"Grand Illusion" Premiere 12/4@Kalamazoo 10 ~ new Bentley film starring WMU students, faculty, alum

N.B.: tickets are FREE, but also limited (first-come, first-served) for this one-time screening at the cinema. If you want to be certain, you can reserve a seat in advance by emailing: chuckbentley@gmail.com

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.

Poet Dennis Hinrichsen, Poet David James, and Fiction Writer Adam Schuitema Read Their Work: Alumni Reading, Fall 2010 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We welcome you to join us for our third reading of the Fall 2010 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We’re very honored to have three alumni authors: poet Dennis Hinrichsen, poet David James, and fiction writer Adam Schuitema. They will read their work this Thursday, Nov. 11th, at the WMU Bernhard Center, in room 157-158, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.

Tarbox, LaHaie, Meeusen, and Halko Present at ChLA

On Saturday, June 12, 2010, Gwen Tarbox, doctoral candidate Jeanne LaHaie, and WMU alums Dr. Gabrielle Halko (Assistant Professor, West Chester University) and Meghann Meeusen (doctoral candidate, PhD in Children's Literature program at Illinois State University) presented papers at the Children's Literature Association Conference, hosted this year by Eastern Michigan University. Their panel, "Mommy Dearest, Derailed, or Dangerous: The Maternal Figure in Contemporary Children's and Adolescent Literature," generated lots of lively discussion.

Also presenting at the conference were former visiting Assistant Professors Dr. Lance Weldy (now at Francis Marion University) and Dr. Tammy Mielke (now at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte), as well as WMU English Education alum, Dr. Thomas Crisp (now an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida).

Adam Schuitema Interview

This article from the Grand Rapids Press features an interview with WMU English Department alum, Dr. Adam Schuitema, who mentions the work of Bonnie Jo Campbell, as well as the experience of teaching undergraduate creative writing workshops. Adam's upcoming local appearances include:

• Treehouse Books — 37 E. Eighth St., Holland, 7 p.m., June 4

• The Book Nook & Java Shop — 8726 Ferry St., Montague, 4 p.m. June 27

• Grand Valley State University — 7 p.m., Sept. 28

Nat O'Reilly's Chapbook "Symptoms of Homesickness" Released

Nat O'Reilly's first chapbook, "Symptoms of Homesickness," was released in Australia this week by Picaro Press (http://www.picaropress.com/). You can order a copy directly from the publisher (for about the same price as a pint of Guinness, according to the author). Nat graduated in 2008 with a PhD in English from WMU and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Literature and Languages at the University of Texas at Tyler. In addition to his many scholarly publications, Nat has had his poetry published in the US, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia in such journals as Antipodes, The Oklahoma Review, The White Leaf Review, and Southern Ocean Review.

English Dept Alum's Red Carpet Local Premiere Features Familiar Faces

The Electronic Theatre
in association with
The Public Media Network

presents

the premiere of

KALAMAZOO STORIES

a movie by Chuck Bentley

at the Kalamazoo 10 Cinema
(West Main St. by US131)

Sunday Oct 11 at 5:30pm
intermission at 7pm
part II continues at 7:30pm
(movie ends at 9pm)

Free Admission
(limited seats: first come, first served!)


More info about CB's "epic" can be found in THIS ARTICLE.

Nat O'Reilly Guest Edits Antipodes

The June 2009 volume of Antipodes: North American Journal of Australian Literature features a special issue on "Fear in Australian Literature and Film," guest edited by WMU alum, Dr. Nathaneal O'Reilly and by Jean-Francois Vernay. Nat, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Tyler since graduating from WMU in 2008, serves as the Vice President of the American Association of Australian Literary Studies and is author of eight scholarly articles on Australian literature and culture. Congratulations, Nat, on another fine accomplishment.