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Analytical Papers in the Community Page and Stage: Alum Creates Opportunities | Announcements Faculty/Staff Notes | Student/Alum Notes   Related Links Calendars & Schedules Campus Map Centers for Excellence Faculty Publications Graduate Bulletin (.pdf) Third Novel for Alum Gale Martin Graduate Bulletin Online Graduate Student Handbook Library   Office of the Registrar Online Learning In Gale Martin’s newest novel, Who Killed Professional Pharmacy ‘Tom Jones’?, receptionist Ellie Overton is Application gaga for the pop singer Tom Jones. She School of Nursing - Graduate meets a handsome impersonator at a Tom Program Student Handbook Jones Festival but when he’s accused of Schools, Departments, killing the competition, Ellie’s not quite sure Divisions n n �he’s the one for her. Enter M.A. alum Gale Martin and her romantic, comedic, and curious personality.   “When I was in college, my closest childhood friend married an Elvis impersonator—when white-fringed-jumpsuit Elvis wannabes were popular,” Gale says. “I saw how women behaved around these impersonators and wondered what my friend’s married life must have been like. This notion stayed with me, for decades longer than my friend’s marriage lasted, until I was searching my soul for a hook for a NaNoWriMo book in 2008, and this idea popped into my head.” Tom Jones is Gale’s third novel. Since graduating from Wilkes, the author has steadily worked on one project after another, kept up her blogging and social media efforts, and tried to be as active in the community as possible. “Life after Wilkes is as challenging as I thought it might be,” Gale says. “At first I missed the Wilkes CW Program terribly— the interaction with other writers and faculty—but found ways to ameliorate my separation anxieties.” Gale has participated in a number of reading events and also started a writing workshop to continue the exchange of constructive feedback. Many of the participants are fellow Wilkes members. “In fact, this group, which now includes Nancy McKinley and Donna Talarico-Beerman,” Gale says, “were so helpful with my finishing and polishing Who Killed ‘Tom Jones’? that I dedicated the novel to them.” What’s next for Gale Martin? She says, “you’re only as good as your last novel,” so she’s already at work on her next manuscript.     M.F.A. Analytical Papers in the Community As part of the M.F.A. program, students a 6-credit course in literary analysis. The culmination of this term is an analytical �paper of publishable quality. Yet some graduates are taking their thesis topics off the page and into the community. M.F.A. alum Erin Miele built a course based on her topic for Misericordia University. “As someone who both paints and writes,” Erin says, “I chose to explore affinities between visual art and literature in my M.F.A. thesis, Painted Words. Under the excellent Nancy McKinley’s mentorship, I devised a syllabus for a college course on the theme, with a plan to include a range of writers and visual artists.” Some of the writers Erin included are Yeats, Walcott, Sexton, Italo Calvino, and Flannery O’Connor. The painters ranged from Van Eyck to Anselm Kiefer. “The primacy of the visual image in writing was emphasized, as was ‘reading’ a painting,” Erin says. “We also took a look at a variety of ekphrastic works.” Erin is teaching two sections of the course this spring. Alum Jeff Minton’s analytical paper included a discussion about music and writing and, specifically, about “scoring a narrative in a similar way as orchestral music is scored.” Together with alum Joseph Schwartzburt, faculty member Nancy McKinley, and one of Joe’s colleagues from Savannah, Zach Powers, the team will present a panel based on this topic at the upcoming AWP Conference in Seattle. “For those of us who double as musicians and writers,” Jeff says, “I feel we have a composer’s toolkit that transfers over to writing. I wanted to make that accessible to non-musicians.” The panel, Orchestration for Writers 101, will be presented on Saturday, March 1 at 9 a.m. “The panel itself focuses on applying musical ideas to better construct a narrative for both writers and teachers,” Jeff says. “We’ll perform, discuss, demonstrate, chat with the audience, laugh a little, have a good time, and ultimately explore these ideas in ways I hope the attendees can bring back home.” Nancy McKinley will add pedagogical perspective to the panel. “Writers and teachers of creative writing often listen to music as a warm-up, a springboard for bringing words to the page,” she says. “Jeff’s approach is the next logical