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Kathryn Smith: Writer-in-Residence

Kathryn Smith: Writer-in-Residence

November 15, 2017

Kathryn Smith, '99, is the English department's writer-in-residence this fall. She recently published her first book, "Book of Exodus," and will be giving a reading Wednesday, Nov. 15. Photo by Domenica...

Putting the 'verse' in 'controversy': Individual World Poetry Slam comes to Spokane

Putting the ‘verse’ in ‘controversy’: Individual World Poetry Slam comes to Spokane

October 20, 2017

by Colleen Bell|Arts & Culture Editor The 13th annual Individual World Poetry Slam (iWPS) was held in downtown Spokane last week, Oct. 11-14. The four-day festival included a slam competition between...

Bad Love Poetry

February 23, 2017

Tonight Westminster Round, the English department club, is hosting Bad Love Poetry. The event is a poetry reading held in the Mind and Hearth at 7 p.m. There will be readings of bad and hilarious...

Poetry and Pie: Students gathered for a night of pie and self-expression

December 6, 2015

The coffee shop opened to students and faculty ready to share stanzas and dessert on Nov. 13 . Students shared their work, with topics ranging from grandfathers to Italian plums to small moments that...

Influential poet B.H. Fairchild inspires students

Influential poet B.H. Fairchild inspires students

October 8, 2015

The audience listened with rapt attention as poetry filled the hall. The poet had each member hanging on for the next phrase, filling the space with the flow of his stanzas, spinning imagery and...

Whitworth students host public reading

April 22, 2015

Words leapt from pages last Friday night as English students and faculty read poetry and prose at Boots Bakery & Lounge. The off-campus reading event hosted by Westminster Round is in its second...

English faculty salvage problematic poetry reading

October 15, 2014

by Samantha Starkey Arts & Culture Editor “As the wind rises,/your legs shake and you remember learning/that language has power. What need for fists,/in the face of such force?”  English professor...

English club to host off-campus reading

March 7, 2014

Westminster Round is putting on its first ever off-campus reading downtown at the Holley Mason Rocket Bakery Friday. This reading will consist of poetry and prose and is open to alumni, faculty...

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