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A 6-Disc Set of “Warm-Up” Songs for Writers by Natalie Diaz
How A Book Happens with Allison Seay by Kristi Carter
Ladan Osman Wins 2014 Sillerman First Book Prize For African Poets
The African Poetry Book Fund and Prairie Schooner are proud to announce Ladan Osman as the winner of the 2014 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets! Osman will receive a $1,000 cash prize and her collection, The Kitchen Dweller’s Testimony, will be published by the University of Nebraska Press and Amalion Press in Senegal. …
Selecting the Essential Story: A Literary Conversation with Brad Watson
Briefly Noted – February 2014
Reflections on “A War Portfolio”
First, I want to thank Brian Turner and all the staff who worked on A War Portfolio to make it a part of the Winter 2013 issue of Prairie Schooner. I’d also like to thank the writers and poets whose work is featured in the volume. I hope my words seem humble, because I feel …
The Storyteller Firangi: An Interview with Professor Jonathan Gil Harris (Part 1)
Opening Party and Cake
The Prairie Schooner office opened the spring semester with a welcome party and another of Lorna’s Dawes’s specialty cakes, this one in the shape of 20 Windows, Benjamin Busch’s cover art for the winter issue. In keeping with the issue’s colors, the cake was coconut flavored with lime filling, and was identified by several reliable …
Winter Issue Launch Event With Iraq War Veteran Brian Turner
This winter’s Prairie Schooner issue centers around the theme of “War and Conflict,” with a special war portfolio edited by poet and Iraq War veteran Brian Turner. To celebrate, Turner will be speaking at our launch event on Tuesday, February 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Plains Art Museum at 1155 Q Street in …