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UIndy's Potluck Podcast - SEASON 4 – EPISODE 6 – Curtis Crisler UIndy's Potluck Podcast
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In this episode of UIndy’s Potluck Podcast, where we host conversations about the arts, English majors, Sam Jackson, Brandon Hickey, and Olivia Cameron, interview poet Curtis Crisler, a guest of the Kellogg Writers Series, which is a series that brings writers of distinction to the University of Indianapolis campus for classroom discussions and free public readings. Special thanks to Music Technology major Jesse Wallace for editing this episode’s audio.
Curtis Crisler was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. He received an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He currently teaches at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Crisler is a prolific, award-winning poet. Some of his collections that UIndy students engaged with are Tough Boy Sonatas, Black Achilles, Wonderkind, Soundtrack to Latchkey Boy, Don't Moan So Much (Stevie): A Poetry Musiquarium, "This" Ameri-can-ah, and most recently, Indiana Nocturnes, which he co-authored the collection with Kevin McKelvey. You can find his poems in many publications with a quick Internet search! Crisler has been nominated for the Eliot Rosewater Award and the Jessie Redmon Fauset Book Award, and has won the Library Scholars Grant Award, the Indiana Arts Commission Grants, Eric Hoffer Award, and the Sterling Plumpp First Voices Poetry Award.
We thank you for listening to UIndy's Potluck Podcast, which is hosted by students and faculty of the University of Indianapolis. We would like to thank our guests and the Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences. To learn more about UIndy's Potluck Podcast and hear other episodes, please visit etchings.uindy.edu/the-potluck-podcast. Thank you for your support.
In this episode of UIndy’s Potluck Podcast, where we host conversations about the arts, English majors, Sam Jackson, Brandon Hickey, and Olivia Cameron, interview poet Curtis Crisler, a guest of the Kellogg Writers Series, which is a series that brings writers of distinction to the University of Indianapolis campus for classroom discussions and free public readings. Special thanks to Music Technology major Jesse Wallace for editing this episode’s audio.
Curtis Crisler was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. He received an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He currently teaches at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Crisler is a prolific, award-winning poet. Some of his collections that UIndy students engaged with are Tough Boy Sonatas, Black Achilles, Wonderkind, Soundtrack to Latchkey Boy, Don't Moan So Much (Stevie): A Poetry Musiquarium, "This" Ameri-can-ah, and most recently, Indiana Nocturnes, which he co-authored the collection with Kevin McKelvey. You can find his poems in many publications with a quick Internet search! Crisler has been nominated for the Eliot Rosewater Award and the Jessie Redmon Fauset Book Award, and has won the Library Scholars Grant Award, the Indiana Arts Commission Grants, Eric Hoffer Award, and the Sterling Plumpp First Voices Poetry Award.
We thank you for listening to UIndy's Potluck Podcast, which is hosted by students and faculty of the University of Indianapolis. We would like to thank our guests and the Shaheen College of Arts and Sciences. To learn more about UIndy's Potluck Podcast and hear other episodes, please visit etchings.uindy.edu/the-potluck-podcast. Thank you for your support.
25 min