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Edwardsville Poet and SIUE Professor Receives Major Writing Recognition

2 years 5 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Longtime Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) professor Allison Funk was named a Guggenheim Fellow last year, one of only five poets to receive that prestigious recognition in 2022. One year later and another fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council under her belt, Funk is reflecting on her career as a professor and poet as she gathers her poems into a new collection that connects grief, womanhood and nature. A self-described “old feminist,” Funk noted that this book feels especially poignant at this point in her career, which started at a time when very few women were published. “We look for models,” Funk said. “Obviously, all women are not alike, but there is some commonality in terms of our life experiences. That was especially important to me when I was young, to have my own sort of authorized in some way…We have to write out of our own bodies and our own experiences, to a large degree.” Funk studied

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Eric Church Puts on a Show — See His St. Louis Stop for Proof

2 years 5 months ago
It was a massive run over the last four nights at the venue that many of you still call Riverport with a Tears For Fears comeback, a tempest-shortened Post Malone show, a Snoop Dogg/Wiz Khalifa double bill that came with a surprise Nelly cameo and Saturday night’s sold-out Eric Church concert. It was a different look for Church and not just in the fact that he swapped his trademark aviator shades for sunglasses that looked more like post-cataract wear.
Steve Leftridge