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  • An Interview with Joy Priest
    March 18, 2021 by

    Joy Priest is the author of HORSEPOWER (Pitt Poetry Series, 2020), winner of the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. She is the recipient of the 2020 Stanley Kunitz Prize, and her poems have appeared in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, APR, The Atlantic, and Poetry Northwest, among others. Her essays have appeared in The Bitter Southerner, Poets & Writers, […]

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  • The 2020 English Awards Ceremony
    April 24, 2020 by

    Every spring, we gather and distribute awards and scholarships. This year, we’ll continue that tradition—online! Join us on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages on Friday, April 24th from 4:00pm – 5:00pm as we hold our Online English Awards Ceremony. Towards the end of the event, we’ll be announcing the winner of the Outstanding Graduating […]

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  • You Should Join Writers’ Community!
    October 18, 2018 by

    By: Rachael Carmichael  Come to Ball State University’s Writers’ Community and share your work with others in an encouraging environment. It’s a close-knit club, and the vibe is always positive. A unique experience  The Writers’ Community shares various forms and genres, from poetry and parts of novels, to song lyrics and short stories. Writers are […]

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  • A Flash Non-Fiction about Creative Writing
    April 19, 2018 by

    Creative Writing major Cecelia Westbrook describes how she found the right form. When I declared my Creative Writing major in the fall of 2014, I considered myself a poet and nothing but a poet. As an incoming freshman, I didn’t have much experience under my pencil. I had taken one creative writing class in high school, […]

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