MFA/PhD Festival: WMU Creative Writing Program

We'd like to invite you to WMU's annual MFA/PhD Festival. The Festival will feature readings from this year's graduating MFAs and PhDs from the WMU Creative Writing Program. The readings will take place this week on Friday, April 19th, and Saturday, April 20th, both starting at 7:00 PM.

The reading on Friday will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, room 105-107, and will feature: Dustin M. Hoffman
Andrea England
J. Rice
Bill Zorn
Justin Gibson

The reading on Saturday will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, room 105-107, and will feature:
Tricia Phillips
Andy Wickenden
Andrew Weissenborn
Elissa Cahn
Vanni Taing

We hope you'll join us in celebrating the accomplishments and writing of our graduating students.

New Issues Reading: Jaswinder Bolina and Mandy Keifetz: Spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

Join us for the final reading of the Spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series, co-sponsored by New Issues Poetry & Prose. We're honored to have two New Issues authors read their work: poet Jaswinder Bolina and fiction writer Mandy Keifetz. The reading will take place this Thursday, April 11th, at the WMU Bernhard Center room 208-209, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.

Poet Jean Valentine Reads Tuesday: Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We welcome you to join us for the third reading of the Spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We're honored to have poet Jean Valentine read her work Tuesday, April 2nd. The reading will take place at the WMU Little Theatre, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.

Poet Jay Baron Nicorvo Reads His Work: Gwen Frostic Reading Series

The Spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series is honored to have WMU faculty member and poet Jay Baron Nicorvo read his work on Thursday, February 28th. The reading will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, in room 208-209, starting at 8:00 PM. The reading is free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there.

Jay Baron Nicorvo's Frostic Reading Rescheduled

Due to weather and the WMU campus closing, the Frostic Reading tonight is canceled.
We've rescheduled Jay Baron Nicorvo's reading for Thursday, February 28th, Bernhard Center, room 208-209. We hope to see you then.

Poet Jay Baron Nicorvo Reads His Work: Spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We'd like to welcome you to the first reading of the Spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We're honored to have WMU faculty member and poet Jay Baron Nicorvo read his work this Thursday, January 31st. The reading will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, in room 208-209, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.

Spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

The WMU Creative Writing Program would like to invite you to the Spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. This semester, we’re honored to present four readings featuring five authors. All of the readings are free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there.

You can find more information at our website here.

Frostic schedule:

Jay Baron Nicorvo
Thursday, January 31st, 8:00 PM, WMU Bernhard Center 208-209

Edward Allan Baker
Thursday, February 7th, 8:00 PM, WMU Bernhard Center 208-209

Jean Valentine
Tuesday, April 2nd, 8:00 PM, WMU Little Theatre

Mandy Keifetz & Jaswinder Bolina
Co-sponsored by New Issues Poetry & Prose
Thursday, April 11th, 8:00 PM, WMU Bernhard Center 208-209

Fall 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series: Alumni Reading

We welcome you to join us for the third reading of the Fall 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. Three WMU alumni will read their work: poet Adam Clay, fiction writer Peter Geye, and playwright Kris Frithjof Peterson. The reading will take place this Thursday, November 15th, at the WMU Bernhard Center, room 209-210, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.

Fall 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

The WMU Creative Writing Program would like to invite you to the Fall 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. This semester, we’re honored to present four readings featuring six authors. The Series begins this coming Friday with a reading by the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate Philip Levine. All of the readings are free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there. Philip Levine Friday, September 28th, 8:00 PM, Schneider Hall, Auditorium 2000. Julie Jensen Thursday, November 8th, 8:00 PM, WMU Bernhard Center, Room 209-210. Alumni Reading: Adam Clay, Peter Geye, K. Frithjof Peterson Thursday, November 15th, WMU Bernhard Center, Room 209-210. Emma Straub Thursday, December 6th, 8:00 PM, WMU Bernhard Center, Room 157-159.

WMU Creative Writing Program's MFA/PhD Festival Reading

We'd like to invite you to WMU's annual MFA/PhD Festival. The Festival will feature readings from this year's graduating MFAs and PhDs from the WMU Creative Writing Program. The readings will take place this week on Friday, April 13th, and Saturday, April 14th, both starting at 7:30 PM. The reading on Friday will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, room 105-107, and will feature Krystal Howard, David Johnson, and Adam Pasen. The reading on Saturday will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, room 157-158, and will feature Dan Toronto, Natalie Giarratano, Emily Stinson, and Erin Jewell.

