Thursday, September 25 -- English
faculty sampler reading
7pm • Pilling Chapel
Friday, October 17 – MU alum
Ellen
Wittlinger reception & reading
4pm • Pilling Chapel
(young adult fiction writer)
Saturday, October 18 – Decatur
Area Writers Fair (Decatur Public Library) featured
English faculty and former Millikin faculty and alumni
reading at the Decatur Area Writers Fair include:
Dr. Dan Guillory
Dr. Randy Brooks
Dr. Becky Bradway
Dr. David Wright
Becky Lawson
Tuesday, October 28 -- Dr.
Paul Haspel on "Roller Coasters and Civil Rights:
John Waters's 'Hairspray' and the Desegregation of
the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park"
7pm • Kirkland 128
Wednesday, October 29–STD
Halloween Party
Sigma Tau Delta English Honorary ghost stories, poetry,
chilli.
6pm • Millikin
Homestead
Wednesday, November
19 -- Dr. Stephen
Frech reading original poetry
7pm • East Room of Richard's
Treat University Center (RTUC)
Sunday, November 23
-- Dr. Dan Guillory on "The Roots of Emancipation
Proclamation: Lincoln's Youth and Early Career"
(Sponsored by the Decatur Public Library and the National
Endowment for the Humanities as part of the Lincoln
Emancipation Exhibit.)
2pm
• Decatur Public Library • Madden Auditorium
Thursday,
December 11 -- Dr. Dan Guillory on "Gettysburg:
the Battle, the Speech and the Rituals of Remembering"
(Sponsored by the Decatur Public Library
and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part
of the Lincoln Emancipation Exhibit.)
7pm
• Decatur Public Library • Madden Auditorium
Thursday,
December 11 -- a
celebratory Holiday Reading in Staley Library on the
last day of classes, for faculty and students reading
and peforming favorites for the holidays. This was
a multi-faith event. Readers included: Susan Avery,
Randy Brooks, Carmella Braniger, Stephen Frech, Anne
Matthews, Paul Haspel and Danielle LaSusa.
Dec. 11•
3-5pm
• Staley
Library
Monday,
February 2 -- African
American Read-In
8:30-11 • Shilling Hall
Lounge
11-2:00 • RTUC (downstairs)
2:00-5:00 • RTUC (upstairs)
Monday, February
16 -- Dr. Dan Guillory reading
"The
Lincoln Poems"
7pm • Madden Auditorium,
Decatur Public Library
Thursday, February
26 -- Dr. Nancy
DeJoy on "Centering Participation and Contribution
in Teacher/Learner Relationships"
7pm • Kirkland
128
Wednesday, March 2 -- Read Across America
English majors and friends are reading children's books at area schools and in the RTUC lounge. Have lunch with Dr. Seuss!
all day • Lindsey-Schaub Lounge, RTUC
Wednesday & Thursday, March 3-4 -- Jerry Williams, award winning poet & literary editor
March 3, 7pm "A Poetry Reading by Jerry Williams" • East Room, Lower RTUC
12:30pm • guest teacher, Creative Writing classes, Shilling 412
On March 3, 2004 Collage will sponsor a poetry reading by Jerry Williams. Williams will read from his book of poems Casino of the Sun, available at the Millikin University Bookstore. The bookstore will also be present at the reading to sell copies of the book, and Williams will be happy to sign books for those in attendance. Williams will also visit creative writing classes on Thursday, March 4, and will field student questions about his work as poet and literary magazine editor. Later on Thursday, he will lead a professional development workshop for the Collage staff.
Tuesday, March 16
Dr. Carmella Braniger & Danielle LaSusa
"Broken Open" a creative reading
6pm • Pilling Chapel
Tuesday, April 6 -- Dr. Priscilla Meddaugh "Poetic Resistance: Voices from the Edge."
7pm • Pilling Chapel
Wednesday, April 7 -- William Gass reads from his new novel.
7pm • Kirkland 128 (Q&A following reading)
Tuesday, April 13 -- Heather Aymer reads from her creative work
8pm • place tba
Tuesday & Wednesday, April 20-21 – Bill Pauly, award winning haiku poet
April 20, 4pm workshop • place tba
April 20, 7pm reading • place tba
April 21, 9am • guest teacher, Global Haiku Traditions class, Staley Library 018
Tuesday, April 21 -- Aubrey Ryan reads from her creative work
8pm • Common Grounds
Tuesday, April 28 -- A.D. Carson reads from his book of poetry
7pm • Common Grounds
Wednesday, May 5 -- Dr. Randy Brooks on "The Ages of Haiku"
7pm • Kirkland 128
Tuesday, May 11 -- Collage contributors read from their work publsihed in the issue.
7pm • place tba
