The Wilkes University English Department will host the Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series featuring Zach Linge, Poupeh Missaghi and Howard Norman. Throughout the spring 2021 semester, the guest artists will visit campus virtually to read from their work and discuss the creative process. English Department Chair and Associate …
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Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series at Wilkes University’s Maslow Graduate Creative Writing Program Presented Virtually Jan. 10 to 14
by Web ServicesWilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the January 2021 residency for the University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, will be available for free to the public virtually via Zoom. The series features alumni, guests and creative program faculty, many of whom are prize-winning authors, as …
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Meet David Hicks, director and faculty of practice in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing
by Web ServicesDavid Hicks recently joined Wilkes as director and faculty of practice in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing. Although his office is a little bit out of the way in Harold Cox Hall on South River Street, he’s making himself at home on campus. An accomplished fiction writer, …
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“Year of the Vote: Gender, Politics and Power” at Wilkes University’s Sordoni Art Gallery Resumes Aug. 26
by Web ServicesWilkes University’s Sordoni Art Gallery resumes programming for “Year of the Vote: Gender, Politics, and Power,” a year-long event celebrating and recognizing the 100-year anniversary of women receiving the right to vote. The series of monthly events launched in January 2020 and has been adapted to constraints posed by the …
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Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University Reopens with Drawn to Abstraction: Prints from the 1960s and 70s from Aug. 25 – Nov. 1, 2020
by Web ServicesThe Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University reopens Aug. 25 with the exhibition Drawn to Abstraction: Prints from the 1960s and 70s. The exhibition, which was to have been on display during the spring 2020 semester, launches the gallery’s 2020-2021 year and continues through Nov. 1. This exhibition from the collection of …
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Behind The Scenes: Making The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Residency a Virtual Experience
by Web ServicesStudents in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing are used to working in the virtual world. During the semester, they attend classes and work one-on-one with their mentors online. But in the hybrid program, students also complete two in-person residencies on the Wilkes campus in January and June …
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Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series at Wilkes University Maslow Family Creative Writing Program To Be Presented Virtually June 14-18
by Web ServicesWilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the June 2020 residency for the University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, will be available for free to the public virtually via online videos. The series features alumni, guests and creative program faculty, many of whom are prize-winning authors, …
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Creative Writing Faculty Member Nancy McKinley’s Book Reviewed on National Public Radio
by Web ServicesNancy McKinley, a founding faculty member in the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing Program at Wilkes University, stepped into the national spotlight on May 26 when her book, “St. Christopher on Pluto,” was reviewed on National Public Radio. The book, which is a novel in stories, received a glowing review …
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Wilkes University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing To Hold Virtual June Residency
by Web ServicesApplications Still Being Accepted for June Cohort The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University has announced that its June residency will be held entirely online. The program usually has students meet in person on the Wilkes University campus in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for its residencies in January …
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Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University Cancels Exhibition Drawn To Abstraction: Prints from the 1960s and 70s
by Web ServicesThe Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University announces the cancelation of the exhibit Drawn to Abstraction: Prints from the 1960s and 70s. The exhibit features the emerging abstract movement of the time period, including abstract expressionism, minimalism, op art, and pop art. Featured artists include Josef Albers, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg, …