We hope you'll join us in celebrating the accomplishments and writing of our graduating students.

Poet Barbara Cully Reads this Thursday: Spring 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We welcome you to join us for the fifth reading of the Spring 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We’re honored to have poet Barbara Cully read her work this Thursday, April 5th. The reading will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, in room 157-158, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.

New Issues Authors Kevin Fenton and Rachel Eliza Griffiths Read Their Work: Spring 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We welcome you to join us for our second reading of the Spring 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We're honored to have poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths and fiction writer Kevin Fenton read their work this Thursday, February 2nd. The reading will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, in room 157-158, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there. This reading is co-sponsored by New Issues Poetry & Prose.

WMU Alumni Writers Read Their Work: Fall 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We welcome you to join us for our final reading of the Fall 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We're honored to have three WMU alumni: poet Elizabeth Knapp, fiction writer Melinda Moustakis, and fiction writer Jason Skipper. They will read their work this Thursday, December 1st. The reading will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, room 157-158, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.

Poets Gerald Stern and Anne Marie Macari Read Their Work: Fall 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We welcome you to join us for our third reading of the Fall 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We’re honored to have poets Gerald Stern and Anne Marie Macari read their work this Thursday, Nov. 3rd. The reading will take place at the WMU Little Theatre, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.

Poet William Olsen Reads His Work: Fall 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We welcome you to join us for our first reading of the Fall 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We’re honored to have WMU faculty member and poet William Olsen read his work this Thursday, Sept. 22nd. The reading will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, in room 208-209, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.

Fall 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

The WMU Creative Writing Program would like to invite you to the Fall 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. This semester, we'll host five different readings featuring eight readers. All of the readings are free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there.

Schedule of Events:

Poet and WMU Faculty Member, William Olsen:
September 22nd, 8:00 PM, WMU Bernhard Center 208-209

Fiction Writer, Sterling Watson:
October 13th, 8:00 PM, WMU Bernhard Center 157-158

Poets, Gerald Stern & Anne Marie Macari:
November 3rd, 8:00 PM, The Little Theatre

Playwright, Carlos Murillo:
November 17th, 8:00 PM, Bernhard Center 157-158

Alumni Reading: Elizabeth Knapp, Melinda Moustakis & Jason Skipper:
December 1st, 8:00 PM, Bernhard Center 157-158

New Issues Event Sunday, August 28

New Issues Poetry & Prose SUMMER 2011

In This Issue About Us 2011 New Issues Poetry Prize Book of the Year Award About Us New Issues was established in 1996 by poet Herbert S. Scott.    Winner of the 2011 New Issues Poetry Prize Andrew Allport has won the 2011 New Issues Poetry Prize for his manuscript the body | of space | in the shape of the human. David Wojahn, author of World Tree, judged. Andrew wins a $2,000 award and publication of his manuscript in the spring of 2012

