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.

Playwright Edward Allan Baker Presents His Work: Spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

 

We welcome you to join us for the first reading of the Spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We’re honored to have playwright Edward Allan Baker present his work this Thursday, February 7th. 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.

Gwen Frostic Reading Series: Playwright Julie Jensen

We welcome you to join us for the second reading of the Fall 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. Playwright Julie Jensen will read her work this Thursday, November 8th. The reading will take place 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.

Playwright Sean Clark Presents His Work: Spring 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We welcome you to join us for the final reading of the Spring 2012 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We’re honored to have playwright Sean Clark present his work this Thursday, April 19th. 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.

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.

Playwright Carlos Murillo Presents His Work: Fall 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We welcome you to join us for our fourth reading of the Fall 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We’re honored to have playwright Carlos Murillo present his work this Thursday, November 17th. 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.

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

PhD Candidate Adam Pasen's Dissertation Play to be Staged at York Arena

The jazz age and the gilded age collide in Tea with Edie and Fitz by WMU PhD candidate Adam Pasen. The play is a historical account of the explosive meeting of expatriate literary icons Edith Wharton and F. Scott Fitzgerald in Paris in the 1920s. Scott's outrageous Southern wife Zelda Fitzgerald and the sardonic Ghost of Henry James are also featured. Tea coincides with a major resurgence in interest in F. Scott Fitzgerald within the last year; Scott and Zelda just appeared as characters in Woody Allen's latest film Midnight in Paris and an upcoming remake of The Great Gatby starring Leonardo DiCaprio is slated for next year. Even more exciting, the play marks a milestone in collaboration between the Theatre and English Departments at Western. At WMU playwriting is technically part of the English Department, making it unique among playwriting programs in the county for allowing students to pursue a PhD with a creative emphasis. Tea, however, will be the first creative dissertation at WMU to ever be staged in York Arena using theater department resources. Former chair of the department D. Terry Williams directs and the cast is comprised of Western actors and teachers alike, including Elizabeth Terrell, Chris Grazul, Chelsea Morgan, Susannah Parr, Mitch Voss, and G. William Zorn . Tackling such issues as gender, war, and the role of the artist and bursting with literary allusions and raucous Charlestons, the play has something for everybody. Both nostalgic and timely, Tea with Edie and Fitz is the living embodiment of Fitzgerald's famous quote: "so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." York Arena, July 15, 16 at 8:00 pm 17 at 2:00 pm.

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.

Playwright Steve Feffer Presents His Work: Spring 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series

We welcome you to join us for our second reading of the Spring 2011 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. We’re honored to have playwright Steve Feffer present his work this Thursday, February 17th. The reading will take place at the WMU Bernhard Center, Room 105-107, starting at 8:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.