UNO Writer's Workshop Records

UNO Writer's Workshop Publications includes complete runs of Smackwarm, The Nebraska Review, Annex 21, Orion, and The Periodical of Art in Nebraska, all serial titles published by the Writer's Workshop at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (early on known as the UNO-Community Writer's Workshop). Smackwarm (vol. 1, no. 1, 1973-vol. 12, no. 2, 1984) and its successor The Nebraska Review (vol. 13, no. 1, Winter 1984-vol. 31, no. 1, Winter 2003) featured fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Although The Nebraska Review was a nationally recognized magazine, it was terminated in 2003 due to budget cuts at UNO. Annex 21 (no. 1, 1978-no. 4, 1982) featured poetry. Orion (vol. 1, no. 1, Fall 1980-vol. 1, no. 3, 1981) featured science fiction short stories and art. The Periodical of Art in Nebraska (P-A-N) (1974-1977) featured poetry, fiction, criticism, and interviews relating to the arts in Nebraska.

The collection also includes audio and video recordings of Writer's Workshop events and readings. Approximately 210 audio cassettes covering a period from 1972 through 2003 include both student readings of their poetry and fiction and guest authors' lectures and readings. The recordings include such notable authors as William Kloefkorn, Ted Kooser, Tobias Wolff, Adrienne Rich, and many others. The audio/visual portion of the collection also includes some VHS and U-Matic video cassette tapes and reel-to-reel audio tapes that have not yet been evaluated.

The collection also includes a series of Writer's Workshop posters. These include of a small selection of event publicity posters, the majority of which are screen-printed onto heavy cardstock. Some of these included other artwork, book covers, or clippings pasted on, some of which have since fallen off. The collection also includes 11 different 28" x 11" posters in a series entitled "Poetry in Motion," each of which is screen printed on heavy white cardstock with black text and an accent color for the series title and accompanying illustration. This "Poetry in Motion" series was displayed in the Metro Area Transit buses in Omaha, Nebraska, throughout the year 1984, featuring poets William Kloefkorn, the Nebraska State Poet; Susan Strayer Deal of Davenport, Iowa; Anita Norman of Kearney, Nebraska; Yvonne Brooks Grant of Omaha, Nebraska; Roy Scheele of Lincoln, Nebraska; Judith Bieker of Omaha, Nebraska; David Wyatt of Eugene, Oregon; William Trowbridge of Maryville, Missouri; Mark Metcalf of Monroe, Nebraska; Don Welch of Kearney, Nebraska; and J.V. Brummels of Wayne, Nebraska. In addition to the UNO Writer's Workshop, the "Poetry in Motion" project was sponsored by Metro Area Transit, the Metropolitan Arts Council, All Makes Office Equipment Co., the Nebraska Arts Council, UNO's College of Fine Arts, and Imperial Transit Co. For more information on the "Poetry in Motion" project, see: "'Poetry in Motion' to Brighten Up Buses. (1983, December 30). Omaha World-Herald.