My little college has about 1200 students, and of those 70-100 are English or creative writing majors and minors, which means my department kicks ass, all nine of us. We do. Here's a write up of our undergraduate creative writing program at Poets & Writers--where we compare to Oberlin and Sarah Lawrence--and here's the first event lined up this fall from our English department:
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, internationally acclaimed Russian poet, novelist and filmmaker, will give three public lectures on Sept. 21, 22 and 23.Yevtushenko will show and discuss his film "Stalin's Funeral" at 7:30 on Wednesday, September 21, in Kresge Hall. He will give a poetry reading at 7:30 on Thursday, September 22 in Harbach Theatre. Finally, Yevtushenko will give a lecture, "Poetry, Cinema and International Politics Today," at 4 pm, Friday, September 23, in Harbach Theatre.
I had nothing to do with it--I'm on leave this fall--but if you're anywhere near Galesburg, IL you're invited.
