Long time lecturer in first year writing Margo LaGattuta died August 22 after a brief illness. She was a kind instructor and a noted poet, winner of the Mark Twain Award for Poetry in 2005 from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. For an appreciation of her life and work see this column
Monthly Archives:: August 2011
Qua: Call for Submissions
Calling all Flint writers! Qua, the University of Michigan-Flint’s literary journal, is now accepting submissions of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction for the Fall 2011 issue.
Scott Atkinson’s Short Story Wins Award
English grad student Scott Atkinson’s story “Old Blue Hat” has been awarded the 2011 David Diamond Student Writing Prize by the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. Congratulations to Scott and to Stephanie Carpenter, who organized a session at the Society’s annual conference in East Lansing, shepherded students to the conference, and, of course,