step: using the analytic mode of musically scoring words on the page so that writers can see the progression of a piece. In the process, writers and teachers gain insight for heightening passages whereby the words and their placement enliven the musicality, in essence, the rhythm and soul of a piece.” �    Page and Stage: Alum Creates Opportunities When Monique Antonette Lewis was in the education internship term of her M.F.A., she encouraged her students to read their creative works in front of an audience. The venue she secured for her students’ reading was the notable KGB Bar in New York City. Since developing a rapport with the KGB management and demonstrating her ability to fill a room, Monique has successfully been running a monthly reading series. At The Inkwell is a two-part success story for this M.F.A. alum. Monique simultaneously runs the reading series—featuring indie locals and notable authors such as Wilkes’ own Beverly Donofrio and Kaylie Jones —alongside a website, attheinkwell.com, that features book reviews and interviews with up and coming writers. “I started At The Inkwell because I missed writing stories that helped people,” Monique says. “I’m a financial news journalist in NYC and before that I used to cover education and local government for newspapers. I loved that my stories sparked a change in people and the community I lived in, and the positive feedback that I received for the stories. I wanted to feel that passion again.” Monique’s goal with At The Inkwell is to serve both the local arts community and her own creative ambitions. “I love creative writing and hope to transition into it full-time one day, so I thought I could interview authors about their books, write book reviews, and host readings.”   Announcements   River & South Review , our new student-run literary journal, has launched its second issue. The editorial team is derived of current students in the M.A. and M.F.A. Wilkes writing programs. Each issue features poetry, fiction, and nonfiction—as selected by student editors— �and special theme issues will include additional genres. The journal website is hosted at http://riverandsouth.blogspot.com. New Program Tracks and Updates: Ever thought you wanted to start your own press, e-zine, or literary journal? Thanks to the initiative of Akashic Books editor Johnny Temple and Etruscan’s founding editor Phil Brady, alums and current students now have the option of pursuing a Master of Arts in Publishing! Wilkes alums need only take only an additional 18 credits to earn the M.A. in publishing. Have you found the world of documentary film fascinating? We have also added a Master of Arts in documentary film, which will begin in 2014. Like the new publishing degree, alums need only take an additional 18 credits to earn this degree. The curriculum is being developed now with Robert May, SenArt Films, and others. Due to student requests, all M.A. graduates will have their area of study on their diploma. For example, if you complete a screenplay for your thesis, your diploma will now read: “Master of Arts in Creative Writing specializing in screenwriting.” Beforehand, all diplomas simply read, “Master of Arts in Creative Writing.” Should you wish to return to Wilkes and specialize in another area of study, you need only take the last 18 credit hours to earn a second M.A. For more information on any of these new possibilities or to apply to any of the newly revised program tracks, please email or call Dr. Culver or Ms. Dawn Leas.   Faculty/Staff Notes   Lenore Hart will be teaching at the Ossabaw Island Writer’s Retreat in Savannah, GA, Feb 16-21. The five-day writing retreat also includes faculty members Neil Shepard and David Poyer. Rashidah Ismaili has a new website in development: http://about.me/rashidaismaili. Dawn Leas has an interview with Lori A. May and a review of Waking My Mother by Angela Alaimo O’Donnell in the winter issue of Poets’ Quarterly. Her poem “Pairs” appears in the January 2014 issue of Cumberland River Review, and “Explorer” is part of the Luzerne County �Poetry in Transit 2013-2014 program.Swandive Publishing will be releasing its first collection in spring 2014, which will include work by alums Kait Burrier, Stanton Hancock, Dawn Leas, and Jim Warner, and current student, Andrea McGuigan. Other poets in the collection are Barbara DeCesare, Sarah Zane Lewis, Dale Wilsey, and Eric Wilson.   