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Month: March 2018

  • Sigma Tau Delta: Your Next Chapter
    March 29, 2018 by

    What is Sigma Tau Delta? Sigma Tau Delta is an international English honor society with over 900 active chapters in the US and abroad. The organization is open to all English majors and minors, including undergraduate and graduate students. Ball State started its chapter in the fall of 2017 with 15 members. Our chapter focuses […]

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  • In Print Author: Jan Shoemaker
    March 27, 2018 by

    This week, BSU’s creative writing program hosts its annual In Print Festival of First Books, a two-day event featuring a reading and panel discussion by writers who have just published their first books, as well as an editor from a small press or literary journal. Today we introduce the third of our featured writers for this […]

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  • In Print Editor: Kristen Elias Rowley
    March 25, 2018 by

    This week, the Ball State creative writing program will host its annual In Print Festival of First Books, a two-day event featuring a reading and panel discussion by writers who have just published their first books, as well as an editor from a small press or literary journal. In anticipation of this event, we have […]

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  • In Print Author: Carolina Ebeid
    March 22, 2018 by

    Next week, the Ball State creative writing program will host its annual In Print Festival of First Books, a two-day event featuring a reading and panel discussion by writers who have just published their first books, as well as an editor from a small press or literary journal. In anticipation of this event, we have […]

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  • In Print Author: Nick White
    March 20, 2018 by

    At the end of this month, the Ball State creative writing program will host its annual In Print Festival of First Books, a two-day event featuring a reading and panel discussion by writers who have just published their first books, as well as an editor from a small press or literary journal. In anticipation of this […]

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  • Black Panther: Professors’ Cut
    March 18, 2018 by

    Prof. Emily Rutter teaches African American literature and Prof. Pat Collier teaches film studies in the English Department. We brought them together for a conversation about Black Panther, which, just over a month after its debut, is the seventh highest-grossing film in U.S. history. PC: Hi, Emily! Before we talk about the film itself, I’d like […]

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  • Welcome Prof. Garcia
    March 1, 2018 by

    Guilherme D. Garcia began teaching linguistics at BSU in January. A native of Brazil, Prof. Garcia has a PhD from McGill University in Montreal. He specializes in Phonology and Phonetics, both of which focus on the speech sounds that make up languages. Among other things, his research focuses on how speakers learn pronunciation patterns and how […]

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