The English Majors' Weblog http://english.blog.wku.edu Always connect. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Freeman Indonesia Internship in Indonesia http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/16/freeman-indonesia-internship-in-indonesia/ http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/16/freeman-indonesia-internship-in-indonesia/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:33:20 +0000 terry.elliott http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/16/freeman-indonesia-internship-in-indonesia/ Indonesia on a Fulbright. Sweet!


Freeman Indonesia Internship in Indonesia:

9 week internship in Indonesia, all expenses paid, including
language/culture study and internship in the non-profit sector. This is
administered by the Institute of International Education (the Fulbright
folks).

Applicants must be sophomores or juniors in good academic standing.
Interested students can contact Jeanne Sokolowski
(jeanne.sokolowski@wku.edu) at the Office of Scholar Development for
assistance in the application process. Education is one of the
highlighted fields, so English and Allied Language Arts majors are
encouraged to apply.

The deadline is February 15th, 2010.

Best,

Jeanne

]]> http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/16/freeman-indonesia-internship-in-indonesia/feed/ Advanced Writing Workshop 475/475G http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/03/advanced-writing-workshop-475475g/ http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/03/advanced-writing-workshop-475475g/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:47:30 +0000 terry.elliott http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/03/advanced-writing-workshop-475475g/

From: “David J Bell” <david.j.bell@wku.edu>

Subject: New Creative Writing Course for Spring 2010

For the first time, the English Department is offering an advanced writing workshop devoted entirely to the study of fiction writing. ENG 475/475G which meets on Tuesday nights from 5-7:45 is open to graduate students as well as undergraduates who have taken ENG 303. Please see the attached flyer for more details or contact Dr. David Bell. Register now. It’s exciting and life-changing.

]]> http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/03/advanced-writing-workshop-475475g/feed/ David Bell (WKUCreativeWrit) on Twitter http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/03/david-bell-wkucreativewrit-on-twitter/ http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/03/david-bell-wkucreativewrit-on-twitter/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:28:13 +0000 terry.elliott http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/03/david-bell-wkucreativewrit-on-twitter/ David Bell has started a twitter account for WKU Creative Writing.  The latest tweet (please keep them coming, David) remarks that November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).  Good work starting this up, David.  If you want to read something of David’s check out his web page.

WKU Creative Writing Twitter

]]> http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/11/03/david-bell-wkucreativewrit-on-twitter/feed/ Brett Ralph Reads at Faculty House http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/10/29/brett-ralph-reads-at-faculty-house/ http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/10/29/brett-ralph-reads-at-faculty-house/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:54:50 +0000 terry.elliott http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/10/29/brett-ralph-reads-at-faculty-house/ Monday, Nov. 2 @ 4 p.m. (Faculty House):

This event and co-sponsored by the Philosophy/ Religous Studeis and University College.

Brett Ralph suggests three generative sources for Black Sabbatical, his debut collection of poetry and a 2007 selection for the Linda Bruheimer Series in Kentucky Literature: growing up Southern working class in the 1970s and 80s, playing in punk rock bands, and practicing Tibetan Buddhism. Unsurprisingly, one review finds Black Sabbatical singing with “gutbucket colloquialisms, hallucinatory interludes, and the storytelling tradition of Kentucky.” When not teaching at Hopkinsville Community College, his country rock ensemble, Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue, plays seedy dives throughout the South.

Links below will take you to videos. The first highlights a reading at Murray State and the other is his eponymous band playing at Air Devils’ Inn in Louisville. Gutbucket indeed!

Brett Ralph

Brett Eugene Ralph\'s Chrome Review

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  • A Writing Revolution § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

    • "Nearly everyone reads. Soon, nearly everyone will publish. Before 1455, books were handwritten, and it took a scribe a year to produce a Bible. Today, it takes only a minute to send a tweet or update a blog. Rates of authorship are increasing by historic orders of magnitude. Nearly universal authorship, like universal literacy before it, stands to reshape society by hastening the flow of information and making individuals more influential."

    • ]]>     http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/10/22/a-writing-revolution-%c2%a7-seedmagazinecom/feed/     How NaNoWriMo Works (in Ten Easy Steps) | National Novel Writing Month http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/10/03/how-nanowrimo-works-in-ten-easy-steps-national-novel-writing-month/ http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/10/03/how-nanowrimo-works-in-ten-easy-steps-national-novel-writing-month/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:26:26 +0000 terry.elliott http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/10/03/how-nanowrimo-works-in-ten-easy-steps-national-novel-writing-month/

  • How NaNoWriMo Works (in Ten Easy Steps) | National Novel Writing Month

    • Give it a try and see if you can generate some text gravitas. 

