  {"id":1638,"date":"2016-03-03T12:02:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T18:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2016-10-18T16:28:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T21:28:37","slug":"reading-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/reading-series\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Writes of Spring&#8217; Reading Series Debuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Reading time: 1 minute<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A new reading series, &#8220;Writes of Spring,&#8221; is underway\u00a0at 91制片厂. The series will be\u00a0presented each spring semester by the\u00a0English department, and features authors reading from their works\u00a0in a variety of genres. All events are free and open to the public, and include a reception.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The series debuted in February, with poet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbiatribune.com\/arts_life\/ovation\/monica-hand\/article_9ea01e14-1642-5904-92f2-f45e757aa731.html\" target=\"_blank\">Monica A. Hand<\/a>, who read from her recent works.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Next up in the &#8216;Writes of Spring&#8217; reading series:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/DSCN0590.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1642\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1642 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/DSCN0590-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0590\" width=\"294\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/DSCN0590-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/DSCN0590-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/DSCN0590-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/DSCN0590.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><strong>J. Bowers<\/strong><br \/>\nfiction<br \/>\nThursday, March 24<br \/>\n3 p.m.<br \/>\nMorton J. May Gallery, in University Library<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jbowers.org\" target=\"_blank\">J. Bowers, PhD<\/a>,\u00a0is an instructor\u00a0of English at 91制片厂.\u00a0Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in:\u00a0<em>The Portland Review<\/em>,\u00a0<em>cream city review, Redivider<\/em>, <em>Fringe<\/em>, <em>The Indiana Review<\/em>, <em>Zone 3<\/em>, <em>The Poydras Review<\/em>, <em>Oyez Review<\/em>, and other journals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/authorphotorolfes-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1641\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1641 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/authorphotorolfes-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"authorphotorolfes (3)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/authorphotorolfes-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/authorphotorolfes-3-337x225.jpg 337w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/authorphotorolfes-3-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/03\/authorphotorolfes-3.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Luke Rolfes<\/strong><br \/>\nfiction\/nonfiction<br \/>\nThursday, April 14<br \/>\n3 p.m.<br \/>\nLJ&#8217;s, in Donius University Center<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ssb.nwmissouri.edu\/pls\/PROD\/f?p=116:6:::NO:RP::\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Rolfes<\/a> is an instructor of\u00a0English\u00a0at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo., and is editor of\u00a0<em>The Laurel Review,<\/em>\u00a0a national literary magazine based on the campus. 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