Faculty Work

Susan Martens, assistant professor of English, published short works of creative nonfiction, "“Papa Legba/ St. Peter on Frenchman Street” and “Harmonic Convergence, Café Rose Nicaud” in the collection “Writing in Good Company in New Orleans" in  Louisiana Literature, vol. 35, no. 1.  She also served as Retreat Leader at the New Orleans Writing Marathon Retreat, hosted by the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project July 9-13 and will be featured on the National Writing Project Radio program, "Celebrating the New Orleans Writing Marathon," airing on July 27. 

 

Mike Cadden, professor of English, published the article "Rhetorical Technique in the Young Adult Verse Novel" in The Lion and the Unicorn: A Critical Journal of Children’s Literature, vol. 42, no. 2, April 2018.  He also presented the paper "Character Backstory as Rhetorical Gesture in Children’s Fiction” at the Children’s Literature Association Conference in San Antonio, TX, June 2018.

Prairie Lands Writing Project News

Prairie Lands Writing Project News: past, present, future

Ms. Clark and Dr. Martens

Co-Director Josie Clark(SJSD) and Director Susan Martens (MWSU) presented "Engaging Place, Empowering Writers: The Writing Marathon" at the Write to Learn Conference in Osage Beach, MO, on Feb. 16.

Co-Director Amy Miller coordinated the popular High School Writing Day event at MWSU on March 1 which brought approximately 200 high school students and their teachers from 17 area schools to our campus for a day of writing workshops, lunch, and an open mic session.  PLWP TC Terrance Sanders (Frontier STEM High School) served as Emcee.  Volunteer workshop presenters included PLWP TCs Dawn Terrick, Patsy Brost, Joe Marmaud, Reilly Maloney (East Buchanan High School), and Vickey Meyer (SJSD) as well as MWSU faculty members Meredith Katchen, Marianne Kunkel, Kaye Adkins, Bill Church, Michael Charlton, Bob Bergland, and Bob Nulph. English undergraduate students Michael Cullinane, Alexandria Null, Tiffany Rice, Brooke Howe, Lena Ashford, and Mandee Greer served as MWSU student guides and assistants. 

Students helping at High School Writing Day

 

Co-Director Elisabeth Alkier (SJSD) coordinated another successful Summer Youth Writing Project for the Saint Joseph Public School District May 18-June 14.  SJSD teachers for this popular program, which served approximately 120 elementary students and 30 middle school students, included PLWP Teacher Consultants  Cindy Faucett,  Raelynn Stroud, Jolynn Venneman, Robin Pettegrew, and Josie Clark.

Director Susan Martens (MWSU) facilitated a Writing Retreat for area teachers at Conception Abbey in Conception, MO, on June 22-24. Marianne Kunkel (MWSU) served as Guest Editor.  

On August 4, Susan Martens and Amy Miller will present a session at the National Writing Project Midwest Conference in Madison, WI, titled "The Writing Marathon: Celebrating 25 Years."