October 15, 2008

BCU Writing Professor Publishes Article, Performs
at Jazz, Poetry Event

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University’s Phil Hey, M.F.A., professor of English, recently had an article published in Poem, Revised: 54 Poems, Revisions, Discussions, published by Marion Street Press.  

Hey’s article, entitled “Wrestling with a Villanelle,” deals with the writing of his poem “An Apology,” which appears in his book How It Seems to Me: New and Selected Poems, published in 2004 by MWPH Books.

Poem, Revised: 54 Poems, Revisions, Discussions is a collection of 54 poems, including their revisions. The collection is sourcebook for those interested in the poetry writing process.

At 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, Hey will be the featured author and musician at “Harvest Jazz & Poetry Evening” at the Ponca Carnegie Library in Ponca, Neb.

He teaches creative writing, organizational communication, freshman composition and a composition seminar at Briar Cliff University.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 24 states and four countries. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.