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2021 is the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution and the 15th annual International Student Byron Conference! There is a call for papers that are due in January! Read more about the conference here: http://byronsociety.org/?p=768
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Professor Miles Harvey’s new book King of Confidence is coming out and there are free virtual events next week! Check them out at https://www.nationalwritersseries.org/2020-virtual-season/ and https://www.bookendsandbeginnings.com/event/literary-lunchbreak-author-miles-harvey-conversation-little-brown-editor-ben-george-launch-his
If you weren’t able to join us last Friday for the 11th Annual Spring English Conference, you can now find all of the recorded panels here on the conference website.
The London and Dublin: Travel, Heritage, and History program during December Intersession examines the heritage, public history and travel narratives of both cities. These two cities are irrevocably entwined historically, in material culture and in public memory. This continued connection can still be seen today in the difficulty of constructing BREXIT and the ongoing connections between the UK and Ireland. The deadline has been extended to June 15, 2020. Apply on the Study Abroad application portal here. HIST 269/398: Intro to Public History Name ENG 272/379: Travel Literature and the Construction of Meaning The two… Read Article →
TellUs, the multilingual and multicultural e-magazine from the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR), a program within the University Center for Writing-based Learning, is now LIVE. Find their first issue here.
Just TWO days until the 2020 Spring English Conference. Don’t miss out on thoughtful discussions on a variety of topics! To attend a specific panel, please RSVP at englishconference.dpu@gmail.com to access the Zoom link and password. _____________________________ SESSION 1 (1:00-1:45pm) Climate Writing: Maxwell Rowe-Sutton, Karen Rosen, Abby Vakulskas Exploring Place: Corinne Witt, Amelia Modes, Dan Carroll, Elizabeth Wayne SESSION 2 (2:00-2:45pm) Writing About Fear and Illness: Angie Raney, Cedar Sutter, Isabel Cartwright, Caley Koch Identity and Relationships: Caitlin Costello, Miakoda Frost, Tess Melvin, Juan Manuel Sandoval SESSION 3 (3:00-3:45pm) Beyond the Familiar: Caitlin Howland, Miriam Cortinovis, Averi Paulsen, Lucy Miller Redefining… Read Article →
Professor Miles Harvey will be discussing his new book, The King of Confidence, on June 3rd at 7 p.m. alongside authors Donovan Hohn and Eileen Pollack as part of the At Home with Literati Series with Literati Bookstore. Find more info about the At Home Literati series and the Zoom event here.
The Spokane Prize for Short Fiction is open for submissions. Send them your previously unpublished manuscript of at least three short stories and a minimum of 98 pages for a chance at publication and a $2000 prize. The deadline is June 15th, 2020. Each year the finalist is selected by a guest judge. Past judges have included Alexis Smith, Molly Giles, and Sharma Shields.Previous winners include Valerie Vogrin, Dariel Saurez, Jaclyn Watterson, and Glori Simmons. Willow Springs Books is a non-profit, student-run literary press based out of Eastern Washington University’s MFA in Creative Writing. Each year, they… Read Article →
The deadline to submit to the 11th annual Spring English conference has been extended to this Friday, May 15th! Find full guidelines here. Initially, the department intended to host the conference through a website featuring video panels that could be accessed any time. After further consideration and discussion with students, however, the English department has decided to shift to synchronous panels to be held on Friday, June 5, 1-5pm via Zoom. The sessions will be recorded and posted to the conference website so that individuals who aren’t able to attend can later access the content. This… Read Article →