Ross Klavan ’snew novel, Schmuck, is now available from Greenpoint Press. Kaylie Jones will be teaching a Norman Mailer Center workshop in Salt Lake City, Utah this summer. She also participated on a panel at Vogue Knitting Live, reading from her essay in Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting, published by W.W. Norton. Karen McElmurray has a short story, “That Night,” included in Red Holler: An Anthology of Contemporary Appalachian Writing, published by Sarabande Books. Nancy McKinley ’s short story “Ramp” will appear in the spring issue of The Blue Penny Quarterly. Taylor Polites participated on a panel at Vogue Knitting Live, reading from his essay in Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting, published by W.W. Norton. David Poyer ’s new novel, The Cruiser, will be published by St. Martin’s Press in May. Sara Pritchard ’s story collection Help Wanted: Female, published by Etruscan Press in July 2013, is now available as an audiobook (with Sara reading) through Amazon and Audible.com. A story from Sara’s first book of stories, Crackpots, is included in Red Holler: An Anthology of Contemporary Appalachian Writing, new from Sarabande Books. Jeff Talarigo was interviewed by Jennifer De Leon in AGNI Online where his story excerpt, “The Night Guardian of the Goat,” is also published.   Student/Alum Notes   �M.F.A. alum Chris Bullard ’s first full-length book of poetry, Back, was published in November of 2013 by CW Books, an imprint of WordTech Editions. Kattywompus Press recently published his chapbook, Dear Leatherface, for publication in January of 2014. Minor Arcana Press accepted his poem, “Sidekick,” for the anthology, Drawn to Marvel: Poems from the Comic Books, to be published in February of 2014. Fledgling Rag, a literary review, will feature a selection of his poems in its Issue 13 which will appear in April of 2014. M.F.A. alum Craig Czury has poems from “American Know-How: Patent Pending” in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Gazette. M.A. alum Jason Donnelly ’s novel, Gripped, was released by Perfect Edge Books in September. He has also released his creative thesis as a Kindle book. M.F.A. alum Brian Fanelli ’s full-length book of poems, All That Remains, was recently published by Unbound Content. The book has been nominated for the Working Class Studies Association’s Tillie Olsen Creative Writing Award. Brian was recently interviewed by Open Alphabet about the book, as well as by Boston Literary Magazine, and Poets’ Quarterly. He will be doing several readings for the book in 2014, including at the KGB Bar in New York City. M.F.A. alum Tyler Grimm is currently designing a brand new class for Elizabethtown College, The Psychology of Creative Writing. Tyler will also begin teaching Writing and Analysis of Short Story and advising students beginning in the summer. M.F.A. alum Matthew S. Hinton has accepted the position of Coordinator of Writing at Misericordia University. M.F.A. alum Laurie Loewenstein ’s debut novel, Unmentionables, the inaugural novel in Akashic’s Kaylie Jones Books imprint, has received a starred review in the January 15 th, 2014 issue of Library Journal. The book was also selected as a Midwest Connections Pick for January. M.F.A alum Carol MacAllister ’s short story, “Upgrade,” will be included in The Upcoming speculations anthology. Her book, Mayan Calendar Reveal, prompted an invitation by UFO Magazine editor and TV personality Bill Byrnes to be his guest on their 90-minute radio theater call-in show to discuss her research for the novel. Her collection of horror, The Blackmoor Tales, published by Northampton House Press, has received good press particularly though the Horror Writers Association membership. MacAllister’s poems have been included in the recent issue of Word Fountain. �M.F.A. alum Lori A. May has an essay, “After the Winds Die Down,” in the February issue of 1966 Journal (Trinity University); her essay, “Independence Road,” in the December issue of Northern Cardinal Review; and another essay,“Motor City Redux: In Pursuit of the American Dream,” in the winter issue of Midwestern Gothic. Her latest poetry book, Square Feet, was published in January with Accents Publishing. M.A. student Andrea McGuigan published an interview with Ross Klavan in The570.com. She was also awarded the Jennifer Diskin Memorial Scholarship at the January residency. M.A. alum Lori M. Myers had her play “91366” accepted for publication by HaveScripts. Lori wrote the play while attending Wilkes and in Jean Klein’s foundations class. Also, her short story, “Heartland Flyer,” was published by Alban Lake Publishing in Disturbed Digest.   