By JAN TREFFER THOMPSON UNK Communications Megan Hartman’s journey toward a career in linguistics started at her father’s bookshelf. There, she saw a book cover with dark storm clouds splitting through a golden sky, and a luminous girl holding a black horse with a spiral horn. To the 5-year-old, “The Black Unicorn” by fantasy novelist Terry Brooks looked pretty cool. Mike Hartman read the book to his daughter. Then he kept going, well into Hartman’s high school … [Read more...] about The Heart of the Meter: Hartman explores poets’ ideas, not just their words
Poetry
Nationally acclaimed poet Nicole Sealey reading Feb. 6 at MONA
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Best-selling authors and poetry critics are raving about Nicole Sealey. Essence magazine called her “one of today’s most interesting poets” and “The Joy Luck Club” author Amy Tan says her poems “should be read, re-read and read aloud to others.” The nationally acclaimed poet will share her dynamic work 8 p.m. Feb. 6 during a reading at the Museum of Nebraska Art, 2401 Central Ave., in Kearney. Part of the University of … [Read more...] about Nationally acclaimed poet Nicole Sealey reading Feb. 6 at MONA
Poet Traci Brimhall reading at UNK’s Frank Museum
KEARNEY – Poet Traci Brimhall is the next featured reader in the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Reynolds Visiting Writers Series. Brimhall will read selections from her work 7 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 8) at the G.W. Frank Museum of History and Culture on the UNK campus. The event is free and open to the public. An associate professor in the department of English at Kansas State University, Brimhall is the author of “Saudade,” “Our Lady of the Ruins,” which was selected by … [Read more...] about Poet Traci Brimhall reading at UNK’s Frank Museum
Don Welch remembered for poetry, inspiring UNK students
KEARNEY – Don Welch, an award-winning Nebraska poet and longtime English professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, died Saturday at his Kearney home. He was 84. Welch, who had a bronze sculpture dedicated to him on the UNK campus in 2001, taught at UNK from 1959-97 and authored several published poetry collections. He was a regular contributor to literary magazines. He was the Martin Distinguished Professor of English and Reynolds Chair of Poetry at UNK. His … [Read more...] about Don Welch remembered for poetry, inspiring UNK students
Don Welch presents new collection of poems Wednesday
KEARNEY – UNK Professor Emeritus Don Welch will present from his new collection of poems “Homing” as part of National Poetry Month. Welch will read selected poems at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Nebraska at Kearney's Calvin T. Ryan Library. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will follow. The author of several published poetry collections and regular contributor to literary magazines, Welch was an English professor at UNK from 1959 to … [Read more...] about Don Welch presents new collection of poems Wednesday
