Fwd: Poetry Publication

Good news for MFA poetry alum Andrea Wagner (MFA '13):

Hi Allison,

I can't believe that I've kept forgetting to email you with good news:
my poem "This Is How You Hold the Reins" is forthcoming in CALYX in
2014! Pretty fine first pub, I think.

Hope all is well in Carbondale!

Best,

Andrea

SIUC MFA alum featured in NY Times

Just wanted to share this interview with SIUC MFA graduate Kerry James Evans, which appeared in the New York Times yesterday.  Kerry James's first book of poems, Bangalore, was recently published by Copper Canyon Press. He is a PhD graduate of Florida State as well as a graduate of our MFA Program:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/kerry-james-evans-from-combat-engineer-to-poet/?_r=2&

Great news about SIUC MFA Graduates!!!

Adrian Matejka (MFA '01) is a National Book Award in Poetry finalist for his collection, The Big Smoke (Penguin, 2013).

James Scoles (MFA '09) won the CBC Poetry Prize, the most lucrative prize given for a single poem in Canada in a calendar year!

Devil's Kitchen Literary Festival Schedule 2013

2013 SIUC Devil's Kitchen Fall Literary Festival Schedule

October 2, 2013 at 1:21pm

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16

 

8:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Reading by L. Annette Binder

John C. Guyon Auditorium (1st Floor Morris Library)

 

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

 

11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.                  

Fiction Panel featuring L. Annette Binder and Mark Brazaitis

John C. Guyon Auditorium (1st Floor Morris Library)

 

2:00 – 3:15 p.m.

Poetry Readings by Jeffrey Skinner and Jason Sommer

John C. Guyon Auditorium (1st Floor Morris Library)

 

3:15 – 4:30 p.m.

Reception and Book Signing featuring all festival readers

1st Floor Rotunda (Morris Library)

(sponsored by the SIUC Dept. of English and the Southern Illinois University Bookstore)

 

4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

Readings by the 2013 Devil's Kitchen Reading Award Winners in Poetry and Prose

Stevie Edwards and Mark Brazaitis

John C. Guyon Auditorium (1st Floor Morris Library)

 

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

 

11:00  – 11:50 a.m.

Poetry Panel featuring Stevie Edwards, Jeffrey Skinner, and Jason Sommer

John C. Guyon Auditorium (1st Floor Morris Library)

 

2:00 – 2:50 p.m.

Readings by Miles Harvey and Audrey Petty

John C. Guyon Auditorium (1st Floor Morris Library)

 

3:00 – 3:50 p.m.

Q & A with Miles Harvey and Audrey Petty

John C. Guyon Auditorium (1st Floor Morris Library)