M.F.A. alum Richard Priebe ’s short story, “A Bilingual Battle,” was recently published as part of the Terrible Tuesdays series by Akashic Books. M.F.A. alum William Prystauk recently conducted an interview with horror director Stuart Gordon (of Re-Animator fame) for The Last Knock podcast. His essay, “How to Prepare Students for Their Online Experience in Converge: A Journal of Faculty Collaboration for Distance Education,”has just been published. He has written and will direct the short film, Tigers in the Soup, a family drama, in January. He is currently developing Kickstarter campaigns for the crime drama CASE #591, which he will direct this June, and for the animated comedy-fantasy he has written, MegaClimax 5000. M.A. alum Dania Ramos was selected as a finalist in the 2013 MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition at Repertorio Español. M.F.A. alum Carrie Reilly has a poem, “Hesitation Wounds,” in Apiary 7: The Power Issue. She recently read at the launch party in Philadelphia. M.F.A. alum Jonathan Rocks recently signed with the Silver/Bitela Agency in Los Angeles, California. M.A. student Bill Schneider ’s short story, “Yesterday Once More,” will appear in Silly Tree Anthologies in January 2014. M.F.A. alum Michael J. Soloway will have his essay, “Women and Children First,” published by Hippocampus Magazine in January. Michael �was also recently promoted from Managing Editor to Editor-in-Chief of Split Lip Literary Magazine. M.A. student Francisco Tutella had a poem included in the Luzerne County Poetry in Transit 2013-2014 program. M.F.A. alum Morowa Yejidé ’s novel, Time of the Locust, was covered by books editor Patrik Henry Bass in the January print edition of Essence Magazine. Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. Farley Library Human Resources Jobs at Wilkes Online Nursing Offices & Administration Accessibility Statement Financial Aid Adobe Acrobat® Reader Registrar's Office Finance Office Investor Relations Student Work Study Jobs Veterans Services Visit Quick Links Schedule a Visit Parking Information Virtual Tour Campus Map Make A Gift �Wilkes University 84 West South Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766 1-800-WILKES-U Contact Us Wilkes University © e © d c f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Michael Lennon Now Available Faculty and advisory board member J. Michael Lennon offers a definitive portrait of literary legend Norman Mailer in his highly anticipated biography, Norman Mailer: A Double Life (Simon & Schuster). As Mailer’s archivist, executor, and family friend, Lennon had unlimited access to the late author’s Related Links Calendars & Schedules Campus Map Centers for Excellence Faculty Publications Graduate Bulletin (.pdf) Graduate Bulletin Online Graduate Student Handbook Library Office of the Registrar Online Learning Professional Pharmacy Application School of Nursing - Graduate Program Student Handbook Schools, Departments, Divisions n n �papers, letters, and other personal documents. Lennon also interviewed more than eighty individuals and the result is a 947page biography. While Mailer is a literary legend and model for many, he was also a complicated and controversial figure. In a recent interview, Lennon touched on Mailer’s multiple identities: “Mailer could see reality only as a series of oppositions. Everybody and everything, all phenomena, is twinned. All of his own identities—rifleman, novelist, filmmaker, political activist, family man, womanizer, journalist, and so on—had a double. Doubleness was his tool for understanding people, politics, nature, the universe even,” Lennon said. “What makes it more fascinating is that each twin has a minority within. Monsters have an enclave of virtue, and the converse is true for saints.” To prepare for this biography, Lennon conducted daily interviews during the last year of Mailer’s life. He also culled information from more than 45,000 letters, and spent time with Mailer’s family, friends, and colleagues. The final book reveals Mailer’s sources and influences for each of his major works, as well as his state of mind at every critical point in his life and career.   Alum Laura Moran Makes National Strides M.F.A alum Laura Moran was invited to attend the Kennedy Center National Seminar for Teaching Artists in August, 2013. Laura was one of thirty artists invited to participate, thanks to her interest in designing extended residencies in schools.