{"id":18423,"date":"2013-10-29T16:12:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T20:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=18423"},"modified":"2013-11-15T14:03:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:03:19","slug":"emu-alum-next-featured-writers-read-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2013\/emu-alum-next-featured-writers-read-author\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU alum next featured Writers Read author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Penner, a 2001 Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) alumna, will be the next featured \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/langlit\/writers-read\/\">Writers Read Author<\/a>,\u201d on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m., in EMU&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/map\/\">Common Grounds Coffeehouse<\/a> in University Commons.<\/p>\n<p>Penner released her debut novel-in-stories, <em>Shaken in the Water (<\/em>Foxhead Books), in April 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality of the world Jessica Penner creates in <em>Shaken in the Water<\/em> is never quite what it appears to be: love can so swiftly shift-shape into hatred, rage into compassion, understanding into rejection and longing,&#8221; said Rudy Wiebe, a Canadian Mennonite author. &#8220;But for the reader there is always the voice calling, \u2018Herein!\u2019 \u2013 \u2018Come in!\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Penner has been published in <em>Bellevue Literary Review<\/em>, <em>Center for Mennonite Writing<\/em>, <em>Rhubarb<\/em> and the anthology <em>Tongue Screws and Testimonies<\/em>. She won an honorable mention for the short story \u201cHomebody\u201d in <em>Open City<\/em>\u2019s RRofihe Trophy contest and an honorable mention for the essay \u201cMustard Seed\u201d in <em>Bellevue Literary Review<\/em>\u2019s Burns Archive Prize for nonfiction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mustard Seed&#8221; was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In both story and memoir forms, Jessica&#8217;s voice is unflinchingly confessional,&#8221; said Kirsten Beachy, assistant professor of English at EMU. &#8220;As she reveals the hidden moments of her character&#8217;s lives at her reading, you may begin to wonder whether she knows your secrets, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Penner earned a BA in theater and English at EMU and a MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. 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