Tuesday, April 29, 2008

TONIGHT: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Getting an MFA



Just a friendly reminder that the program in creative writing is holding a panel discussion this evening where UW professor Amy Quan Barry will discuss the MFA degree -- everything from the application process to what you do once you've completed the degree will be covered.

Hope you can join us!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Two Upcoming Readings & an Awards Ceremony


On Monday, May 5th at 7 p.m. in 7191 Helen C. White Hall, students from Jesse Lee Kercheval's graduate poetry workshop will share their work. Hali Sofala, Ryan Walsh, Kristen Muir, Lisa Kundrat, Jessica Nordell, Laurel Bastian and Steel Wagstaff will read.


Later that week, on Thursday, May 8th at 7 p.m. in 6191 Helen C. White Hall, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows Shara Lessley and Kevin A. González will read. The Program in Creative Writing's Annual Awards Ceremony will immediately follow the reading.

Tues. April 29, 7 p.m.: Everything You Wanted To Know About Getting an MFA



Every wonder what it would be like to get an MFA in poetry, fiction or creative non-fiction? Do you have questions about how to go about the application process? Have a question about which programs might be right for you?

On Tuesday, April 29th at 7 p.m. in 7191 Helen C. White Hall, members of UW-Madison's Program in Creative Writing will hold a panel about all things related to the MFA degree. Panelists will include Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows Shara Lessley (U. Of Maryland MFA in Poetry) and Timothy Scott (NYU MFA in Fiction), and UW MFA students Kriten Muir (Poetry) and Nate Brown (that's me! Fiction). The panel will be moderated by UW faculty member and poet Quan Barry.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Juan Felipe Herrera Events, April 7 - April 11!



The UW-Madison Arts Institute and the Center for the Humanities are pleased to welcome Juan Felipe Herrera to Madison, April 7-11.

Since Juan Felipe Herrera began writing poetry, plays, and children’s books, his work has been devoted to the politics and identity issues of immigration in the Latino and Chicano communities. He is best known for his immensely popular books Super Cilantro Girl/La superniña del cilantro and Calling the Doves, which won the Ezra Jack Keats award in 1997. He is a poet, performer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, and activist who draws from real life experiences as well as years of education to
inform his work. His most recent book of poetry, from which he will perform on April 10, is 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border.

Schedule of Events
All events are free and open to the public

Tuesday, April 8, 3-4 pm
Guest Appearance on Jean Feraca's Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
Program
WERN, 88.7 FM or online at http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/index.cfm

Wednesday, April 9, 3 pm
Humanities NOW Forum: "Immigration and Memory"
6191 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park St

Wednesday, April 9, 6 pm
Reading and book-signing: 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border
A Room of One’s Own
307 W. Johnson Street
608-257-7888

Thursday, April 10, 8 pm
Performance: 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border, with special
guests Baba Israel, Michael Chang, and Amberine Huda
Hemsley Theatre in Vilas Hall
821 University Avenue


Sponsored by the UW-Madison Arts Institute and Center for the Humanities in partnership with the departments of English, Communication Arts, Spanish and Portuguese, Theater and Drama, Library and Information Studies, and the Chicano and Latino Studies Program, LACIS (Latin American Caribbean and Iberian Studies), and the Madison Metropolitan School District.

For more information, contact: Kate Hewson, (608) 263-9290,
kahewson@wisc.edu,or visit the UW Arts website.

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