{"id":29748,"date":"2016-09-07T13:12:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T17:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=29748"},"modified":"2016-09-20T07:38:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T11:38:31","slug":"poet-gary-dop-kicks-off-annual-writers-read-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/poet-gary-dop-kicks-off-annual-writers-read-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Poet Gary Dop kicks off annual Writers Read series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poet Gary Dop is the first guest of the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/language-and-literature\/writers-read\/\">Writers Read<\/a> lecture series at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). He speaks Thursday, Sept. 15, at 8:30 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium. Admission is free with a student ID and $5 for all others at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Dop is a professor at Randolph College. He earned his master\u2019s in English from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and an MFA from University of Nebraska. After wide publication in a number of prestigious journals, Dop published his first collection of poems \u201cFather, Child, Water\u201d in spring of 2015 (Red Hen Press).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn actor as well as a poet, Dop promises to be a very entertaining and effective reader of his poetry,\u201d said Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/medley\">Mike Medley<\/a>, chair of EMU\u2019s Language and Literature Department. Medley noted that all first-year students will be in attendance at the event, and for some, this event will be their first poetry reading.<\/p>\n<p>Dop\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.garydop.com\/about\">website<\/a> provides two digital readings of his poetry, which give listeners a glimpse of his sense of humor and thematic choices. \u201cAs an English professor, I regularly encounter people who think I\u2019ve read every book ever written,\u201d he explains before reading a poem titled \u201cHow to Pretend You\u2019ve Read Moby Dick.\u201d \u201c<em>Pause as though considering the sea\u2026Gaze two inches to the right of their eye, as though you\u2019ve lost something precious in their ear\u2026<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On National Public Radio\u2019s \u201cAll Things Considered,\u201d Dop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2012\/12\/03\/dop\">reads a poem<\/a> entitled \u201c\u2019B\u2019 or not a \u2018B\u2019?\u201d a conglomeration of student-written confusions regarding Shakespeare, his plays and the Elizabethan times.<\/p>\n<p>As a poet who values performance and has won an award for his stand-up comedy, Dop has entertained audiences at university\u00a0and community events throughout the country. In 2009, he was one of five poets\u00a0to qualify for the top rated performance poetry team in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Before coming to Virginia, Dop served as writer-\u00adin-\u00adresidence at North Central University in Minneapolis. He has worked extensively in the Midwest, advocating for creative writing in rural areas and working with gifted high school students in south central Nebraska. He serves on the editorial board of Spark News Press and enjoys working with the Twin Cities organization that publishes the Rain Taxi Review of Books and sponsors the Twin Cities Book Festival in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poet Gary Dop is the first guest of the annual Writers Read lecture series at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). 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