The Western Illinois University Department of English will host the Fred Ewing Case and Lola Case Writer-in-Residence Friday, April 29 in Sherman Hall’s third-floor auditorium. This year’s writer is Kelli Jo Ford. A question-and-answer session with Ford will begin at 3 p.m., and a reading will begin at 5 p.m. Ford’s debut novel-in-stories, Crooked Hallelujah, includes stories about four generations of Cherokee women. She is also a teacher of fiction at the Institute of American Indian Arts Low Residency MFA program in Santa Fe, NM, as well as a freelance writer and editor. One... Read More

The Western Illinois University Department of English will host the Fred Ewing Case and Lola Case Writers-in-Residence, in a virtual format, Thursday, April 8. This year’s writers include Jennifer Militello, Crisosto Apache and Marianne Boruch. A question and answer session will be held over Zoom from 3-4 p.m. To obtain the link, email English Professor Erika Wurth at ET-Wurth@wiu.edu. A reading by the authors will be streamed through the WIU English department’s Facebook page from 5-6 p.m. • Militello is the author of the poetry collection “The Pack,” and the memoir “Knock... Read More