The return of Omaha Lit Fest! The main event features a day of panels, readings, and talks with featured authors of both local and national profile, hosted at the event space of Highlander Omaha. Plus, a community fair, food trucks, and book signings all day! Check out the main event schedule at...

Wayne State College’s Language and Literature Department, the School of Arts and Humanities and the WSC Press are pleased to hold this fall’s Plains Writers Series on Thursday, September 12, 2019. The Plains Writers Series is held several times a year to bring attention to the prose and poetry of...

How did you get into writing? When I was 19 years old, I wandered into a poetry slam team performance at a coffeehouse in Albuquerque, my hometown, and was hooked when I saw the team performing a poem about New Mexico’s history of Spanish colonization, layering their voices as they chanted, “Tell...

How has your family inspired your writing? My family didn’t exactly inspire my writing as much as it provided raw material for writing. My writing is usually triggered by or suggested by interactions with people or with other creatures. If I pay attention—and I think that nearly a hundred percent...