“It was an honor to attend,” Moran said. “The Kennedy Center teaching artist materials have evolved my practices and are crucial to securing new residencies and integrating arts into the new common core curriculum.” Moran’s experiences at the Kennedy Center prompted her and Thomas �Bosket, a professor at Parsons School of Design Arts, to found a new business, B-Trads: Teaching Artists Alliance. B-Trads, or Beautiful Traditions, “sprouted from our awareness of a need to balance tradition and innovation through creative interaction; to connect disciplined learning to heart-based needs in support of Balance; to allow discovery and expression of all that makes us human—without censure— in order to find that Balance. True teaching provides opportunity for epiphany. Effective teachers provide those opportunities, but we also intentionally notice them, actively acknowledge them, and consciously engage students in reflection and celebration of their discoveries.” With a select corps of teaching artists, Moran and Bosket will offer workshops and residencies to K-12 schools, adult learners, businesses, organizations, and communities. “Our first teaching opportunity was a partnership with the Upper Delaware River National Park Service in Lackawaxen, PA this past summer. We offered three workshops for adults and two for children—a huge success—which has resulted in plans for the 2014 season. We will also be working with the Delaware Highlands Conservancy to develop eco-arts educational materials.” Lauran Moran graduated with an M.F.A. in 2012. She received the 2011 Beverly Hiscox Scholarship and gratefully acknowledges the support and encouragement she received during her time at Wilkes. Michael Mailer Film at Cannes Faculty member Michael Mailer, producer of more than twenty feature films, recently returned from the Cannes Film Festival where his film Seduced and Abandoned premiered. “It was an exciting time walking the red carpet,” Mailer said. The film stars Alec Baldwin and James Toback. “Seduced and Abandoned is a nonfiction film, part mediation on film and the filmmaking process consisting of interviews of film legends such as Polanski, Bertolucci, Scorcese, Copola, and part adventure tale following the ups and downs of Alec Baldwin and James Toback as they attempt to set up a remake of Last Tango in Paris (but this one is set in Iraq called Last Tango in Tikrit) at the Cannes Film Festival,” Mailer said. HBO bought the film for US distribution and will be airing it this fall. Mailer is currently working on a new picture in Louisiana. San Francisco Production for Playwriting Alum �Drowning Ophelia , a play by M.F.A. alum Rachel Strayer, will be onstage October and November at Repurposed Theatre in San Francisco. The full-length play explores the nature of abuse and forgiveness. “I’ve been really blessed by how much the director, Ellery Schaar, has included me in this process,” Strayer says. “Since the production is happening in San Francisco and I live in Pennsylvania, I have not had the privilege to attend a rehearsal. However, Ellery has kept me involved all the way. During the auditions she emailed me the headshots and resumes of the actors she called back, calling me once to discuss who she was looking at and then again to discuss who she was planning to cast and why.” Strayer says she stays in touch with Ellery on a regular basis. “She often sends me pictures through text or email, showing me the theatre space, costumes, the very important bathtub set piece, and even candids from a promotional photo shoot. While Ellery has final say in all the decisions, she has made it abundantly clear that my input is very important to her. Even with the show happening across the country, I feel as though I am an integral part of the production. I could not have asked for a better experience.” The Wilkes alum and her husband, Jonathon, will attend all three of the opening weekend productions. She has also been invited to do a “playwright talkback” after each performance. Strayer graduated in 2012 and worked with mentor Juanita Rockwell.       Announcements New Program Tracks and Updates: Ever thought you wanted to start your own press, e-zine, or literary journal? Thanks to the initiative of Akashic Books editor Johnny Temple and Etruscan’s founding editor Phil Brady, alums and current students now have the option of pursuing a Master of Arts in Publishing! This new track opened at the June 2013 residency. Wilkes alums need only take only an additional 18 credits to earn the M.A. in publishing. �Have you found the world of documentary film fascinating? We have also added a Master of Arts in documentary film, which will begin in 2014. Like the new publishing degree, alums need only take an additional 18 credits to earn this degree. The curriculum is being developed now with Robert May, SenArt Films, and others. Due to student requests, all M.A. graduates will have their area of study on their