Rick Barton and René Steinke: Environmental and Educational Justice

Distinguished authors Rick Barton and René Steinke, both Valparaiso University alumni, will inaugurate the 2015-2016 Wordfest series on Sept. 23, 2015, with presentations on environmental and educational justice. René Steinke is the author of three novels, “The Fires” (1999, William Morrow), “Holy Skirts” (2005, William Morrow), and “Friendswood” (2014, Riverhead Books). “Holy Skirts” was a finalist […]

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Slow Pilgrim: Finding One’s Way With Words — Author Scott Cairns

Librettist, memoirist, translator, and author of eight poetry collections, Scott Cairns is professor of English at the University of Missouri and founding director of Writing Workshops in Greece, a program now in its seventh year of bringing writers to Thessaloniki and Thasos every June for engagement with literary life in modern Greece. His poems and […]

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