Ohio University English Department News

Reading and Book-Signing for Visiting Author Joel Peckham

2008-04-29T15:55:00Z

On Saturday at 7:00 p.m., Jackson and Traci Connor will host a reading and book-signing for visiting author Joel Peckham at their home, 146 Morris Avenue. Peckham is an Assistant Professor of American Literature at The University of Cincinnati, Clermont College. His poetry and essays on grief and recovery have been published in many journals, including The Black Warrior Review, The Literary Review, The North American Review, River Teeth, and The Southern Review. His second collection, The Heat of What Comes, has just appeared from Pecan Grove Press and will be available at the reading.

Congratulations to Jennifer Schomburg Kanke

2008-02-12T14:37:00Z

Jennifer Schomburg Kanke's poem entitled "Cropping" will be published in Earth's Daughters, issue number 72.

Congratulations to Rachael Peckham

2008-02-12T14:35:00Z

Rachael Peckham's lyrical essay, “Of Saints and Neighbors: A Pathology of Place,” has been accepted for publication in Oxford Magazine.

Creative Writing Program receives GERB award

2008-02-12T14:03:00Z

The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English was selected from a pool of six finalists to receive a GERB award. The Program will use the new $131,000 in base funding to offer an additional doctoral student stipend, increase stipend amounts for other graduate students and fund a visiting professor. Fifteen to 20 graduate students are enrolled in the program annually. Though the program has a national reputation for fiction, poetry and non-fiction writing, low stipends have turned some good prospective graduate students away, said Stocker Professor of Creative Writing Darrell Spencer, who was instrumental in the GERB proposal. "We will increase our graduate pool and be competitive with the best schools," Spencer said. The visiting professor position also will aid the program, he added, by offering students more diverse insight into their work. There currently are eight faculty members in the Creative Writing Program, which was founded in 1964.

Michelle Disler receives two nominations for 2008 Pushcart Prize in Nonfiction.

2008-01-25T14:36:00Z

Michelle Disler recently received two nominations for the 2008 Pushcart Prize in Nonfiction.

Second Issue of /nor available

2007-11-29T17:00:00Z

The second issue of /nor is now available at their website: www.ohiou.edu/nor. The first issue is sold out.

Announcing the 2008 Spring Literary Festival

2008-02-20T21:03:00Z

Since 1986, The Spring Literary Festival has featured some of the world's finest, most distinguished writers of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. This three-day festival will be held from Wednesday May 7th to Friday May 9th on the Ohio University campus in Athens, Ohio. It is sponsored by the Program in Creative Writing of the Department of English and is generously funded by the College of Arts and Sciences. All readings and lectures are free and open to the public as the featured writers present, lecture, and read from their work.

This year's writers include Tony Hoagland, Kathryn Harrison, Thomas Glave, Edwidge Danticat, and Lee K. Abbott. For a detailed schedule of this year's Literary Festival click on the "Special Programs" link of our website.

Word 2007 (.docx) Solutions

2007-10-31T18:54:00Z

If you're a Mac user having issues opening docx (Word 2007) files, you can upload the files to DocX Converter and get the file back in a readable format. If you're running the older version of Microsoft Office on a Windows computer you can download a patch from Microsoft here. If you're a Linux user, the newest version of OpenOffice supports docx. If you have an older version and don't want to upgrade, there's a fix at Sigmundvoid.

Robert DeMott Recieves Steinbeck Center Award

2006-09-28T12:52:00Z

Robert DeMott was one of two recipients of the 2006 National Steinbeck Center Trustee Award, which was presented at the 26th annual Steinbeck Festival in Salinas, California, August 4. The Trustee Award is presented to individuals who have generously donated their time, talent, or resources to support the Steinbeck Festival, the National Steinbeck Center, or the Former Steinbeck Center Foundation. Congrats Bob!

Dogwood Bloom

2006-03-01T20:53:16Z

Dogwood Bloom, graduate reading series, will be Friday, March 3 in Ellis 214 at 5 pm. Heather Frese and Leigh Wisniewski are the featured readers for this series.

Catherine Taylor and Graduate Student Reading

2006-02-28T20:55:00Z

I am sorry to inform you that John D'Agata has had to cancel his reading
scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) in Galbreath Chapel due to a traffic
mishap. However, the reading will continue at Galbreath Chapel at 7:30
p.m., Thursday, March 2, with Catherine Taylor, Assistant Professor and 10
graduate students reading poetry, fiction and non-fiction.

A reception will follow. Please join us.

See a reading by Jack Driscoll, February 16th

2006-02-06T10:52:10Z

Jack Driscoll will read his fiction at Galbreath Chapel on Thursday, February 16th at 7:30 pm. He is currently Writer-in Residence at Interlochen Center for the Arts and is the author of four books of poems and three novels including the 2005 How Like an Angel. He has received many prestigious awards including the Pushcart Editors' Book Award and seven Pen Syndicated Project Short Fiction Awards. Jack Driscoll is on campus for a three-day residency in the Dept. of English. For more information, please contact the Special Programs Office at (740) 593-4181.

Spring undergrad course desriptions available

2006-02-03T12:36:15Z

Download the Spring '06 undergrad course descriptions.

Professor Amritjit Singh Lecture

2006-01-29T21:14:10Z

The African American Studies and the English departments present a lecture entitled "Migration, Culture, and Citizenship: Blacks and South Asians in 1920s America" by Professor Amritjit Singh on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 in the 1804 Lounge, Baker Center at 6pm.

Jenny Dunning offered tenure-track position at St. Olaf

2006-01-27T11:47:05Z

Congratulation to Jenny Dunning as she has received an offer for a tenure-track position in fiction from St. Olaf College, Minnesota.