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Plimpton Award for Fiction, as well as a writing fellowship from The Corporation of Yaddo. Her fiction has appeared in Paris Review, Granta, and Oxford American, among others, has been cited as notable in Best American Short Stories, and was anthologized in The Unprofessionals: New American Writing from The Paris Review. She has lectured in the creative writing department at Emory University, and is the 2016-17 Kenan Visiting Writer at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.Brenda MillerBrenda
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Together, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022. Both students are majoring in environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to create art, transforming audience perspectives on…
across to a much larger audience. I understand the two of you came together to put on a musical called “Normalcy: The Climate Fiction Musical,” which Kenzie wrote. What is it about? Knapp: I was initially inspired by the wildfires happening more frequently now in late summer/early fall, referred to as “fire season.” I wondered, if “fire” was an actual season like summer, what would come after that? So, the musical is set in “New Seattle” in 2040. There are four seasons: smog season, acid rain season
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Together, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022. Both students are majoring in environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to create art, transforming audience perspectives on…
, theater, visual and music can help get information across to a much larger audience. I understand the two of you came together to put on a musical called “Normalcy: The Climate Fiction Musical,” which Kenzie wrote. What is it about? Knapp: I was initially inspired by the wildfires happening more frequently now in late summer/early fall, referred to as “fire season.” I wondered, if “fire” was an actual season like summer, what would come after that? So, the musical is set in “New Seattle” in 2040
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Together, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022. Both students are majoring in environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to create art, transforming audience perspectives on…
across to a much larger audience. I understand the two of you came together to put on a musical called “Normalcy: The Climate Fiction Musical,” which Kenzie wrote. What is it about? Knapp: I was initially inspired by the wildfires happening more frequently now in late summer/early fall, referred to as “fire season.” I wondered, if “fire” was an actual season like summer, what would come after that? So, the musical is set in “New Seattle” in 2040. There are four seasons: smog season, acid rain season
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By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 7, 2014)—In 2005, two new professors in the Pacific Lutheran University English Department came up with an idea for the Visiting Writer Series (VWS). This year, the series celebrates its 10-year anniversary—with…
have come to campus. Skipper and Barot sit down each spring to choose visiting writers. Barot said they try to get writers from different genres—those who write fiction, nonfiction and poetry. And this year, the Office of the Provost gave the VWS a dedicated budget to continue the series for the foreseeable future.“The series is now on solid financial footing,” said Barot. “Jason and I are very excited to be celebrating the anniversary of the series.” The celebration continues on Nov. 20, when
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Emeritus Undergraduate Research/Electronic Resources Librarian, Interim Director of the Library | Library | williagr@plu.edu
Genevieve Williams Emeritus Undergraduate Research/Electronic Resources Librarian, Interim Director of the Library Email: williagr@plu.edu Office Location:Mortvedt Library Status:Emeritus Employed: 18 Years Professional Personal Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor Education M.F.A., Popular Fiction, University of Southern Maine, 2014 M.L.I.S., Library and Information Science, University of Washington, 2005 B.A., Music and Computer Science, Smith College, 1996 Responsibilities Subject
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Pacific Lutheran University’s 12th Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will take place April 20 at 7 p.m. Erin Entrada Kelly, a Newberry Medalist and New York Times best-selling author, will deliver this year’s Benson lecture titled, Three Compliments: Ways to Feel Seen as an…
Student. A Q&A session and book signing will follow her lecture.“Erin’s lecture speaks to the fundamental need of being seen, a necessary topic at a critical time,” said Wendy Gardiner, Ph.D., PLU’s Jollita Hyland Benson Endowed Chair in Elementary Education. “Less than 7 percent of children’s books published in recent years were written by authors of color. This is another area of invisibility that Erin’s work addresses–creating vivid characters, writing about friendship, family, adventure, bravery
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Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Kelli Russell Agodon is a bi/queer poet and editor from the Pacific Northwest.
, The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts for Your Writing Practice (coauthored with Martha Silano), Fire on Her Tongue: An Anthology of Contemporary Women’s Poetry, and Demystifying the Manuscript: How to Create of Book of Poems (coauthored with Susan Rich). She lives in a sleepy seaside town where she is an avid paddleboarder and hiker. She teaches at Pacific Lutheran University’s low-res MFA program, the Rainier Writing Workshop. Kelli is the cohost of the poetry series “Poems You Need” with Melissa
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Consultant | Writing Center | Catherine is majoring in English and Chinese Studies, and her hobbies include ultimate frisbee, journaling, and studying Chinese. .
Catherine Winford Consultant She/Her Biography Biography Catherine is majoring in English and Chines
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Consultant (and Spanish Tutor) | Writing Center | Destinie is a Hispanic Studies & GSRS major with minors in Studio Fine Arts & Latino Studies.
Destinie Morales Gonzalez Consultant (and Spanish Tutor) She/Her Biography Biography Destinie is a H
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