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  • Jared Sexton’s Interview With Andrew Scott, Part 2
    July 11, 2011 by

    Congratulations to Andrew Scott, assistant professor of English, on the publication of his first book, Naked Summer (Press 53, 2011.).   In order to mark the occassion, we asked another English department faculty member, Jared Sexton, to interview Andrew about his first full-length book and his life as a writer, editor and teacher.  Below is the second installment of the interview.  You can find […]

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  • Jared Sexton’s Interview with Andrew Scott About His Recently Published Book! (Part 1)
    July 6, 2011 by

    Congratulations to Andrew Scott, assistant professor of English, on the publication of his first book, Naked Summer (Press 53, 2011.).   In order to mark the occassion, we asked another English department faculty member, Jared Sexton, to interview Andrew about his first full-length book and his life as a writer, editor and teacher.  Below is the first installment. 1. You’re a son of […]

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  • Department of English Awards Ceremony Winners 2011
    June 6, 2011 by

    Last month the English Department honored undergraduate and graduate students at the annual Awards Ceremony with over $13,000 in scholarships/awards.  See the list of recipients below. Leslie & Patrick Ballard Scholarship Kaitlyn Thompson Elizabeth Martin Scholarship Jeremy Carnes            Collette Herald Meredith Sims            Michele Weldy Dr. […]

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  • Start of the As-Yet Unnamed Literature Group
    February 21, 2011 by

    Believe it or not, there actually are some people out there who really (and I mean really) enjoy tearing texts apart (figuratively, mind you) and just figuring out all the mechanical stuff. They are known as English majors. More specifically, English majors of the literary persuasion. We’ve managed to somehow assemble a group of these […]

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  • Introducing our Good News series!
    December 17, 2010 by

    This post will be the first in our Good News series, which will highlight our faculty and graduate students’ accomplishments. Without further ado, here’s what our Ball State University English professors and students are doing: Cathy Day attended the Indiana Historical Society’s Holiday Author Fair on December 4th, the largest book-signing gathering for Indiana-related material, featuring 75 Hoosier […]

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  • Student Profile: Nathan Myers
    December 6, 2010 by

    (*A note from the Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Jill Christman:  Ph.D. Literature student, Nathan Myers, has worked for the Department in the past composing student profiles for our website, so when I wanted a profile on him I asked him to write his own.  Knowing Nathan’s background in fiction writing, I also invited him […]

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