Past Events http://engl.iastate.edu Events which have already happened. daily 1 2007-07-31T13:27:10Z Brenda Daly Graduation Party http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/brenda-daly-graduation-party No publisher marquart Social Event 2008-03-09T17:09:09Z Event "Just Over the Border: Returning to Zimbabwe Six Years Later," Creative Writing Fieldwork Presentation by Kim Rogers http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/creative-writing-fieldwork-presentation MFA graduate student, Kim Rogers, will show slides and speak about her fieldwork experience in Zimbabwe, as well as read some creative work that draws from those experiences. The presentation will be followed by a question-answer session on fieldwork opportunities for creative writing MFA graduate students interested in completing their English 560 fieldwork requirement. No publisher marquart Presentation 2008-04-15T22:24:23Z Event English Department Faculty Awards Reception http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/english-department-faculty-awards-reception A celebration to honor the year's accomplishments by English department faculty. The short program will include displays of recent books by faculty and acknowledgment of grants, honors, and awards received by faculty over the academic year. No publisher marquart Social Event 2008-04-03T20:14:14Z Event Creative Writing M.A. Program Final Thesis Readings http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/creative-writing-m-a-program-final-thesis-readings Join us in the Brunnier Gallery to celebrate the successful completion of several theses by graduating writers in the M.A. Program in Creative Writing. No publisher marquart Presentation 2008-04-15T00:55:13Z Event Department Student Awards Ceremony/Reception http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/department-student-awards-ceremony-reception Department student awards ceremony. All are welcome. No publisher skamps Social Event 2008-03-03T14:36:23Z Event The Beauty of Responsibility: A Presentation on Land-Use Issues by Rancher/Author Linda Hasselstrom http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/between-grass-and-sky-where-i-live-and-work-a-reading-by-rancher-and-writer-linda-hasselstrom "I work to bring my life into a circle: writing things I can respect, laboring at riding, branding, gardening, taking care of the land, and doing it all with an awareness of how those things fit together. More and more, as I grow older, I feel that it is important to keep my roots in this arid soil, to learn from it all I can, in order to continue to grow as a writer and as a human being." -- Linda Hasselstrom No publisher marquart Presentation 2008-04-07T18:39:56Z Event English Department Staff Meeting http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/english-department-staff-meeting-3 No publisher skamps Meeting 2008-01-15T18:44:12Z Event Man Killed by Pheasant: Reading by John Price http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/man-killed-by-pheasant-reading-by-john-price John Price, an associate professor of English at University of Nebraska, Omaha, will read from his new book "Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships." The event is sponsored by the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment. No publisher marquart Presentation 2008-03-05T01:02:28Z Event English Club Soup Supper http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/english-club-soup-supper The annual English Club Soup Supper features a variety of soups cooked and contributed by the English department staff and faculty for the English Club gathering. No publisher marquart 2008-02-29T00:20:43Z Event Author and Actor Amy Sedaris to Read from New Book http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/amy-sedaris-lecture-and-reading-hospitality-under-the-influence Author and actor Amy Sedaris to read from "I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence," a satirical guide to entertaining. No publisher marquart Presentation 2008-03-03T12:44:50Z Event English Department Staff Meeting http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/english-department-staff-meeting-2 No publisher skamps Meeting 2008-03-02T21:46:18Z Event E.G. Bailey, poet and founder of the National Spoken-Word Coalition, to Read and Perform Work at M-Shop http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/e-g-bailey-poet-and-founder-of-the-national-spoken-word-coalition-to-read-and-perform-work-at-m-shop E.G. Bailey--founder of the National Spoken-Word Coalition, president of the Minnesota Spoken Word Association, and owner of SpeakEasy Records--will perform along with film and theater star (and poet) Sha Cage and hip-hop artist Truthmaze. No publisher marquart Presentation 2008-02-29T00:09:02Z Event English Department Staff Meeting http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/english-department-staff-meeting-1 No publisher skamps Meeting 2008-01-15T18:45:17Z Event 4th Annual Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness & the Creative Imagination http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/4th-annual-symposium-on-wildness-wilderness-the-creative-imagination "Earth-Animal-Oracle," the 4th Annual Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness & the Creative Imagination, features keynote speaker, Brenda Peterson, along with over thirty poets, novelists, nonfiction writers, scientists, and musicians in panel discussions, performances, readings, and field trips in the contemplation of and search for the earth-animal-oracular, especially as it manifests in the form of signs from the earth and the animals around us. No publisher marquart Conference 2008-02-10T17:16:30Z Event English Department Staff Meeting http://engl.iastate.edu/event_details/english-department-staff-meeting-4 No publisher skamps Meeting 2008-02-01T21:22:45Z Event