When WSU English teacher Aaron Oforlea’s name was called at the College Language Association convention banquet, he didn’t expect it and didn’t notice.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Poet Curtis Bauer will be the featured speaker at the next WSU Visiting Writer Series 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center.
PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU Visiting Writer Series will feature Kaveh Akbar, the founding editor of Divedapper, for a poetry reading and discussion, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at the Elson Floyd Cultural Center.
By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – Play with your food and your words during Washington State University Libraries’ second annual Edible Book Festival on Friday, April 7, part of WSU Mom’s Weekend activities.
By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – Malcolm Brooks, author of the region’s 2016 Everybody Reads book selection, “Painted Horses,” will give a reading and lecture at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, in Washington State University’s Terrell Library Quiet Study Lounge.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Literary agent and alumna Taryn Fagerness will share publishing industry insider tips at noon Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Honors Hall Lounge as part of the free, public Department of English Visiting Writer Series at Washington State University.
By Gail Siegel, WSU Performing Arts PULLMAN, Wash. – A dramatization of the 1943 book “Black Boy,” Richard Wright’s searing autobiography spanning childhood innocence to adulthood in the Jim Crow South, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in Jones Theatre at Washington State University. It is recommended for ages 12 and older.
SPOKANE, Wash. – The life of a writer whose physician discouraged her from having a career is the subject of “The Literature of Prescription,” a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine on display through noon Nov. 22 at the academic library at Washington State University Spokane.
By Gail Siegel, WSU Performing Arts PULLMAN, Wash. – British actor and “A Room with a View” film star Julian Sands will perform “A Celebration of Harold Pinter” live at Washington State University’s Jones Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28.