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Cognard-Black a Writing Fellow at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Jennifer Cognard-Black, professor of English, is a writing fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts from May 7-20, 2018.  During this artist residency, Cognard-Black is working on her first novel, the fictionalization of a 10-year period in the life of Edith Wharton.  Cognard-Black was awarded a MidAtlantic Arts Foundation Grant to support her Find out more »

Registration Now Open for Chesapeake Writers’ Conference at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Registration is currently taking place for the 7th Annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference held on St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s campus, Sunday, June 24 – Saturday, June 30. Workshop tuition is $800. There is also a course credit option for an additional fee and optional meal and housing packages available. For more information, visit www.smcm.edu/events/chesapeake-writers-conference. The Find out more »

An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

The Office of the President presents “Nurturing the Compassionate Community: An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton” on Thursday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.) in Daugherty-Palmer Commons. The event, co-sponsored by the VOICES Reading Series, is free of charge and open to the public.  The evening will feature Find out more »

St. Mary’s College Presents Annual Reeves Lecture with Jeffrey Hammond

The annual Reeves Lecture with Jeffrey Hammond, professor of English and and George B. and Willma Reeves Distinguished Professor in the Liberal Arts, will take place on Monday, Jan. 22 at 4:45 p.m. in Daugherty-Palmer Commons on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus. The event is free of charge and open to the public. Find out more »

St. Mary’s College Faculty and Staff Present at “Universities, Slavery, Public Memory, and the Built Landscape” Conference

Members of St. Mary’s College’s faculty and staff participated in the conference, Universities, Slavery, Public Memory, and the Built Landscape, which took place at the University of Virginia, Oct. 18 – 20, 2017. More than 500 people attended the three-day conference, which also included speakers from the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Find out more »

Another Positive Review for Karen Leona Anderson’s “Receipt: Poems”

Karen Leona Anderson’s “Receipt: Poems” (Milkwood Editions, 2016) received a positive review from The Collagist. “I’m captivated by Anderson’s skill at hooking me with almost every single poem in this collection. Receipt is her second book of poetry. It is a seasoned work, marinated in music that is rich and fresh. She is fearless. She’s also Find out more »

Professors Coleman and Ballesteros Involved In Publication Inspired by Prince

Jeffrey Coleman, associate professor of English at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, edited a special issue of The Delaware Poetry Review, “‘This Thing Called Life’: Poetry Inspired by the Music and Spirit of Prince.” The issue was released Friday, April 21, one year after the artist’s death. There are 32 contributors including Cacayo (pseudonym of Find out more »

Cognard-Black to Offer Writing Workshop in Iowa this Spring

Jennifer Cognard-Black, professor of English at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, will offer a three-day writing workshop titled “Edible Essays: Adventures in Food Writing,” March 10-12, for The Iowa Writers’ House, Iowa City, IA.   In her workshop, Cognard-Black will ask participants to consider the recipe as a form of familial storytelling and meaning-making all its Find out more »

St. Mary’s College of Maryland hosts lecture about Ralph Ellison’s writings and the late author’s relevance to today’s political scene

On Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary’s Hall, John Callahan, literary executor of Ralph Ellison’s estate and Morgan S. Odell Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Lewis & Clark College will present, “Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness. And with consciousness, a more refined conscientiousness: Ralph Ellison in Our Turbulent American Times.” Ralph Ellison was an American Find out more »