It’s been a few months since we’ve been active, since the launch of the 2009 edition of Long River Review (available at the UConn Co-op, hint, it makes a great birthday present). Despite our well-rested absence (and the 3,687 spam comments that must be purged), we are now back with plenty of events to busy all readers and writers alike. Check out our calendar at creativewriting.uconn.edu. Tonight at 7 p.m. at the CLAS Stern Lounge, we will be starting up the brand-new, reinvented Long River Reading Series, reborn as Long River Live!, a multi-genre fiesta of performances. This Thursday at 6 p.m., at the UConn Co-op, we will be graced with Heidi Pitlor as part of our Writers Who Edit, Editors Who Write program. More details at the aforementioned UConn Creative Writing site for both events.

We’ll be making a few changes to the site over the next couple of weeks. But I will say this now, “ATTENTION: If you are a student, professor, or have some affiliation with UConn, we want to see your words here. The Creative Writing community needs your voice! Submit articles, blog entries about CW events, anything writing related, send to daniel.gregory@uconn.edu!”

Our first event was a reading by UConn regular Doug Anderson on September 15, from his new memoir, Keep Your Head Down. He shocked, he awed, and we’ve got the video to prove it!