Topic: Blas Falconer

Tennessee Young Writers Workshop coming to APSU in July

June 25, 2009 |

During the week of July 12 through 18, you might notice an unusually large number of young students hanging around the Austin Peay State University campus with ink-stained fingers, jotting stories or poems or even songs into composition notebooks.

They’ll be coming to campus that week for the Tennessee Young Writers Workshop, an annual event co-hosted by Humanities Tennessee and the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, to learn more about writing from some of the top names in that field.

“It’s basically designed to help kids delve deeper into the craft of writing,” Lacey Cook, program officer with Humanities Tennessee, said. “They’ll spend most of their time in workshop classes in fiction, songwriting, creative non-fiction and poetry, but each night, we’ll have entertaining activities with the visiting writers.” «Read the rest of this article»

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APSU literature professor to read his work in Nashville

May 24, 2009 |

APSU Literature Professor Blas Falconer

Dr. Blas Falconer, an Austin Peay State University professor recently named a recipient of the 2009 Maureen Egan Writers Exchange Award, will read from his work next month in Nashville.

Falconer, who teaches literature at APSU, will present at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 3 at the Nashville Public Library, located at 615 Church St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The event is sponsored by the Nashville Public Library and the Women’s National Book Association.

A Nashville resident, Falconer earned his Ph.D. in creative writing and literature at the University of Houston and has taught at APSU since 2003. Falconer has won numerous honors and is the author of “A Question of Gravity and Light,” a collection of poems published by the University of Arizona Press in 2007. He is an editor for Zone 3: A Literary Journal, as well as the co-editor of two anthologies: “Mentor and Muse: Essays From Poets to Poets,” forthcoming from Southern Illinois University Press in 2010, and a collection of essays on contemporary Latino poetry, forthcoming from University of Arizona Press in 2011.

For more information on Falconer’s event, call (615) 862-5800.

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APSU professor and Poet Blas Falconer wins national award

May 6, 2009 |

Blas Falconer

Blas Falconer, a professor at Austin Peay State University, has been named a recipient of the Maureen Egan Writers Exchange Award, according to Poets and Writers magazine.

Falconer, along with fellow Tennessee fiction writer, Jeanne McDonald, were selected for the award.

The Maureen Egan Writers Exchange Award gives emerging writers the opportunity to interact with the literary community in New York City. Writers of poetry and fiction are annually chosen from one state to participate in the competition. To be eligible, writers must not have more than one full-length book in publication. «Read the rest of this article»

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APSU and Zone 3 Literary Journal to Sponsor the Red Mud Review

April 21, 2009 |

The Austin Peay State University Department of Languages and Literature and Zone 3 will present the Spring 2009 edition of the Red Mud Review publication.

The spring edition will be available the first week of May. The magazine is free to students and the public.

“The Red Mud Review is a student publication,” said Erin McAteer, editor-in-chief of the magazine. “Undergraduate and graduate students are the main components for the magazine which can include poetry to fiction, paintings to photography.” «Read the rest of this article»

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The Clarksville Writer’s Conference: exploring writers and their work

By Debbie Boen | July 19, 2008 |

Writer Debbie Boen offers Clarksville Online readers a view of the participating authors in the recent Clarksville Writers Conference at APSU. Each author discusses the work, the ideas and influences of their writing, and suggestions for aspiring writers.

Barry Kitterman: Editor, playwright, professor of literature and author of The Baker’s Boy

Always exposing Clarksville to creative writing through his classes at APSU and the visiting writers series is Barry Kitterman. He told us the background of and read a passage in his book, The Baker’s Boy. It is a story set in Belize where we explore the world of a school teacher Tanner Johnson, who is in the Peace Corp. Taking the first steps into the school Tanner saw two boys fighting and it wasn’t even breakfast yet. He sees a boy disciplined by being beaten with a rope. The 15 boys in his class are wild birds suddenly in a cage when they are indoors. Out doors they re-energized as if fingers were in sockets. Tanner is a man who is painfully aware of his personal limitations and who, in present time, is incapable of being very responsible because of the doubt in himself. This is his story of how the past follows him. «Read the rest of this article»

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4th Annual Clarksville Writers’ Conference schedule announced

June 2, 2008 |

The Arts & Heritage Development Council of Clarksville, TN, is holding its 4th Annual Clarksville Writers’ Conference July 10-12 at the Morgan University Center at Austin Peay State University.

Writers and readers are encouraged to attend this three-day event which addresses a wide variety of literature, including historical fiction, journalism, poetry, biography, short stories, storytelling, writing for young adults and children, fiction and nonfiction.

Conference holders are honored to have as this year’s keynote speaker John Seigenthaler, Sr. (at left), renowned journalist, editor, publisher, political figure and current host of WNPT’s book-review program “Word on Words.”The conference banquet, held on the evening of July 11 at the Clarksville Country Club, will feature Seigenthaler and include a “Meet the Authors” reception and book signing. «Read the rest of this article»

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