The Creative Writing Program recently launched a new "publication", the Java Jacket Journal, which features short stories (very short stories, < 160 words) printed on hot beverage insulating sleeves. The first six stories debuted at the Grind coffee shop in the student union and will soon make their way to coffee shops around town. Future editions are slated for the next academic year. (To read the first "issue", either visit a participating location and buy a coffee, or download a copy of Java Jacket Journal 1-1 (pdf 55kb).
As seen in USA Today: bus riders in Milwaukee - and throughout the nation - can view poems that have been re-imagined into videos by UWM film students as part of Poetry Everywhere, a partnership between UWM and the Poetry Foundation.
See the films and meet some of the poets and animators involved at 7:00 on Tuesday, April 29th at Downer Schwartz (refreshments provided by Café Hollander).
Poetry Everywhere on iTunes. You can also watch the films at pbs.org and poetryfoundation.org. Read about Poetry Everywhere on the UWM web site.
Visit Café Hollander and Trocadero during April, and you'll be treated to a feast of words as part of Eat Local::Read Local, featuring the work of Milwaukee poets, including Kim Blaeser, Rebecca Dunham, Maurice Kilwein-Guevara, James Liddy, Marilyn Taylor, Dawn Tefft, and Diane Unterweger,.
Read about Poetry Everywhere and Eat Local::Read Local in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
In November, National Book Award nominee Jean Thompson came to our campus to read from Throw Like a Girl, her latest collection of short stories, and a New York Times Notable Book in 2007. Jean presented "A Second Opinion" during her craft talk for graduate students, her rebuttal to Stephen King's essay about the demise of the short story. You can read it here: http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=8047
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| Jean Thompson craft talk |
Author Pam Houston visited UWM in February. John Updike included "The Best Girlfriend You Never Had" in "Best Short Stories of the Twentieth Century," and her stories have been selected for the O. Henry Award, the Pushcart Prize, and Best American Short Stories. She is the author of two collections of linked stories, "Cowboys are My Weakness" and "Waltzing the Cat." Her novel Sighthound was published in 2005.
Other visitors to UWM as part of our "Bookmark" series include:
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| Phil LaMarche | Dan Wickett | Aaron Burch |
This year's student/faculty readings have turned into popular events for faculty, students and the community. Our readings, too, have been "Everywhere":
September: "C'mon baby, light my fire" bonfire at the Urban Ecology Center's outdoor
ampitheater
October: "the Panther Howl" at VonTriers
November: "Catch and Release" at Woodland Pattern
January: "Thaw" at Linneman's
February: "After the Love" at Schwartz on Downer
March: "The OTHER March Madness" at County Clare
April: "I Think it Rains" at the Urban Ecology Center
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| Craig Medvecky, Trent Hergenrader, Drew Blanchard, Dawn Tefft, Joe Radke | Monica Rausch and Joe Radke |
