Please join us for our fall English Faculty Reading on Thursday, Oct. 9 at Nicos Tacos in St. Paul:

Attend our Fall Two Rivers Reading Event featuring Kao Kalia Yang Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025:

Past Events

Attend our Spring 2025 Double-Header Events Tuesday, April 29 (2025): The Creative Writing Graduates’ Reading & The Rapids Review Release & Celebratory Reading!

You are invited to attend Prof. Tracy Youngblom’s book launch for her moving memoir Because We Must on Saturday, March 8 at 1 p.m. Youngblom’s memoir recounts the traumatic experience of her son being hit in a head-on collision with a drunk driver. “In this riveting memoir, Youngblom traverses her family’s lives before and after the accident, capturing the complications of grief, recovery, and the strength it takes to move forward—because we must.” Read more here: https://www.umasspress.com/9781625348524/because-we-must/ 

 

Past Events

Tuesday, February 11, 2025: Careers in Writing will feature Esther Porter, author, publicist, editor, and content designer. Porter will answer questions about writing, publishing, and her many roles in the writing industry. Join us!

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 5 p.m. Via Zoom: Join us for a discussion about writing with award-winning author Geoff Herbach! Herbach will read from his YA fiction and answer questions about writing, getting work published, and much more.

Saturday, October 19 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Stop by the Anoka-Ramsey English Department’s table at the Twin Cities Book Festival’s Book Fair! Creative writing faculty and students will be available to answer questions about our degrees and classes, and we’ll have brochures and more to share: https://twincitiesbookfestival.com/

Wednesday, October 30 at 2 p.m.: Anoka-Ramsey is pleased to feature award-winning author Mona Susan Power as the featured author for the Two Rivers Reading Series! She will read from and discuss her Minnesota Book Award Winning novel A Council of Dolls:

 

FROM SPRING 2024:

Join us for two back-to-back Creative Writing events that are part of the Student Oscars:

Tuesday, April 30 at 4:30 p.m.: Join us to celebrate our AFA and Certificate in Creative Writing Graduates at a reading and celebration. This event is free and open to the public!

There will be a brief break for refreshments, followed by this event:

Tuesday, April 30 at 5:45: The Creative Writing Club invites you to The Rapids Review Release and Celebratory Reading! Copies of the new The Rapids Review will be available.

Tuesday, April 9, 2024: Careers in Writing presents Susan Richardson, content creator and editor!

37 Years Art Exhibit and Poetry Reading with Anoka-Ramsey Art Faculty Laura Migliorino and English Faculty Kathryn Kysar: Thursday, February 29 from 4 – 5 p.m. in the Riverview Gallery, Rapids Campus. Join us for a reception, artist remarks, and a poetry reading with light refreshments.

Write Like Us featuring author Edwidge Danticat: Tuesday, March 19 from 1 – 2 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center (PAC), Rapids Campus. Free and open to the public. The event will also be livestreamed as well. Click here to register for the livestream: https://minnstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BAyybKEMQ-WWwH7cSekntQ

Careers in Writing featuring Susan Richardson—Content writer and strategist on April
9 on Zoom from 5-6 p.m. hosted by the Anoka-Ramsey Creative Writing Club.

AFA Graduate Reading & Rapids Review Release Party: Tuesday, April 30 from 4:30 – 6 p.m. in the Riverview Room, Rapids Campus. This event is part of the Student Oscars, and it’s free and open to the public.