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  • Humanities https://www.plu.edu/my-academic-pathway/documents/file-group/humanities/

    ENGL Writing Conc Nonfiction 4-year plan (pdf) view download

  • Kelli Russell Agodon https://www.plu.edu/mfa/staff/kelli-russell-agodon/

    , 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

  • Best-selling Author, and Alum, Comes to PLU https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/04/21/best-selling-author-and-alum-comes-to-plu/

    Anderson University Center in the Regency Room, at 6 p.m. Meyer ’04 last came to PLU in February for her official book release and signing party for Cress, her newest book in the series. Meyer graduated from PLU with a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing in 2004. In a recent interview, Meyer said that a writing career requires self-motivation and discipline. “A career in writing requires a lot of self-motivation, and being able to stay ahead on your deadlines as you work through multiple rounds of

  • Award-Winning Alumnae Authors Return to PLU on May 2 https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/04/30/alumnaeauthorsatplu/

    Award-Winning Alumnae Authors Return to PLU on May 2 Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 30, 2015 Image: Marissa Meyer signs a book at the launch party of “Cress” at PLU on Feb. 4, 2014. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) April 30, 2015 By Evan Heringer ’16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (April 30, 2015)—Award-winning authors and PLU alumnae Leslye Walton ’04 and Marissa Meyer ’04 will return to campus May 2 for the inaugural Cavalcade of Authors West youth writing workshop.Cavalcade of

  • Seth Dowland https://www.plu.edu/itech/faculty-spotlight/seth-dowland/

    Islam in America. As a former writing teacher, he feels both compelled and overwhelmed when trying to provide meaningful feedback to his many students. Seth believes that essays allow him to evaluate students’ critical thinking, but they require a substantial investment of time to evaluate. This dilemma is shared by instructors across disciplines and throughout history. Technology may be finally starting to improve this process. According to Seth, “Anything that helps me get through essays faster is

  • Acclaimed Novelist ‹ Resolute Online: Spring 2015 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2015/acclaimed-novelist/

    alumna Leslye Walton has been nominated for the prestigious William C. Morris YA Debut Award for her novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender . First awarded in 2009, the accolade “honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.” Walton, who graduated from PLU in 2004 with a B.A. in Education, says the nomination means the world to her. “I think one of the things I’ve ever wanted in life was to

  • Amber Khederian https://www.plu.edu/writingcenter/staff/amber-khederian/

    Amber Khederian Assistant Director of the Writing Center and Writing Center Consultant She/Her, They/Them Biography Biography Amber is a Philosophy major with minors in Psychology and Criminal Justice. In their free time, they enjoy doing puzzles, singing, and going on walks.

  • Residency https://www.plu.edu/mfa/residency/

    ResidencyEach summer, the faculty and participants of The Rainier Writing Workshop gather on the beautiful PLU campus for the intensive summer residency.  The residency consists of lectures, workshops, classes, readings, and other immersive activities.  Each day is full, with activities from 8AM until 8PM.  The morning workshops are facilitated by core and guest faculty; the workshops are mandatory for all participants.  During the first half of the residency, each participant takes part in a

  • Lia Purpura https://www.plu.edu/mfa/staff/lia-purpura/

    Lia Purpura Nonfiction, Poetry Website: http://www.liapurpura.com/ Biography Biography Lia Purpura is the author of eight collections of essays, poems, and translations, most recently, Rough Likeness (essays) and It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful (poems).  Her honors include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, National Endowment for the Arts and Fulbright Fellowships, three Pushcart prizes, the Associated Writing Programs Award in Nonfiction, and the

  • Sharing Passion for Scholarship: The Kelmer Roe Fellowships in the Humanities https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/sharing-passion-for-scholarship-the-kelmer-roe-fellowships-in-the-humanities/

    Sharing Passion for Scholarship: The Kelmer Roe Fellowships in the Humanities Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Hillary Vo writing at Mr. Rainier as a part of place-based writing research May 6, 2020 By Caitlin Klutz '22English MajorScholarships make a PLU education possible for many students, and every scholarship has a story.One story begins with Kelmer Roe, an associate professor of Greek and Religion at PLU from 1947 to 1967. In 2004, his relatives Naomi and Don Nothstein and David