at 4:46 pmAlumni Alumni in the News

Book on Baseball for the Blind Debuts on Opening Day

Dr. David Wanczyk

Beep: Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind, a book by Ohio University alum and English instructor Dr. David Wanczyk, debuted on opening day of baseball season. Reading of ‘Beep’ by David Wanczyk | April 4 Beep, which was released by Ohio University’s Swallow Press in time for […]

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March 29, 2018 at 1:17 pmResearch