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  • Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | David Biespiel is a contributing writer at The Rumpus, Partisan, American Poetry Review, Politico, New Republic, Slate, Poetry, and The New York Times, among other publications.  He is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently Charming Gardeners and The Book of Men and Women, which was chosen one of the Best Books of the Year by the Poetry Foundation and received the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry.  His books of essays include A Long High Whistle: Selected Columns on Poetry and a book on creativity, Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces.  He is a member of the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle.  Recipient of Lannan, National Endowment for the Arts, and Stegner fellowships, he has taught at Stanford University, University of Maryland, George Washington University, Portland State University, and Wake Forest University, in addition to other colleges and universities.  He is a longtime faculty member in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University and is the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters in Portland. Mentor.

     faculty member in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University and is the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters in Portland. Mentor. Workshops and classes in poetry. Statement: “Every society we’ve ever known has had poetry, and should the day come that poetry suddenly disappears in the morning, someone, somewhere, will reinvent it by evening. Since ancient times, as long as we’ve had language, poetry has ritualized human life. It has dramatized and informed us

  • Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Wendy Call (she/her) is the co-editor of the craft anthology Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide (Penguin, 2007) and the new annual Best Literary Translations (Deep Vellum, 2024).

    simply helping people discover what they already knew. I finally came to understand that’s what teaching creative writing is. My job as a writing mentor is to bring the toolbox, both literal and metaphorical. It might include kitchen utensils, glue stick and scissors, postcards, advertisements, original works of art, bottled scents, raw vegetables, or items from a recycle bin or thrift shop. It includes world literature, direct engagement with working writers, and concepts borrowed from linguistics

  • Montana native gets back to his roots in a new anthology on the West By JuliAnne Rose ’13 Inspired by the history of the West, Russell Rowland ’81 has made a career exploring Western identity. Partnered with long-time friend, Lynn Stegner, Rowland produced a new…

    , Rowland lived in 12 different states across the country. Most recently, he lived in California for about 14 years, until moving back to his home state of Montana, where he teaches Creative Writing at Montana State University in Billings. “He’s a wonderfully loyal friend and extremely supportive,” Stegner said. “Really devoted to Western literature.” Read Previous Kurt Mayer provides a legacy of research Read Next Explore! retreat helps students understand vocation COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

  • 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…

    coming to campus. VWS was conceived and is co-directed by English professors Jason Skipper and Rick Barot. When both began teaching at PLU, they started the series as a way for authors to share experiences with their readers in person. “Literature can change you, and often it does,” said Skipper. “My hope was to create a Visiting Writer Series where at each event this was a possibility for everyone in the room.” Since the series began, famous writers such as Mary Oliver, Brian Teare and Peter Geye

  • UPDATE (6.24.15): Secretary of State Applauds PLU for being Fulbright Top Producer Read U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s congratulatory letter to PLU President Thomas W. Krise. TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 12, 2015)—The Chronicle of Higher Education has highlighted Pacific Lutheran University as one of the…

    school, specializing in immigration policy or law; •    Ferraz, who graduated in May with a degree in English Literature and a minor in Music, is teaching for 10 months in Taiwan, where she also will study local and American songs; •    Flanagan is teaching English in Germany and likely will enroll in a master’s program once his Fulbright tour is over; •    Burton is studying piano education and culture in China, a continuation of her senior research project at PLU; and •    Charles is studying in

  • The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded Pacific Lutheran University Professor of French Rebecca Wilkin a $133,333 grant under the Scholarly Editions and Translations interest area. Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,…

    important political and philosophical ideas in an approachable anthology.  “We are confident that our edition—Louise Dupin, Work on Women: Selections—will appeal to students and scholars of history, philosophy, literature, and feminist and gender studies,” said Wilkin.  Wilkin became interested in Dupin in 2012 while working on a student-faculty collaborative research project with Sonja Ruud ‘12 who is assisting the ongoing project as a research associate and is currently completing her Ph.D. in

  • When Leah Butters ‘15 decided to major in environmental studies she didn’t have healthcare marketing in mind. Actually, she didn’t have any specific professional sector in mind. The PLU Softball stand-out just knew she wanted to be in the business of service and care. “What…

    Card ’83, COO of outpatient operations for MultiCare Behavioral Health, and Mark Mariani ’98, MultiCare’s chief medical officer and vice president for retail health. Read Previous History and literature senior Kathryn Einan ‘22 aspires to be a lifelong learner Read Next Yaquelin Ramirez’s ’22 passion for helping others leads to a future in healthcare COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a

  • Assistant Vice President for Student Life Strategic Initiatives and Assessment | Division of Student Life | jes.takla@plu.edu | 253-535-7597

    , Decolonizing, & Queering Praxes [Conference session; co-presented with Harris, N. R., Plascencia Saldana, B., & Pierre, D.], Virtual (2024, February) NASPA Western Regional Conference, Radical imagination and critical creativity praxis for liberatory futures [Conference session; co-presented with Harris, N. R., & Plascencia Saldana, B.], Anaheim, CA (2022, November) ASHE Annual Conference, Bringing the literature to life through storytelling praxis: From scholarship to collective action [Conference session

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  • By Michael Halvorson, Professor of History. Welcome to our blog—the place for learning everything about History at Pacific Lutheran University! Today’s post is about PLU History major Michael Diambri ‘18 , a Lute who graduated in May with a B.A. in History along with minors…

    Michael Diambri Receives Gilder Lehrman History Award Posted by: halvormj / July 31, 2018 Image: Michael Diambri receives award in New York City, June 2018. July 31, 2018 By Michael Halvorson, Professor of History. Welcome to our blog—the place for learning everything about History at Pacific Lutheran University! Today’s post is about PLU History major Michael Diambri ‘18, a Lute who graduated in May with a B.A. in History along with minors in Women’s and Gender Studies and Literature. Like

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 6, 2017)- When George and Helen Long reached out to Pacific Lutheran University 10 years ago, all they knew was that they wanted to support the sciences. “George sort of felt like he owed his success and his career to PLU,” said…

    had never done anything remotely medical until this internship,” she said. “It’s really more the anatomy, physiology side of it that I really like.”Haley Hurtt '18 Photo by Oliver Johnson '18 This summer, English literature major Haley Hurtt ’18 became well acquainted with her U.S. senators. Or at least their voicemails. Hurtt was an intern for the global poverty nonprofit, The Borgen Project. She was responsible for calling her senators every week and raising at least $500, but her main job was