(From Southern News Service)The English and Philosophy Department at Missouri Southern will present a poetry reading by Allison Blevins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in Room 205 of the North End Zone facility.
Blevins, an adjunct professor at Missouri Southern, will read from “Slowly/Suddenly,” her first full-length poetry collection. She has previously published the chapbooks “Susurration,” “Letters to Joan” and “A Season for Speaking.”
“Slowly/Suddenly” deals with trauma, disabilities and queer experience.
“Even if you’re not a poetry reader, you can still get something from a poetry reading,” said Blevins. “Just listen. You can get so much from the sound and rhythm.”
She serves as the director of Small Harbor Publishing and executive editor for “the museum of americana,” an online literary review dedicated to fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography, and artwork that examines unknown aspects of Americana.
Her work has appeared in the journals “Mid-American Review,” “The Minnesota Review,” “Raleigh Review” and “Sinister Wisdom.”
She has been nominated for the Stephen Meats Poetry Prize, the Stanley Hank Memorial Prize, the Best of the Net, and the Pushcart Prize. She has also been a finalist for the Cowles Poetry Book Prize, the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, the Glass Chapbook Series, the Wicked Woman Poetry Prize from BrickHouse Books, and the Moon City Poetry Award.
Other activities planned for the week of Nov. 15 include the final week for the current photography exhibit in the Spiva Gallery, a Japan Semester presentation, and a new Southern Theatre production.
Monday, Nov. 15
“Point and Periphery: Photographs from Small Missouri Towns”: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Spiva Gallery. The exhibit, which runs through Nov. 19, documents the landscapes of small Missouri towns and those who live there.
Tuesday, Nov. 16
MOSO Gear Bingo: 12:20 p.m., Lions Den in Billingsly Student Center. Students will have the chance to play and win MSSU-branded prizes.
Thursday, Nov. 18
“Why Export to Japan?”: 9:30 a.m., Room 103 of Plaster Hall. Missouri exported more than $469 million worth of goods and services to Japan in 2020, while Japan was the United States’ fourth-largest goods export market in the same year. Krista Hinrichs, trade manager for the Missouri International Trade & Investment Office, will discuss the many opportunities and assistance available for any business interested in exploring international trade with Japan.
Paint Your Own Holiday Sweatshirt: 2 to 4 p.m., Room 307 of Hearnes Hall. Students in the Project Stay program will create their own holiday shirts.
“The Thanksgiving Play”: 7:30 p.m., Bud Walton Black Box Theatre. The satire involves a holiday pageant that goes off the rails due to political correctness. Tickets are $15 for general admission, and $10 for students, seniors and members of the military. The Thursday performance will also be available to stream. Tickets can be purchased online at this link.
Friday, Nov. 18
“The Thanksgiving Play”: 7:30 p.m., Bud Walton Black Box Theatre.
Saturday, Nov. 19
“The Thanksgiving Play”: 7:30 p.m., Bud Walton Black Box Theatre.
Sunday, Nov. 20
“The Thanksgiving Play”: 2:30 p.m., Bud Walton Black Box Theatre.
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