Dear Friends, Can you believe it's been 15 years? By the end of this year New Issues will have published 135 books, and we couldn't have done it without you. Come celebrate this anniversary, and help us show appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication put forth by our departing Managing Editor, Marianne Swierenga. The event will take place at Bell's Brewery, 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave. on Sunday, August 28 from 2:30 pm-5:00pm. We'll feature readings by novelists Jaimy Gordon & Bonnie Jo Campbell, and poets Susanna Childress & Lizzie Hutton. A $5.00 donation will be requested; as a non-profit we greatly appreciate your generosity! Sincerely, Kimberly Kolbe New Issues Poetry & Prose Fall releases from New Issues by Susanna Childress andLizzie Hutton will be available for pre-order. Susanna Childress writes at the cutting edge of the long tradition of love poetry. Her poems often involve tense negotiations between a sharp cultural intelligence and a body that craves its fulfillment. She writes with grace about love and lust, and she unfailingly delivers rhythmic and linguistic pleasures to her lucky readers as they follow the course of these inquisitive, unpredictable poems. --Billy Collins Here's a poet whose intelligence and imagination value truth above any of its enemies: comfort, decoration, lovely music, the blurring of the line between the personal and the human. The poems feel emotionally and intellectually spontaneous, as if we were present at their coming-into-being, a genuine writer-reader intimacy that's hard to achieve at any stage, let alone in a first book. The poems about childhood and adolescence are among the most powerful I've ever read. Tough, sexy, probing, tender, devoid of sentimentality, fiercely intelligent, and always a step ahead of the reader, She'd Waited Millennia is an important debut. --Chase Twichell Translation by Jaimy Gordon It's not just a dog's life-it's a pig-cow-rat's life. In this deftly executed allegorical novel, Beig (Lost Weddings) gives an episodic, animal-centered account of the life of a young woman in rural Germany between the two world wars. Brief chapters-"Horse," "Cat," "Pig," etc.-recount the protagonist's less-than-idyllic encounters with the natural world. At birth, Hermine resembles a mutant horse; at school, she finds herself unable to write the assigned essay "Hurray, We're Slaughtering!" As a young teacher, she inadvertently causes the injury of a pupil during a spirited game based on a bear hunt, and she maims a badger with her motorbike. Disowned by her family for killing their pet goose, she is even scolded by her husband: "No one can have an animal with you around." Granted, "some days Hermine liked well enough," but most days she loses her battle with the bestiary. . . .This earthy, unsentimental novel is the perfect holiday gift for nihilists with a sense of humor. --Publisher's Weekly It would be too bad if, because of Campbell's realistic style and ferocious attention to her setting, "Once Upon a River" were discounted as merely a fine example of American regionalism. It is, rather, an excellent American parable about the consequences of our favorite ideal, freedom. --Jane Smiley, The New York Times  Our titles are available online through Amazon.com and spdbooks.org.

Save the date

Last year's event was a success thanks to your support!

Dear colleagues:

I'm happy to announce that New Issues Press will hold its third fundraiser / party at Bell's Brewery August 28, 2:30-5. We will be celebrating the 15th anniversary of the press. We'll also be showing our gratitude to Marianne Swierenga, who has stepped down as Managing Editor. Readers will include upcoming New Issues Authors Susanna Childress and Lizzie Hutton, with special guest Jaimy Gordon. The reading will last 45-50 minutes.

Please mark the date of this auspicious occasion! We look forward to seeing you and bringing in the new school year with good cheer and good writing.

All best,

Bill Olsen

KBAC Poets in Print: Adam Clay and Pablo Peschiera

Two WMU alumni will be reading at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center on Saturday, June 11, 2011, 7 to 9 p.m.

Adam Clay and Pablo Peschiera present readings from their work. Broadsides featuring their work created by KBAC artists Katie Platte and Jeremy Emmendorfer will be for sale and signing along with other works by the poets. This reading is free and open to the public. Refreshments are served. Doors open at 6:30. The reading begins at 7 p.m.

Adam Clay is the author of The Wash (Parlor Press) and A Hotel Lobby at the Edge of the World, which is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions. His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Denver Quarterly, The Laurel Review, and elsewhere. He co-edits Typo Magazine, and since 2008 has been the coordinator and editor of the Poets in Print series at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center.

Pablo Peschiera's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Pleaides, Shenandoah, Copper Nickel, and other places, and he writes and edits reviews for Diagram. He teaches at Hope College in Holland, MI, and he's currently reading Pinker’s The Language Instinct.

Kalamazoo Book Arts Center
Suite 103A, Park Trades Center
326 W. Kalamazoo Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49007

MFA/PhD Festival Readings

We welcome you to join us for WMU’s annual MFA/PhD Festival. The Festival will feature readings from this year’s graduating MFAs and PhDs from the WMU Creative Writing Program. The readings will take place this week on Friday, April 8th, and Saturday, April 9th. Both readings will begin at 7:30 and will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, room 105-107.

On Friday, the readers will include: Katie Burpo, Mikala Hansen, Amy Newday, and Seth Kay.

On Saturday, the readers will include: Joe Sanders, Gary McDowell, Eileen Wiedbrauk, and Shana Wolstein.

Come on out to help us celebrate the accomplishments of our graduating students over refreshments and great writing.