As part of the UW–L English Department’s 2007–2008 William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series, Dr. Don LaCoss (History Dept) will present “Arabic Surrealism, German Romanticism & the British Occupation of Cairo, 1941-1946.”
The presentation takes place Friday May 2, Room 207 Wimberly Hall, 2:30pm-3:30pm.
All are welcome to attend our final colloquium this year.
David Hart
Colloquium Organizer
Celebration of UWL Writing Talent! You're Invited!
Over the years, Steam Ticket has achieved international recognition from many of its subscribers and contributors. The journal continues to be hosted by the UW-La Crosse English Department, and commits itself to celebrating diversity in its journal selections and authors.
The release party is in honor of not only the publishing of the 11th edition but also for all the hard work and time put into the magazine by staff members. Further information about Steam Ticket can also be accessed on the Steam Ticket Internet site at www.steamticket.org.
Please mark your calendars and plan, as you have time, to attend and enjoy some or all of these activities – these are excellent opportunities to celebrate who we are and what is most important to us as a community.
Wednesday, April 23rd
Thursday, May 1st
Friday, May 2nd
Wednesday, May 7th
Friday, May 9th
Dick Sullivan
Literary Capstone Presents: The Dialogic Imagination
April 21
April 28
Please contact Sharon Jessee for more information.
All Students, Faculty & Staff:
You are cordially invited to attend the English department Open House, to be held
April 7th at
3:30-5:00 in
CWH 409.
Please click on the flyer for more information -->
Short story writer, novelist, poet, playwright, and creative nonfiction writer Joseph Bathanti will conduct a reading, discussion, and book signing, Wednesday, April 23,
5 p.m., Room 140, Cowley Hall, on the UW-L campus.
Bathanti is the author of four books of poetry, two novels, a short story collection, a play, and numerous nonfiction pieces. His most recent work, the short story collection, The High Heart, won the 2007 Spokane Prize. His collection of poetry, This Metal, was nominated for The National Book Award. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prizes in both short fiction and creative nonfiction. His novel, Coventry, won the 2006 Novello Literary Award, and his novel, East Liberty, won the Carolina Novel Award in 2001. He won the 1997 Oscar Arnold Young Award from The North Carolina Poetry Council. His one-act play, Afomo, won The Wachovia Playwrights Prize. He has received the Sherwood Anderson Award, the Linda Flowers Prize, and the 2007 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Prize.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Bathanti moved to North Carolina as a VISTA Volunteer in 1976 to work with prison inmates. Presently, he is Professor of Creative Writing at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.
In this beautifully written and deeply moving collection of linked short stories, Joseph Bathanti gives us all the sad trappings of working-class life--the Rolling Rock beer, the Pall-Mall cigarettes, the plastic lawn chairs, the beat-up Bonnevilles and Impalas. Yet the world of The High Heart never feels depressing. It's impossible not to cheer on young Fritzy as he struggles to make sense of his eccentric parents, the ever-bickering, memorable couple known as Travis-and-Rita.
--Rita Ciresi, author of Pink Slip and Sometimes I Dream In Italian
As part of the UW-L English Department's 2007-2008 William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series, Dr. Karen Stuart will present
"Robert Musil's Essayism: Ethics and the Politics of Writing."
The presentation takes place Friday April 4, Room 207 Wimberly Hall, 2:30pm-3:30pm.
All are welcome to attend.
Fiction Reading, Discussion & Book Signing with Shauna Singh Baldwin
On Wednesday, March 26th at 5 pm in Port O' Call, Shauna Singh Baldwin, award-winning novelist and short-story writer will read from her latest short story collection, We Are Not in Pakistan. Born in Canada to Indian parents, Ms. Baldwin grew up in New Delhi, and has made Milwaukee her home for the past twenty years. Her fiction has topped best seller lists in Canada, India, and elsewhere, and has earned glowing reviews in the New York Times and the Washington Post as well as high praise abroad. Her first novel, What the Body Remembers, won the 2000 Commonweath Prize for Best Book in the Canadian-Caribbean region; it has since been translated into fourteen languages. Her collection, English Lessons and Other Stories, won the 1996 Friends of American Writers prize; and her second novel, The Tiger Claw, was short-listed for the 2004 Giller Prize and shared the short list for India's 2006 Hutch Crossword Award with works by V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie. The author's website: www.shaunasinghbaldwin.com
Sponsored by the UW-L English Department.
Contact: Matthew Cashion (cashion.matt@uwlax.edu).
Come to the Cellar between 8 and 10 this Wednesday to be seen (and heard) at SPEAK!
It's an open mic night and everyone is invited! Share your original (or borrowed) fiction, poetry, ramblings, musical talent, ninja skills and whatever other borderline-incriminating (however, NOT incriminating) abilities you would like the group of college kids in the intimate setting of the Cellar to witness! This week, special guest host Adam G. will hold "the paper" on which you will need to sign up to SPEAK! Hope to see you there! SPEAK! is an event sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta and the English Club.
Katie Kaspar
On Wednesday, March 5, CAB is bringing ISIS, a spoken word poet to campus. Isis will be presenting herself and her poetry honestly, so all can see the beauty and scars that have made her a woman. Her poetry explores universal themes of empowerment, reclamation, love, abuse and the mistakes we all make. She will present our campus with a powerful message.
Liz Truax
Performing Arts Coordinator; Campus Activities Board
