So You're Thinking About Graduate School?: An Informational Session Eaton 209 Professors Chasar, Hobgood and Nadelson will be on hand to talk formally and informally about choosing, applying to, and succeeding in graduate school. If you're considering doing graduate work in English next year or in the future, make plans to attend this event.
Thursday, September 30
7:00 pm
Hallie Ford Literary Series: An Evening with Fiction Writer Manuel Munoz Hatfield Room, Hatfield Library Munoz, who writes about Chicano/a communities in California's Central Valley, is the author or two collections of short stories: ZIGZAGGER (Northwestern University Press, 2003) and THE FAITH HEALER OF OLIVE AVENUE(Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007), which was shortlisted for the 2007 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. He is a recipient of a 2008 Whiting Writers' Award and a 2009 PEN/O. Henry Award for his story "Tell Him About Brother John."
Tuesday, October 12
7:00 pm
Hallie Ford Literary Series: The Art of Playwriting with Andrea Stolowitz Hatfield Room, Hatfield Library Andrea Stolowitz is a graduate of the MFA playwriting program at the University of California San Diego. She has had her plays developed and presented at many venues including the Cherry Lane (NYC), The Old Globe (SD), The Long Wharf (CT), New York Stage and Film (NY), and Portland Center Stage (OR). Her play KNOWING CAIRO had its professional world premier at The Old Globe Theater (San Diego) where it earned a San Diego "Billie" Best New Play Award and was named as an LA TIMES Critic's Pick.
Wednesday, November 17
8:00 pm
Billy Collins: Poems and Remarks Hudson Hall, Rogers Music Center Former Poet Laureate of the United States, Collins in one of our country's best-known and best-loved poets. He is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, including BALLISTICS (2008), SHE WAS JUST SEVENTEEN (2006), THE TROUBLE WITH POETRY (2005), NINE HORSES (2002), SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (2001), PICNIC, LIGHTNING (1998), THE ART OF DROWNING (1995), which was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS (1991), which was selected by Edward Hirsch for the National Poetry Series; THE APPLE THAT ASTONISHED PARIS (1988); VIDEO POEMS (1980); and POKERFACE (1977). Sponsored by the English Department, the American Studies Program, and the Willamette Florence Program, in memory of Adele Birnbaum and Bill Braden, Professors of English.
Wednesday, December 1
4:00 pm
Writers at Work with Keetje Kuipers and Elissa Minor Rust Fireside Room An informal discussion of the vocation of writing and the first book experience. Sponsored by the Lilly Project
Wednesday, December 1
7:00 pm
Hallie Ford Literary Series: New Voices Showcase: Poet Keetje Kuipers and Fiction Writer Elissa Minor Rust Hatfield Room, Hatfield Library Keetje Kuipers is the author of the poetry collection BEAUTIFUL IN THE MOUTH, which was awarded the 2009 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize and was published in March 2010 by BOA Editions. She is currently a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Elissa Minor Rust teaches writing and literature at Portland Community College. Her short story collection, THE PRISONER PEAR: STORIES FROM THE LAKE, was published in December 2005 by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press and was a NEW YORK TIMES Editor's Choice Pick.
Tuesday, February 1
7:30 p.m.
Ras K'dee and Audiopharmacy Cat Cavern, Putnam University Center San Francisco-based world hip-hop ensemble Audiopharmacy will perform at 7:30 p.m. on February 1 in Cat Cavern, within Willamette's Putnam University Center. This free, public event is part of the Indian Country Conversations series and celebrates Willamette's Founders Day. Audiopharmacy blends hip-hop, reggae and world music to deliver its message of empowerment and respect for life. The band describes itself as providing "visual and audio healing geared to sooth the senses and feed the soul." Its most recent release is "U Forgot About Us," an album that honors those forgotten by the mainstream but remembered by their indigenous descendants. The Indian Country Conversations series is sponsored by the Office of the President and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts.
Wednesday, February 23
7:00 p.m.
Story and Song: The Art of Dao Strom Hatfield Room, Hatfield Library Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Dao Strom is the author of two books of fiction, GRASS ROOF, TIN ROOF (2003) and THE GENTLE ORDER OF GIRLS AND BOYS (2006). She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop and has been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, a James Michener Fellowship, and the Nelson Algren Award. She is currently at work on a third book, NOTES FROM THE SOUTHERN WORLD. In addition to being an accomplished prose writer, Dao has released two albums of original songs, SEND ME HOME (2004) and EVERYTHING THAT BLOOMS WRECKS ME (2008). She is now working on a song-cycle of linked themes, having to do with Vietnam, myth, migrations, war, and mother(land)s.
Thursday, March 10
7:00 p.m.
An Evening with Meghan Daum Hatfield Room, Hatfield Library Meghan Daum is the author of LIFE WOULD BE PERFECT IF I LIVED IN THAT HOUSE, a personal chronicle of real estate addiction and obsessive fascination with houses, as well as the novel THE QUALITY OF LIFE REPORT and the essay collection MY MISSPENT YOUTH. Since 2005 she has written a weekly column for THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, which appears on the op-ed page every Thursday. She has contributed to public radio's Morning Edition, Marketplace and This American Life and has written for numerous publications, including THE NEW YORKER, HARPER'S, GQ, VOGUE, SELF, NEW YORK, TRAVEL & LEISURE, BLACKBOOK, HARPER'S BAZAAR, THE VILLAGE VOICE, and THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW. Equal parts reporter, storyteller, and satirist, Meghan has inspired controversy over a range of topics, including social politics, class warfare and the semiotics of shag carper.
Thursday, March 31
7:00 p.m.
Poet Richard Tillinghast Hatfield Room, Hatfield Library Richard Tillinghast is the author of eight books of poetry and three books of non-fiction, including SLEEP WATCH, THE KNIFE AND OTHER POEMS, SEWANEE IN RUINS, THE STONECUTTER'S HAND, and TODAY IN THE CAFE TRIESTE. A member of the faculty at Harvard, Sewanee, and Berkeley before moving to Ann Arbor in 1983, Tillinghast taught in the Mighican MFA program before taking early retirement in 2005 and moving to County Tipperary. He has also been a member of the faculty at the Poets' House in Ireland, the Omega Institute in upstate New York, the Block Island Poetry Project in Rhode Island, the Lama Foundation in New Mexico, and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont.
Thursday, April 21
7:00 p.m.
Fisher Poets in the Valley: Moe Bowstern and Geno Leech Eaton 209 Moe Bowstern has been known to fish for shad on New York's Hudson River, shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico, and salmon in Kodiak, Alaska for the past twenty years. Geno Leech started fishing for crabs, shrimp, and albacore off the coast of Washington in 1979, but most of his ocean experience comes from working on merchant and salvage ships pulling other boats and barges out of wrecks off the beach. Both participate in the annual Fisher Poets Gathering in Astoria and both appear in the award-winning 2005 documentary, FISHER POETS.
