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EMU professor shares comedic memoir on Mennonite life

Daily News-Record

The Daily News-Record spilled some ink on EMU Professor Kirsten Eve Beachy '02 and her new collection of essays, Martyrs and Chickens: Confessions of a Granola Mennonite, in a Thursday, April 24, article. Beachy, reading excerpts from the book at a Writers Read on Tuesday, delivered “frequent moments of sarcastic and dark humor (that) made the audience at the event laugh,” the reporter wrote. Watch a recording of the event here. ... read more about EMU professor shares comedic memoir on Mennonite life from Daily News-Record

Writers Read welcomes back alumna novelist Christine Benner Dixon ’04

March 21, 2025Last updated March 21, 2025 by Ryan Cornell

When we think about post-apocalyptic literature or film, says novelist Christine Benner Dixon ’04, whose newly released debut novel, The Height of Land, takes place long after the collapse of ... read more about Writers Read welcomes back alumna novelist Christine Benner Dixon ’04

‘Nightbitch’ author headlines Writers Read on Feb. 28

February 21, 2025Last updated February 20, 2025 by Ryan Cornell

Her novel, about a mom who turns canine, is now a feature film starring Amy Adams Writers Read Author Series with Rachel YoderDate: Friday, Feb. 28Time: 7:30 p.m.Location: Martin Chapel, ... read more about ‘Nightbitch’ author headlines Writers Read on Feb. 28

Detroit Poet Laureate headlines Verses & Vibes event

September 13, 2024Last updated September 12, 2024 by Ryan Cornell

Date: Monday, Sept. 23Time: 7 p.m.Location: Common Grounds, EMU University Commons, 1307 Park Road, HarrisonburgCost: Free (no registration required) An evening of powerful poetry performed by jessica Care moore and ... read more about Detroit Poet Laureate headlines Verses & Vibes event

‘My Monticello’ author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson to speak at Writers Read

March 12, 2024Last updated March 12, 2024 by Ryan Cornell

Date: Tuesday, March 19Time: 7 p.m.Location: Martin ChapelAdmission: Free and open to the public Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello (2021), will read from her collection of short stories ... read more about ‘My Monticello’ author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson to speak at Writers Read

Final Writers Read event hosts poet David Clark, winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize

March 16, 2015Last updated March 20, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Poet David Clark brings what one fellow poet has called “a postmodern sense of the sacred” to the Eastern Mennonite University campus during the final installment of the Writers Read Program. ... read more about Final Writers Read event hosts poet David Clark, winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize

Novelist and short fiction writer Vic Sizemore comes to campus for Writers Read, Mar. 12

March 6, 2015Last updated March 13, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Novelist and short story writer Vic Sizemore creates characters who grapple with issues of faith, engage in deep soul-searching journeys, and try to reconcile the rock-solid tenets learned in childhood ... read more about Novelist and short fiction writer Vic Sizemore comes to campus for Writers Read, Mar. 12

Author of The Dumbest Generation tells young people to stash their digital tools, discover quiet time

February 11, 2015Last updated March 2, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Digital tools in the hands of the young “generally serve an anti-intellectual purpose,” Mark Bauerlein told the crowd in a packed lecture room during last week’s Writers Read event at ... read more about Author of The Dumbest Generation tells young people to stash their digital tools, discover quiet time

Upcoming Writers Read author and English professor Mark Bauerlein to speak on humanities in the digital age

January 29, 2015Last updated February 6, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Take a minute and read this book title: The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes our Future (or Don’t Trust Anyone under 30). Chances are those words ... read more about Upcoming Writers Read author and English professor Mark Bauerlein to speak on humanities in the digital age

Local writer and environmental activist shares love of Appalachian forests

October 31, 2014Last updated November 7, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

Chris Bolgiano is a self-described “mildly amusing nature writer” and a retired special collections librarian who resides in Fulks Run, Virginia. These authentic identities – citizen scientist, wide-ranging chronicler, and ... read more about Local writer and environmental activist shares love of Appalachian forests

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