Michael Jackman (IUS)

At the English Club office, UC 001E

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Many students aren’t aware that as registered students at Indiana University Southeast you have a terrific perk - free tech. To unleash the writer within you, you need practice. But top-of-the-line software don’t hurt, neither. Here’s some of the software available to you at IUS, and how to get it.

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Imagine you’re going to pick up a friend in a few hours, but you’ve never been to her house. “I live at 2204 Market Street,” she says. “Got that?” You repeat the address. “Got it,” you say. Three hours later, you’re driving to pick her up. “Now was that Market or Main Street? Was it 2204 or 2402?” After trying all four addresses, you find her. You have had a failure of memory. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some useful links for buying books. When using them leave yourself time for shipping, and always check to make sure you are buying the correct edition.

• IUS bookstore: ius.bncollege.com/
  run by Barnes & Noble
• Amazon.com Includes used copies
• Half.com like-new to used books sold by owners
• Betterworld.com new and used books at excellent prices. A bookstore with a global mission. Offers free shipping (4-14 days)

IUS Students & New Voices contest winners Christie Baugher, Tina Leas, Jana Morgan, and Lori Richie are set to debut on the radio. Their Kentucky Homefront performances, recorded in front of a live audience last April 12, air on WFPK, 91.9 FM, Louisville, KY. Listen on the radio or listen in real time on your computer.

• July 16, 8 p.m.: Musical Guests Alan Rhody & Dan Gediman; New Voices performers Jana Morgan & Christie Baugher. Hosts John Gage and Col. Bob Thompson.
• August 13 , 8 p.m.: Musical Guests Alanna Fugate & Jeri Katherine Howell; New Voices performers Lori Richie & Tina Leas. Hosts John Gage and Col. Bob Thompson.

Here’s a shot of the New Voices winners at the Clifton Center Theatre before performing on Kentucky Homefront April 12, 2008. Host John Gage is on the upper left.

IUS New Voices Contest winners were Christie Baugher, Tina Leas, Jana Morgan, and Lori Richie.

(Photo courtesy Jana Morgan)

Save the date and buy your tickets. The four winners of the New Voices radio contest will have their radio debut April 12, during the live taping of Kentucky Homefront. The contest winners, Indiana University Southeast students Jana Morgan, Christie Baugher, Tina Leas and Lori Richie, are polishing their scripts and attending a performance workshop at IUS to get tips from me, IUS faculty Diane Reid, who specializes in oral interpretation, and most importantly, John Gage himself, host of Kentucky Homefront.

Kentucky Homefront is taped in front of a live audience at The Clifton Center theatre, 2117 Payne Street in Louisville, Ky. April 12 shows will feature Alan Rhody, Dan Gediman, Alana Fugate, and the New Voices storytellers/writers. So save the date: Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 7 p.m.). Admission: $12 per person. More info at Kentuckyhomefront.org.

The Indiana Review is holding its annual poetry prize contest and I hope you will consider submitting. The IR, published out of Bloomington, is a highly respected literary magazine and the judge is well-known poet Naomi Shihab Nye. Submission info below. Read the rest of this entry »