1.0Ball State English Departmenthttps://blogs.bsu.edu/englishnekusshttps://blogs.bsu.edu/english/blog/author/nekuss/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="51Mufodlfg"><a href="https://blogs.bsu.edu/english/blog/2018/11/13/stars-to-steer-by-jerome-megna/">Cardinal Directions: Jerome Megna</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.bsu.edu/english/blog/2018/11/13/stars-to-steer-by-jerome-megna/embed/#?secret=51Mufodlfg" width="600" height="338" title="“Cardinal Directions: Jerome Megna” — Ball State English Department" data-secret="51Mufodlfg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.bsu.edu/english/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://assets.blogs.bsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/11/16152528/Cardinal-Directions-2.png1640924Jerome Megna received his B.A. in English and Philosophy from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, and his M.A. in Linguistics and English and American Literature from New York University. In 1969, he was offered a doctoral fellowship in English here at Ball State University.