On Nov. 21, 2019, Reach (MWSU's literary and arts journal sponsored by our English and Modern Languages department) hosted its last open mic for the fall semester. More than 60 people gathered in Mokaska Coffee shop on a cold night to hear the poetic, prosaic, and musical gifts of MWSU students and faculty and local authors. Clarissa Blakely, an English major, MC'd this monthly event, called "Reach 4 the Mic."
Following the open mic was a launch for an ENG 395 student project by Janae Boykins: a zine called Flavor featuring all African-American writers and artists. Janae spoke about making her project, and then cut a cake celebrating Flavor and led the crowd in a few readings out of Flavor.
As always, Dr. Kunkel and the entire Reach staff thank all the EML faculty who came out during a busy season, as well as our dean, Dr. Joel Hyer, and his wife. Thanks, too, to our chair, Dr. Stacia Bensyl, for her support!
