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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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  • Women in the Post-Apocalypse: An Interview with Kristen Simmons
    January 23, 2018 by

    This year’s Digital Literature Review focuses on the post-apocalyptic, including the ways gender is depicted in post-apocalyptic stories. Time and time again, women in post-apocalyptic narratives are forced back into patriarchal roles after catastrophic events. Young adult fiction writer Kristen Simmons deliberately writes stories that place young women in active, empowered roles. An award-winning author […]

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  • #MuncieNaNo: Writing Together
    December 12, 2017 by

    NaNoWriMo 2017 Results This year the English department hosted National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) events and encouraged writers in the Ball State and Muncie communities to write a rough draft of their novels. We called this the #MuncieNaNo Project. Sixty-five writers participated, which is an 200+% increase in participants from previous years! Ten participants “won,” […]

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  • Author Ira Sukrungruang to Visit Ball State
    November 8, 2017 by

    Author Ira Sukrungruang will be visiting Ball State University on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 8:00 p.m., Arts and Journalism Building (AJ) 225, and it is free and open to the public. Ira will be making two classroom visits to discuss his work in creative nonfiction and poetry. These visits are also free and open […]

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  • Winners announced at revamped PCM / UES conferences
    November 5, 2017 by

    The Practical Criticism Midwest (PCM) and Undergraduate English Studies (UES) Conferences, October 13, were attended by over 85 students, faculty, and guests. The graduate students have run PCM in the past, but this year, we added the undergraduate student conference to it, and also opened up the conference to participants outside BSU English. We welcomed […]

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  • This year you’re gonna do it!
    October 17, 2017 by

    50,000 words. One month. NaNoWriMo. Have you ever wanted to write a novel but weren’t sure how to get started? Have you ever been so overwhelmed by the thought of writing a novel that you don’t start? Do you have ideas floating around in your head, but you’re not sure how to piece them together? […]

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