diploma, beginning with the fall graduation. For example, if you complete a screenplay for your thesis, your diploma will now read: “Master of Arts in Creative Writing specializing in screenwriting.” Beforehand, all diplomas simply read, “Master of Arts in Creative Writing.” Should you wish to return to Wilkes and specialize in another area of study, you need only take the last 18 credit hours to earn a second M.A. For more information on any of these new possibilities or to apply to any of the newly revised program tracks, please email or call Dr. Culver or Ms. Dawn Leas. Etruscan Press has great news. Diane Raptosh’s American Amnesia is one of ten poetry books on the long list for the 2013 National Book Awards. This is the fourth Etruscan book to make the long list. Akashic Books has made Flavorwire’s list of “25 Independent Presses That Prove This is the Golden age of Indie Publishing.” In its description of why the press deserved such recognition, Flavorwire says Akashic is “the ultimate indie.” River & South Review , our new student-run literary journal, has launched. The editorial team is derived of current students in the M.A. and M.F.A. Wilkes writing programs. The launch issue debuted in Summer 2013 and the Winter issue is scheduled for publication in December. Each issue features poetry, fiction, and nonfiction—as selected by student editors—and special theme issues will include additional genres. The journal website is hosted at http://riverandsouth.blogspot.com.   Awards Awards were presented during the recent summer residency. Joshua Horwitz received the Beverly Hiscox Scholarship and Lori A. May received the Norris Church Mailer Fellowship. Horwitz was featured in the Wesleyan University newsletter with a quote from his mentor Beverly �Donofrio, a fellow Wesleyan alum. The 22nd Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship awarded first place and $10,000 to Margot Singer of Granville, OH for her manuscript titled The Art of Fugue. Runners-up in the competition were Jennifer S. Davis of Baton Rouge, LA for her manuscript Reckonings; and Timothy Brandoff of New York, NY for his manuscript Connie Sky. They were each awarded $750. Tamara B. Titus, of Charlotte, NC received honorable mention for her manuscript Lovely in the Eye. The James Jones First Novel Fellowship was established in 1992 to “honor the spirit of unblinking honesty, determination, and insight into modern culture as exemplified by (the writings of) James Jones.” It is awarded to an American author of a first novel-in-progress. The competition is cosponsored by the Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing Program and the James Jones Literary Society.   Faculty/Staff Notes Bonnie Culver is on the road for those organizations connected to the CW program. October 3-5, she attended the Board of Directors meeting for AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) of which Wilkes is an institutional member. She serves as the Vice-President of AWP whose next national conference is in Seattle, February 26 to March 1, 2014. October 24-26, she will attend the International Norman Mailer Conference hosted this month in Sarasota, FL where she and screenwriting faculty member Ken Vose will continue the annual tradition of a Wilkes University readers theatre presentation on Mailer’s work. Bonnie Culver and Mike Lennon are charter members and board members of the Mailer Society. As the JJL Society president, she will attend the 2013 James Jones Literary Society Symposium, which will take place on November 8 at the Quail Creek Country Club in Robinson, IL. In November, she will return to Mesa, AZ where she spent last year on special assignment for Wilkes. The Wilkes CW program will cosponsor the Mesa version of the National Novel in a Month (NaNoMo). Alums, students, faculty, if you are interested in knowing more about or participating with any of these organizations, please contact the program director. Christine Gelineau has a poem, “Eating Blueberries,” in the new issue of Gargoyle Magazine and her poem “Accident” has been accepted for the winter issue of the journal Broad Street. Also, she will have a poem included in a forthcoming book from H.L. Hix, accepted for publication by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. �Ross Klavan has a comic novel due out from Greenpoint Press. Schmuck has an official publication date of January 21, 2014. He was also consultant on a script for director Rich Devaney and is a voice on Amazon’s TV series Alpha House. Dawn Leas has a poem, “Empty Cars,” in the fall issue of San Pedro River Review. Her reviews