Reading Series
Creative Writing Program Spring 2010 Literary Events Series (Click Here to View)
Each semester, the Creative Writing Program presents readings by highly acclaimed visiting writers, professors and lecturers. The Spring Literary Series features Rick Bass, Eileen Myles, Peter Gizzi, Elizabeth Willis and Peter Richards. All of the readings are free and open to the public.
MFA Thesis Readings (Click Here to View Spring 2010 Schedule)
At the end of spring semester, for two-and-a-half weeks, graduate thesis presentations and celebrations featuring graduating students from the MFA program are held at various venues on campus and throughout town.
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)