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  • Levi Todd on Interning at The Poetry Center of Chicago
    September 6, 2016 by

    Ball State student Levi Todd recounts the incredible opportunities he had interning at The Poetry Center of Chicago. Levi worked at The Poetry Center, an office located in downtown Chicago, where he served as Social Media and Programming Intern for this organization.  Like any college student, I’ve gotten pretty familiar with my career elevator speech that I […]

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  • Emily Mack on Interning at the Indiana Writers Center
    September 1, 2016 by

    Ball State University junior education major Emily Mack describes her phenomenal summer internship through the Indiana Writers Center where she worked with children to help them sharpen their writing skills. This summer I had the opportunity to intern for the Indiana Writers Center, helping to teach creative writing to 3 different groups:  a pack of […]

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  • Advice for Graduating Seniors
    April 29, 2016 by

    In just one short week we’ll be saying goodbye to our graduating seniors, though we hope they’ll come back to visit. In the latest installment of our Department Dialogue series, our faculty offers them advice on starting this new chapter of their lives, and our #bsuenglish seniors share their plans for the future. Mai Kuha, Linguistics: Make friends. It’s […]

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  • Looking Back on In Print XI
    April 22, 2016 by

    As many of you know, this year we celebrated our eleventh In Print: Festival of First Books, and we are proud to say we had one of our best turnouts yet! On March 22, after an introduction by professor Sean Lovelace, writers Gabriel Urza, Sarah Einstein, and Sarah Blake gave a reading from their recently published […]

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  • In Print XI
    February 26, 2016 by

    The In Print Festival of First Books is a two-day event bringing writers who have just published their first books to campus, as well as an editor from a small press or literary journal, to give readings, talk about their experiences getting published, and work with our students. The Spring 2016 festival will be held […]

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  • Why Teach Race?
    February 23, 2016 by

    We’ve launched a new series that we’ve titled “Department Dialogue.” This series offers our professors a platform they can use to discuss English-related topics that are of interest to both faculty and students alike. We continue the series with responses to the question: what is the place of race and racial issues in English Studies? […]

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  • What Does Creative Writing Mean to You?
    February 16, 2016 by

    We’ve launched a new series that we’ve titled “Department Dialogue.” This series offers our professors a platform that they can use to discuss English-related topics that are of interest to both faculty and students alike. We continue the series with responses from the Creative Writing faculty, who have all answered the same question: what does […]

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