Topic: Literary Arts
Poetry professor wins NEA grant for creative writing
Mary Szybist, assistant professor of English, received a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowship in creative writing this month. The highly competitive fellowships of $25,000 each are given to published creative writers of exceptional talent, encouraging the production of new work and allowing writers the time and means to write. One of the foremost awards in the literary field, the NEA grant will support Szybist’s work on her second book of poems, tentatively titled Incarnadine.
“A grant like this is a boost of adrenaline to the writing process,” said Szybist. “As I’ve worked on my current manuscript for the last few years, I have cycled through periods of faith and doubt, both about the poems and the project as a whole. To have the NEA select my work for this distinction is a great gift of validation, and I am eager to return to my manuscript with a renewed sense of vigor and excitement.”
Szybist’s poetry has appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review, The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, Poetry, Tin House, and Best American Poetry 2008. Her first book, Granted, was named one of the top ten books of poetry in 2003 by Library Journal. Also that year, Szybist was a finalist for the National Book Circle Critic’s Award in Poetry.
Director of the Northwest Writing Institute Kim Stafford wins regional art fellowship
In September, Kim Stafford, associate professor and director of the Northwest Writing Institute, won a $20,000 fellowship from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, an honor awarded once a year to a local artist. Stafford plans to use this fellowship on his project Pilgrim at Home: Local Encounters Beyond the Epoch of the Car, a compilation of essays written about the walking life of Portland. Stafford is writer in residence at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, in addition to serving as the literary executor for William Stafford’s estate.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Stafford wins $20,000 fellowship
Oregon Public Broadcasting (Portland, Ore.) Poet Stafford honored with $20,000 award
Mary Stuart Rogers Professor of Education Ruth Shagoury publishes book on young writers
Ruth Shagoury, Mary Stuart Rogers professor of education:
Shagoury published a book about educating young writers. “Raising Writers: Understanding and Nurturing Young Children’s Writing Development” (Allyn & Bacon, 2008) explores how primary educators can nurture young learners through the transition from spoken to written language.
Assistant Professor Pauls Toutonghi reviews novel about a Soviet crime
Pauls Toutonghi, assistant professor of English:
In May, Toutonghi reviewed Tom Rob Smith’s novel “Child 44,” a brutal story about a serial killer preying on children in the former Soviet Union. In the St. Petersburg Times, Toutonghi writes that Smith is “clearly a writer in process; he’s still learning how to tell a story on the printed page.”
Assistant Professor Kimberly Campbell discusses how to engage adolescent readers
Kimberly Campbell, assistant professor of language arts:
In April, Campbell served as a keynote speaker at the the Kansas Reading Association conference in Junction City, Kansas. Campbell’s presentation was titled “Less is More: Using Short Texts in Support of Adolescent Readers.”
In May, Campbell presented “Less is More: The Power of Essays to Engage Adolescent Readers” with Janet Allen and three YA authors at the International Reading Conference.
Undergraduate’s comic book on display
Emily Block, a sophomore art major, participated in Cosmic Monkey Comics 24-hour comic-drawing marathon, the Drawpocalyspe, on April 5. Block’s comic, a childhood-inspired story about a girl who obtains her father’s magical flying sweater, will be on display at the Stumptown Comics Fest at the Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel on April 26 and 27.
Portland Tribune (Portland, Ore.) At event, every ‘toon tells a tale
Kim Stafford appointed PNCA’s first Writer-In-Residence
Kim Stafford, associate professor and director of the Northwest Writing Institute:
This spring, Stafford was appointed Pacific Northwest College of Art’s (PNCA) first Writer-In-Residence.
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