Heart River Writers' Circle

Heart River Writers' Circle Heart Rivers Writers' Circle brings authors and literary events to Dickinson State University and the surrounding public.

Since 2000 Heart River Writers' Circle has been bringing to Dickinson State University authors of national and regional interest, including M. Scott Momaday, Tim O’Brien, Terry Tempest Williams, Charles Johnson, Robert Bly, William Least Heat Moon, and Debra Marquart.

Hello DSU and Dickinson Community,On behalf of Dr. Forrest Roth, Forrest Roth, Assistant Professor of English at DSU, we...
04/13/2026

Hello DSU and Dickinson Community,

On behalf of Dr. Forrest Roth, Forrest Roth, Assistant Professor of English at DSU, we would like to invite you to an author reading!

This evening, Monday, April 13, the School of Education will be welcoming poet Sean Hill from Montana as part of our Heart River Writers’ Circle Reading Series.

Sean Hill is the author of Dangerous Goods and Blood Ties & Brown Liquor, and most recently the multi-genre collection, The Negroes Send Their Love. His poems have appeared in Callaloo, Harvard Review, The Oxford American, Poetry, Tin House, and numerous other journals. He is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Montana and has served as the director of the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference at Bemidji State University since 2012. He has also received numerous awards, including fellowships from the Cave Canem Foundation, Stanford University, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The event will start at 6:00 pm at the Beck Auditorium in Klinefelter Hall and is open to the public, free of charge. Q&A will follow the reading, and Sean will have books to sell and sign afterwards.

For more information about our visiting writer, please visit: www.seanhillpoetry.com. And for any inquiries regarding this event, please email [email protected]

Coming soon!
03/22/2017

Coming soon!

Apr 25, 2017 - Beck Auditorium, Klinefelter Hall, DSU Campus - Join DSU’s Heart River Writers’ Circle for a scrumptious evening as Margaret Barnhart reads from her new memoir, Home for Supper: Memories and Rec...

Introduction by English (creative writing) major Salena Loveland; Rick Watson plays folk songs and reads poems
10/22/2016

Introduction by English (creative writing) major Salena Loveland; Rick Watson plays folk songs and reads poems

Our friends up north, Dunn County Writers, are putting on a spectacular event the weekend before Fracture comes to town....
02/24/2016

Our friends up north, Dunn County Writers, are putting on a spectacular event the weekend before Fracture comes to town. CRAIG LESLEY, an award winning author of contemporary western literature, will be reading from his work Saturday, March 5, after an opening set by JESSIE VEEDER. The next day he will present an affordable writing workshop.

Heart River Writers' Circle is co-sponsoring a FREE shuttle from Dickinson up to the event in Killdeer and back. Join the fun! Details below:

AN EVENING OF WESTERN WORDS & SONG
Saturday, March 5 • 5:30 – 8 p.m.
High Plains Cultural Center, 470 5th St SW, Killdeer ND

Hors D’oeuvres Buffet with Wine & Punch

~*~ Free and open to the public! Books & CDs for sale! ~*~

WESTERN WORDSMITHING: A GENERATIVE WORKSHOP
Sunday, March 6 • 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
High Plains Cultural Center, Killdeer

20 seats available, breakfast & lunch included, $10 registration: bit.ly/1SSsSYC
Or CONTACT: DCW Dir. Jennifer Strange 541.944.4131, [email protected]


~*~ EVENTS FUNDED IN PART BY THE NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL ~*~

CO-SPONSORS: BECKY’S BAKERY, DUNN CO HERALD, COBBLESTONE HOTEL, FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK,
HARLOW’S SCHOOL BUS SERVICE, HEART RIVER WRITER’S CIRCLE, HIGH PLAINS CULTURAL CENTER
SUPPORTERS: DICKINSON PUBLIC LIBRARY, DUNN CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, KMM, KILLDEER PHARMACY, NANA LIL’S, QUALITY QUICK PRINT, THE DICKINSON BUZZ, WOOD GROUP PSN/MITCHELL’S OILFIELD SERVICES

Some photos from the thoroughly enjoyable Rodney Nelson event! Thanks, Annika Plummer, for these.
02/22/2016

Some photos from the thoroughly enjoyable Rodney Nelson event! Thanks, Annika Plummer, for these.

Scott Olsen's presentations at DSU as part of our 2015-16 programming. Photographs by Cassidy Rhoades.
11/21/2015

Scott Olsen's presentations at DSU as part of our 2015-16 programming. Photographs by Cassidy Rhoades.

09/21/2015

Attention: Community Literary Event on October 10 at the Dickinson Area Public Library.

Open House
Reading and Book Signing Event
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Hear Diane Buckman, of Belfield, reading from her book, “Keep Those Ruby Shoes On," and talk with the author.
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Saturday, October 10, 2015
1:30-4:30PM
Dickinson Public Library
139 3rd Street West
Dickinson, ND
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For more information contact Diane Buckman at 701-260-8751

This weekend, don't miss Pam Houston's reading in Killdeer! Opening Americana music will be performed by singer-songwrit...
09/16/2015

This weekend, don't miss Pam Houston's reading in Killdeer! Opening Americana music will be performed by singer-songwriter Clayton Severson.

A FREE SHUTTLE will be provided by Heart River Writers' Circle between Dickinson and Killdeer (35 miles north). See details below.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Dunn County Writers Presents:
SONGS & STORIES OF THE AMERICAN WEST WITH PAM HOUSTON
pamhouston.wordpress.com

OPENING SET BY THE SINGING COWBOY, CLAYTON SEVERSON www.claytonseverson.com/

6:30 - 9:00 PM
High Plains Cultural Center, Killdeer

Hors D'Oeuvres, Wine & Punch

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

5:00 PM Shuttle Pick-Up at Dickinson Area Public Library
139 3rd St W,
Returns to library after program--no reservations needed

Harlow's Shuttle sponsored by DSU's Heart River Writers' Circle, in conjunction with the Dickinson Public Library and Dunn County Writers.

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Dickinson, ND
58601

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