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Creative Writing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is a welcoming, close-knit community of writers of all ages and backgrounds who are committed to their own writing and to creating one of the liveliest literary scenes in the country. Our program works on the principle that a solid grounding in the traditions of literature, careful mentoring by published writers, and the powerful give and take of the workshop experience create the poets and fiction writers who have the best resources for making great literary art.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City, the arts campus of the University of Missouri system, is a gorgeous urban campus that lies on 50 acres in a neighborhood of leafy streets, galleries, gardens, and restaurants. UMKC is home to an unmatched combination of literary resources, including internships at New Letters, New Letters on the Air, and BkMk Press; Mark Twain Writers Workshop and New Letters Weekend Writers Conference; several reading series; accomplished visiting writers and writers-in-residence--recent and upcoming including C.D. Wright, Edward P. Jones, Lan Samantha Chang, Arthur Phillips, Eleanor Wilner, Stuart Dybek, B.H. Fairchild, Mary Gordon, Carlos Fuentes, A.S. Byatt, Barry Lopez, and many more.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 7:00 p.m. (reception at 6:00 p.m.)
Midwest Poets Series. MARY JO BANGis the author of four books of poems, including Elegy, Louise in Love and The Eye Like a Strange Balloon. Individual poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Paris Review, Fence, Verse, Volt, two volumes of the Best American Poetry (2001 and 2004), and elsewhere. She’s been the recipient of numerous awards including the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award, a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation and a Hodder Award from Princeton University. Admission to Midwest Poets Series is $3. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Rockhurst University Convocation Center, 54th & Troost
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 8:00 p.m.
Join UMKC's Creative Writing graduate students for WORKING WORDS, the graduate reading series.
Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, 4801 Main Street
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