    ]]>     http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/10/03/how-nanowrimo-works-in-ten-easy-steps-national-novel-writing-month/feed/     ‘Punctuation hero’ Branded a Vandal http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/08/25/%e2%80%98punctuation-hero%e2%80%99-branded-a-vandal/ http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/08/25/%e2%80%98punctuation-hero%e2%80%99-branded-a-vandal/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:27:19 +0000 terry.elliott http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/08/25/%e2%80%98punctuation-hero%e2%80%99-branded-a-vandal/ Grammar Woman, anyone. Linguistic Boy? Read the further adventures of MechanicsMan, the punctuation hero.

    http://joannejacobs.com/2009/08/24/punctuation-hero-branded-a-vandal

    ]]>     http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/08/25/%e2%80%98punctuation-hero%e2%80%99-branded-a-vandal/feed/     Zephyrus Award Winners http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/05/04/zephyrus-award-winners/ http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/05/04/zephyrus-award-winners/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 00:04:52 +0000 terry.elliott http://blog.wku.edu/english/?p=161 Dear All…
    Faculty Advisor David LeNoir and his student editors (Lacey Blankenship, Ben Brooks,
    Andrew Burchett, Joanna Busse, Brandon Colvin, Lesley Doyle, Morgan Eklund, Heather Funk,
    Ryan Hunton, Jennifer Kiefer, Jessie Magee, Abigale Piper, Eileen Ryan) wish to announce
    that your 2009 ZEPHYRUS is here! To the English Office post haste for ye free copy.

    And the Zephyrus award winners this year:

    JIM WAYNE MILLER POETRY AWARD: Brent Fisk for “Blue Smoke”

    BROWNING LITERARY CLUB POETRY AWARD: Brittany Szabo for “This is not an apology”

    LADIES LITERARY CLUB FICTION AWARD: Chad Emerson for “My Doppelganger”

    WANDA GATLIN ESSAY AWARD: Kimberly Reynolds for “Medical Record”

    ZEPHYRUS ART AWARD: Shelly Bender for “Dandelions”

    ]]>     http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/05/04/zephyrus-award-winners/feed/     BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The words in the mental cupboard http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/05/03/bbc-news-uk-magazine-the-words-in-the-mental-cupboard/ http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/05/03/bbc-news-uk-magazine-the-words-in-the-mental-cupboard/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 11:36:41 +0000 terry.elliott http://blog.wku.edu/english/?p=160

  • BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The words in the mental cupboard

    tags: words, vocabulary

    • US company Global Language Monitor (GLM) believes that the one millionth word will be added to the English language in mid-June.


      NEW WORDS/PHRASES
      Airline pulp - airline food
      Cutties - formal Indian term for ladies’ underwear
      Noob - neophyte in computer gaming
      Truthiness - having the ring of truth though false

      Source: Global Language Monitor

      While there is agreement that a word becomes a word when it is used by one person and understood by another, grammarians and lexicographers stand divided when deciding which to include when calculating a total.

      Obamamania, bankster and bloggerati are just some of the "brand new words" GLM has been tracking.

    • ]]>     http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/05/03/bbc-news-uk-magazine-the-words-in-the-mental-cupboard/feed/     Fullbright Scholarships http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/04/10/fullbright-scholarships/ http://english.blog.wku.edu/2009/04/10/fullbright-scholarships/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:03:58 +0000 terry.elliott http://blog.wku.edu/english/?p=158 Are you passionate, curious and self-motivated?  Interested in
    traveling and living abroad? Not sure what path you want to take after
    graduation? A Fulbright Program may be right for you!

    Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program aims to increase mutual
    understanding between the peoples of the United States and other
    countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills.

    Fulbright offers opportunities for US students to travel overseas: to
    study, do research on a self-designed project, or teach English. Grants
    are available to over 130 countries. Creative/performing arts projects
    are welcome.

    Applicants must be US citizens in good health and hold a BA/BS by the
    time the grant period begins (for this cycle, that would be Fall 2010).
    Language requirements vary by country.

    WKU students have been successful in receiving Fulbrights in the past
    few years, including English/German major Brooke Shafar, who is
    currently teaching in Germany.

    To learn how you can apply, attend the Fulbright Information Session:

    Wed., April 15, 2009
    DUC 308
    3:00-4:30

    For more information, contact WKU’s Fulbright Application Coordinator,
    Jeanne Sokolowski, at jeanne.sokolowski@wku.edu

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