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  • Blank Book and Artists’ Book Ephemera Sale!
    December 3, 2010 by

    A message from Prof. Rai Peterson: Take the opportunity to buy handmade items, including hand-stitched journals, from ENG 444 students, starting next Monday. On Monday, December 6 and 7, we will be selling items in the Atrium in the Arts and Journalism Building, and on Wednesday, December 8 (if we have anything left), we will […]

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  • The Annual Undergraduate Writers Gala is here!
    December 2, 2010 by

    Next Tuesday, December 7th, is the Annual Undergraduate Writers Gala. For those that have never been to it before, twenty students will present a piece of their own written work to a panel of judges made up of English Department faculty. Winners of first, second, and third place will be awarded prizes consisting of literary […]

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  • Student reading tonight!
    November 30, 2010 by

    There will be a student-organized poetry reading tonight at 9:30 at Be Here Now, in the village. Here’s the lineup, in no particular order: Kelly Stacy, Alex Dunning, Joe Cermak, Layne Ransom, and Elysia Smith. If you are under 21, there is a $1 cover charge at the door. This will most likely be the […]

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  • Student chapbook release reading tonight!
    November 17, 2010 by

    Tonight at Village Green Records (located in the Village at 519 North Martin Avenue), there will be a student-run poetry reading featuring undergraduate students Lindsey Laval, Tyler Gobble, and Jeremy Bauer, with introductions by Layne Ransom. The event is to celebrate the release of Jeremy Bauer’s chapbook of poems, The Jackalope Wars—made in conjunction with […]

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  • Reading tonight!
    November 9, 2010 by

    Tonight at 7:30, in Bracken Library room 104, there will be a reading from alumnus Matt Hart and Professor Michael Meyerhoffer. Both writers are noted poets, with two books of poetry published each, as well as numerous literary journal publications. Opening the reading will be guest student reader Ryan Rader, who was chosen from among a number […]

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  • Two readings tonight!
    October 26, 2010 by

    Tonight, Professor Mark Neely (also Director of Creative Writing) will be reading from his chapbook Four of a Kind in Bracken Library, room 104, at 7:30 p.m. Neely’s chapbook was named Winner of the 2009 Concrete Wolf Chapbook Competition.  The reading will be opened by guest student reader Jeremy Bauer, who was chosen from among a […]

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  • Guest Post: Professor Andrew Scott on The Writers’ Center of Indiana’s Annual Gathering of Writers
    October 21, 2010 by

    The Writers’ Center of Indiana, located in Indianapolis, was founded in 1979 with the mission “to nurture a writing community, to support established and emerging writers, to improve written and verbal communication, and to develop an audience for literature in Indiana.” One way WCI fulfills that mission is the annual Gathering of Writers, a day-long […]

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