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  • #bsuenglish at the AWP Conference

    March 29, 2017 by Jacket Copy Creative

    The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) is an annual conference, held this year from February 8 through February 11 in Washington, D.C. Eleven #bsuenglish students had the honor of attending this year, led by #bsuenglish Professor Jill Christman. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs was held in the convention center located in downtown […]

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  • Professor Mike Donnelly Publishes Book (And More December/January Good News)

    February 1, 2017 by jacketcopy

    Prof. Mike Donnelly‘s book, Freedom of Speech and the Function of Rhetoric in the United States, was released on December 15. Prof. Jill Christman recently had two essays published: “The Alligator and the Baby” in TriQuarterly and “This Story” in Phoebe: A Journal of Literature & Art Since 1971. Prof. Christman is also chairing the conference committee for AWP this year […]

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  • Good News for April 2015

    May 13, 2015 by Cathy Day

    In the latest installment of the “Good News” series, the Ball State English department highlights the accomplishments of our faculty and students up through the month of April.  Yes, we’re a little late. Finals are tough! Faculty Drs. Frank Trechsel and Carolyn Mackay have each received a sizable fellowship which will allow them to do a […]

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  • Good News, January 2015

    February 2, 2015 by Cathy Day

    In the latest installment of the “Good News” series, the Ball State English department highlights the accomplishments of our faculty and students up through the month of January. All the Good News that’s fit to print! Mary Lou Vercellotti received a grant to work with Wollo University in Ethiopia. Full details are available in the […]

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  • Good News, September 2014

    September 30, 2014 by beccakathleen

    Tuesday = Good News In the latest installment of the “Good News” series, the Ball State English department highlights the accomplishments of our faculty and students up through the month of September. That’s right. We have so much good news that we’re sharing it once a month rather than once a semester. In fact, we […]

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  • Low-Res, High Motivation: an interview with Jill Christman (Part Two) By Cathy Day

    May 30, 2011 by bsuenglish

    Read part one of the interview. Just ten or fifteen years ago, there were hardly any low-res programs, but they’ve grown exponentially.  Not just low-residency programs. According to AWP’s statistics, in 1975, there were 24 undergraduate minors, 3 undergraduate majors, and 15 MFA programs nationally, now those numbers are 347, 157, and 184, respectively. It’s […]

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  • Low-Res, High Motivation: an interview with Jill Christman (Part One) By Cathy Day

    May 26, 2011 by bsuenglish

    Jill Christman’s memoir, Darkroom: A Family Exposure, which won the AWP Award Series in Creative Nonfiction and was published by the University of Georgia Press in 2002, will be reissued in paperback this fall. Recent essays appearing in River Teeth and Harpur Palate have been honored by Pushcart nominations and her writing has been published in […]

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