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The truth about life in grad school

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Michael Jackman

Written for Grad School Panel – April 2, 2010, Hoosier West, Indiana Univ. Southeast
These rough remarks [now touched up some] are specifically composed for students who are interested in a career in teaching and scholarship in English Literature, Creative Writing, or Composition and Rhetoric, though other people will find them useful as well. I also [...]

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New Madrid seeks creative writing

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Michael Jackman

[ March 15, 2010; ] Summer 2010 Issue
Submission dates: January 15 through March 15, 2010

We’re seeking well-crafted, compelling writing in a range of genres, forms and styles for the Summer 2010 issue. The subject matter is open.

For information on how and when to submit your work, see Submissions.

New Madrid is the national journal of the low-residency MFA program at Murray [...]

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April is
National Poetry Month

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Michael Jackman

April is the cruelest month, T.S. Eliot wrote, breeding/ Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing/ Memory and desire, stirring/ Dull roots with spring rain. In Kentuckiana/Indiucky it’s a complex month, when winter’s chill concedes to spring’s warmth, and spring’s warmth agrees to a little more snow, and sudden storms breed tornado sirens.
April begins the [...]

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Sample Syllabus – ENG W301/401
Fiction Writing/Advanced Fiction Writing

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Michael Jackman

NOTE: THIS IS A SAMPLE SYLLABUS
ENG W301/401
Fiction Writing/Advanced Fiction Writing
Combined Section C9878– Spring 2009

Meets: M/W 1:15 – 2:30 p.m. Crestview (CV) 209
Instructor: Mr. Michael Jackman
E-mail: Use Oncourse Messages (mijackma@ius.edu if Oncourse unavailable)
Office: KV 200V (2nd Floor)
Office Phone: (812) 941-2397
Office Hours: TBA & by appointment
Mailbox: KV 110
Texts:

Burroway, Janet and Elizabeth Stuckey-French. Writing Fiction: A [...]

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