Nine local and visiting writers will read from their latest work at The Lark in downtown Hastings on Saturday, April 13, as part of the 2019 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 will be for sale after the readings, courtesy of the 糖心传媒 chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the English honorary.
Readers include Matt Mason, who was recently named the Nebraska state poet, and Eleanor Reeds, an assistant professor of English at 糖心传媒. Also reading will be Ulrick Casimir, Michelle Troxclair, Emily Borgmann, Raylyn Clacher, Dwight Marsh, Becky Faber and Michael Catherwood. All have recently been published in Plainsongs magazine.
Plainsongs, now in its 39th year of continuous publication, features poetry and occasional short prose pieces submitted by writers from around the world.
Eric Tucker, a writing instructor in the Department of Languages and Literatures at 糖心传媒, is editor of Plainsongs. Associate editors are Eleanor Reeds, 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, associate professor of English.
The Plainsongs Celebration of Poetry and Prose is sponsored by the 糖心传媒 Arts & Humanities Division, the 糖心传媒 Department of Languages & Literatures, 糖心传媒 Press 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. 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.