Reading Series
Creative Writing Program Fall 2008 Reading Series
Each semester, the Creative Writing Program presents readings by highly acclaimed visiting writers, professors and lecturersl. The Spring series features fiction writers Stephen Amidon and Mary Gaitskill, poets Linh Dinh, Ed Roberson and Madeline DeFrees, and a presentation by Frances McCue, the Founding Director of the Richard Hugo House in Seattle. All of the readings are free and open to the public.
MFA Thesis Reading Schedule, Spring 2008
A week-and-a-half of graduate thesis presentations and celebrations. This year's schedule runs from April 22nd to May 4th, featuring graduating students from the MFA program. Venues and times are to be determined.
A Sunday night tradition, the Second Wind series presents work by second-year students in the MFA program, alongside work by local and established writers and performers.
To listen to recordings of recent readings, please visit The Vault, courtesy of the English Department at the University of Montana. The Vault, currently under construction/expansion, includes readings and/or lectures by Dan Beachy-Quick (presented by the New Lakes Reading Series), Christine Bown, Lucie Brock-Broido, Charles D'Ambrosio and Michele Glazer.
Photos, from left to right: Tomaz Salamun reading in the Masquer Theatre (Creative Writing Series, Fall 2007); Youna Kwak reading at Shakespeare & Company (Second Wind Series, Fall 2007); Molly McDonald reading at the Stensrud Building (MFA Thesis Reading, Spring 2007); Karen Volkman introducing Tomaz Salamun (Fall 2007)