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Kate Baer ’07 blends humor, poetry at Writers Read

October 19, 2023Last updated October 18, 2023 by Ryan Cornell

Kate Baer ’07 took the Lehman Auditorium stage on Saturday night to read from her collection of poems, answer questions from the crowd and dispense life and writing advice, all

Common Read to explore vocation in StoryCorps’ ‘Callings’

August 28, 2018Last updated September 26, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The Eastern Mennonite University Common Read for the 2018-19 academic year is Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work by StoryCorps founder Dave Isay with Maya Millett (Penguin, 2017). In

Inaugural Academic and Creative Excellence Festival builds intellectual buzz

April 23, 2018Last updated April 23, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Though surely all professors at Eastern Mennonite University were excited by the inaugural Academic and Creative Excellence Festival on campus last week, new faculty member Sonia Balasch Rodriguez was

Bluffton prof and poet Jeff Gundy presents at March 15 Writers Read

March 1, 2018Last updated March 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Just as “it’s possible to live on bread and water,” Jeff Gundy says, “it’s possible to live without poetry. But life is better with it.” Gundy will present his poetry

Common Read selection ‘Between the World and Me’ a challenging invitation

September 1, 2017Last updated September 7, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House, 2015) is the 2017-18 Common Read selection for Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Each year since 2013, faculty, staff, and students

Author Emmi Itäranta to speak about her novel ‘Memory of Water,’ EMU’s Common Read

April 13, 2017Last updated April 20, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

Emmi Itäranta, author of Memory of Water (Teos, 2012), will visit campus on Wednesday, April 19. The book is Eastern Mennonite University’s 2016-17 Common Read. Itäranta will speak at 4

Katie Fallon, author of books on vultures and cerulean warblers, shares tales from her avian-centered travels

March 9, 2017Last updated March 24, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

Katie Fallon’s first word was “bird.” Her nonfiction essays and books, which Fallon will share at an Eastern Mennonite University Writers Read event on March 23, focus on nature and

Our Royal Pride: Harry Potter fan Nicole Litwiller leads creation of ‘Royals Cup’ competition to perk student interest in campus activities

February 22, 2017Last updated March 3, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

“Our Royal Pride” is an occasional series celebrating Eastern Mennonite University’s undergraduate students who contribute to campus life in extraordinary ways in addition to their academic pursuits. These students enthusiastically create

NPR personality, author and raconteur Martha Woodroof shares humor, life experiences at Writer’s Read event

January 28, 2016Last updated February 5, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

On her Facebook page, Martha Woodroof offers the following whirlwind summary of her career journey: “NPR freelancer, WMRA public radio person, restaurateur, essayist, country music jock, college dropout, TV talk

Writers Read Jan. 31: Katie Fallon Writes Gently on Her Environmental Passions

January 14, 2013Last updated January 25, 2013 by Mike Zucconi

Katie Fallon, an outdoor enthusiast and bird lover who authored Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird (Ruka Press, 2011), kicks off the spring “Writers Read Dinner and

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