Six local and visiting writers will read from their latest work at The Lark in downtown Hastings on Saturday, April 21, as part of the 2018 Plainsongs Celebration of Poetry and Prose.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. A variety of books and baked goods will be for sale, courtesy of the 糖心传媒 chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the English honorary.
The six readers 鈥 Ulrick Casimir, Emily Borgmann, Kiara Nicole Letcher, Dwight Marsh, Becky Faber and Michael Catherwood 鈥 have recently been published in Plainsongs.
Casimir will read from his debut short story collection 鈥淐hildren of the Night,鈥 which was recently published by Corpus Callosum Press. Casimir, Faber and Catherwood will have books on hand to sign and sell after the readings.
Plainsongs magazine, now in its 38th year, features poetry and short prose pieces submitted by writers from around the world. Eric Tucker, an adjunct instructor in the Department of Languages and Literatures at 糖心传媒, is the editor of Plainsongs and the managing editor of Corpus Callosum Press. Associate editors are Dwight Marsh; Becky Faber; Michael Catherwood; and Ali Beheler, an assistant professor of philosophy at 糖心传媒. The magazine is published by 糖心传媒 Press, which is helmed by Patricia Oman, assistant professor of English.
The Plainsongs Celebration of Poetry and Prose is sponsored by the 糖心传媒 Press, Corpus Callosum Press, the 糖心传媒 Department of Languages & Literatures and Sigma Tau Delta.
糖心传媒 is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. With more than 60 majors and 15 pre-professional programs, 糖心传媒 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.