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This Saint Marches On This Saint Marches On https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/06/clouds-cover-1024x199.jpg 1024 199 Tad Monroe '97 Tad Monroe '97 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/06/tad-monroe.jpg June 10, 2019 June 10, 2019 On January 17 of this year we lost a saint. At least that is how we refer to her in my little Presbyterian congregation in Tacoma. Saint Mary Oliver died in body but her spirit and poetry

as director of the Rainier Writing Workshop—and as the new Poetry Editor of the prestigious New England Review. Read More Art of Diplomacy An exhibition celebrating Norway’s constitution, 1814-2014: Red White and Blue–Norwegian Constitution, American Inspiration, held its exclusive U.S. premiere at PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center and remains on display through Sept. 28. Read More SIGNS, SIGNS, EVERYWHERE A (PLU) SIGN In today’s crazily competitive college market, you either go big or go home

in imaginative, analytical and pragmatic modes of writing. Students learn to shape their writing for particular audiences and settings, as well as expand their own creative, stylistic and interpretive gifts. Students develop writing skills in several genres, extensively and carefully read great writers and reflect on theoretical and practical issues raised by the making of meaning. The English Department offers capstones in Poetry, Fiction, and Non-fiction writing. Some popular courses are

teacher and a member of an R&B singing group. Her poetic writing centers on Black empowerment, resilience, history, and joy. In an Essence interview, Tami explains, “I want to express who we are as people – our complexities and our greatness by telling stories and writing poetry that reflect not just our pain but our joy and everything in between. We are resilient people – we come from kings and queens, builders of kingdoms – I want to show our royalty and excellence in everything that I write

, Jakob was even able to access the world-famous Bodleian Library. Jakob had access to educational opportunities at Oxford that he wouldn’t have anywhere else, including classes led by organizations such as the International Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders, as well as university lectures given by esteemed academic leaders. He even had the opportunity to take a one-on-one course with an Oxford professor focused on Modernist poetry, which Jakob describes as “one of my favorite classes of all time

body but her spirit and poetry continue to speak. Mary Oliver’s words are as common in our community as the scriptures themselves. Her “Instructions for Living a Life” are the armature of our liturgy. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. These same words have formed my own personal liturgy. For almost two decades they were posted above my desk or on the first page of my journal. Her words were painted on an exterior door that leads from my back yard to the alley. A reminder to me every time

unique experience that is RWW.”We admit writers of various aesthetic dispositions, from a variety of personal and professional backgrounds, from all parts of the country. Writing that deeply inquires into the world and the self, that is thoughtfully utilizing craft, that is beautiful and complex and passionate – this is what we look for in the work being done by our participants. Literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are the main emphases of the program, though many of our alumni have published in

word—as part of a new highly-visible outdoor campaign designed to spread the word about PLU. By Sandy Deneau Dunham A New Chapter PLU Associate Professor of English Rick Barot takes over as director of the Rainier Writing Workshop—and as the new Poetry Editor of the prestigious New England Review. By Sandy Deneau Dunham Justice In Society In support of PLU’s commitment to promote justice and peace, the fourth annual Lutheran Studies Conference, scheduled for Sept. 25, will be devoted to Justice in

well as courses focused on Latin American literatures and cultures. She is the author of several articles on Latin American poetry and project coordinator of the bilingual edition of Ernesto Cardenal’s El estrecho dudoso/The Doubtful Strait published by Indiana University Press. Her current research interests focus on masculinities as they relate to the recovery of lyrical subjectivities in contemporary Mexican poetry and fiction. She pioneered PLU’s first J-term Study Away Spanish immersion course