Professor to cite original work at memorial poetry reading
Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter
November 7, 2018
The Eastern English department will sponsor the second Nancy Hennings Memorial Poetry Reading at 6 p.m. Thursday at Bob’s Bookstore. Creative writing professor Bess Winter will be featured reading original work at the event along with graduate student Kelly Pierce. Winter began teaching creative writ...
Poet connects with audience in 7th Street Underground
Mike Santoria, Campus Reporter
February 14, 2018
By using a mix of personal stories and interacting with audience members, LGBTQ activist and writer Natasha T. Miller was able to connect with students at the ‘My Black is Beautiful’ poetry slam. Miller performed six poems for the roughly twenty Eastern students attending. “Anytime I get...
‘My Black is Beautiful’ Poetry Slam to be held
Andrew Paisley, Campus Reporter
February 13, 2018
With work from students and a professional, the University Board will commemorate African-American Heritage Month with a poetry slam Wednesday at the 7th Street Underground. The UB has invited poet Natasha “T” Miller to read her poetry at the slam. Students will also be able to share their own p...
Poetry contest to honor students, late professor
Mallory Kutnick, Campus Reporter
April 20, 2017
Nine select students will compete for money in the fifth annual Graham Slam! poetry match 4 p.m. Friday in the Tarble Arts Center atrium. Dana Ringuette, the English department chair, said all nine students will win cash prizes depending on how they place, with the winner taking home $3,360...
German art school inspires poetry reading
Loren Dickson, Entertainment Reporter
April 11, 2017
An annual poetry reading will feature Mary Jo Bang, a published author and professor at Washington University in St. Louis, at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Lecture Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. It will be free and open to the public. Bang is the author of seven books, the most recent of which is...
Poetry slam to honor Langston Hughes
February 14, 2017
In honor of African-American Heritage Month, Omega Psi Phi fraternity is hosting a Langston Hughes poetry slam. It will take place at 7:11 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15 in the Lumpkin Hall Auditorium, Room 2030. Poetry slams are competitions in which poets read original works, and their performances...
Annual poetry reading to be held at Bob’s Bookstore Thursday
Angelica Cataldo, Entertainment Reporter
October 16, 2016
The annual Nancy Hennings Memorial Poetry Reading is coming back this year after not happening last year because of a lack of funds. The English department will host the reading 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Bob’s Bookstore at 601 Monroe Ave. English professor Daiva Markelis, who also writes fiction...
SACIS show gives message of empowerment
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
September 26, 2016
At Voices and Visions of Empowerment, LaPorshia Graves told the story of a woman who has given everything to everyone for her whole life, without thinking of herself. “What does she have left? She has herself, so she built herself up,” Graves, a graduate student studying political science, said...
Creative non-fiction class prepares for open reading
Luis Martinez, Entertainment Editor
December 7, 2015
Students of an advanced creative nonfiction class will be performing some of their written work from in a public literary reading. The reading is titled “The Ghost of the Writer’s Present” and will take place at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in 7th Street Underground. The course is taught by Charlotte...
Poets offer advice at memorial poetry reading
Luis Martinez, Entertainment Editor
September 21, 2015
During the Allen Neff Memorial Poetry reading, Wyn Cooper and Matthew Minicucci read some of their own written work to the members of the Eastern community. The two poets maintained now only a professional atmosphere, but there was also some humor added to some of their works. This was the first...