of Gold by Barbara Crooker and What Remains by Caroline Maun, as well as a Q&A with Michael Czarnecki about his Poems Across America Tour, appear in the Fall 2013 issue of Poets’ Quarterly. Michael Mailer ’s new film, Seduced and Abandoned, premieres on HBO in October. Nancy McKinley ’s short story “Love, Masque & Folly” appears in the short fiction anthology Voices from the Porch, published by Main Street Rag. Nancy’s short story “Ramp” has been accepted by The Blue Penny Quarterly for Spring 2014. Neil Shepard has a new poem, “Street,” based on the James Nares’ video installation in The Metropolitan Museum, coming out in The Manhattan Review. Other new poems will appear in Barrow Street, as well as in Amherst College’s new literary magazine on place, The Common. His poem “No” will appear in The TV Anthology: Rabbit Ears, which will appear in print and podcast. His poem “Town Green: South Royalton” was selected as poem-of-the-week for the poetry blog, THEthe, by guest-editor Christine Gelineau. In September, Shepard gave a poetry reading at The Burlington Book Festival, did a radio interview for the literary program WriteTheBookin VT, and performed in nightclubs with his long-time ensemble, PoJazz. Jan Quackenbush had a concert-reading of his new play, Fire on the Water, at La MaMa Theater’s La Gallariain NYC. Susan Cartsonis had an article, “Why Women Should Get the Jobs,” published in ArtsHub, an Australian digital magazine.   Student/Alum Notes M.F.A. alum Amye Archer reviewed Beverly Donofrio’s latest book, Astonished, for Brevity. M.A. alum Tom Borthwick has a short story accepted for publication in �Bewildering Stories. TwentyFiveEight Studios is also going to be turning it into a short film. M.F.A. alum Cory Brin will have his poem “A Rainy Drive” published in a poetry collection, This Time Around, by Eben and Wein Publishing. M.F.A. alum Tara Caimi ’s essay “Cat-Face” was published in Pithead Chapel, and her essay “Without Words” was selected for inclusion in the nonfiction anthology Whereabouts: Stepping Out of Place, published by 2Leaf Press. Both essays are excerpts from the full-length memoir Tara completed during her time in the creative writing program at Wilkes. M.A. alum Chris Campion published his debut novel The Jiu-Jitsu Bum with Northampton House Press, LLC.   M.A. alum Cindy Dlugolecki has had three staged readings of her tenminute play At the End of Her Rope in 2013 as part of Playwrights Alliance of PA: Hershey Area Playhouse in June; Mt. Gretna’s Cicada Festival in August; and Open Stage of Harrisburg in October. M.F.A. alum Brian Fanelli ’s poem “Adjunct Plight” appeared in The Los Angeles Times over the summer. In addition, his poem “A Cub Reporter’s Mentor” was accepted for publication by Blue Collar Review for a future issue, and his poem “State of Emergency” was accepted for publication in the next issue of North Chicago Review. In addition, Brian’s full-length book of poems, All That Remains, will be out this fall through Unbound Content. M.A. alum Donna Ferrara ’s script Arvin Lindemeyer Takes Canarsie was named a Top Finalist in the ASU Feature Length Screenplay Contest. Her play The Waiting Place has been chosen for consideration for a yearlong workshop at William Paterson University New Playwrights Competition. M.F.A. alum Patricia Florio has a cookbook available through Serendipity Media Press. Cucina d’ Amelia: My Mother’s Sicilian and Neapolitan Recipes is currently available in a digital edition and will soon be available in print as well.   M.F.A. alum Rachael Goetzke published a memoir excerpt with The Writing Disorder. �M.A. student April Line has written for the Jamie Chavez Blog. She also reviewed Tim Parrish’s Fear and What Follows in West Branch Life’s Fall issue. M.F.A. student Heather Lowery ’s essay “Keeping It Real” was recently published in Poets’ Quarterly. M.A. alum Gale Martin is a presenter at the 2013 Literary Festival at Alvernia University in Reading, PA. She is discussing her latest novel Grace Unexpected. She also participated in BookFest PA in State College, PA during Arts Festival Week, sponsored by Schlow Library of Centre County. M.F.A. alum Vicki Mayk is teaching a first-year foundations class for freshmen, “The Power of Story,” at Wilkes University. The class explores the ways that story is used to communicate in many contexts. Her personal essay “Road Warrior” was selected for publication in Hippocampus Magazine’s Road Trip issue in July 2013. M.A. alum Lori M. Myers had her musical Talk, the Musical,with music by Nicholas Wilders, produced by Gretna Theatre this past summer. Her playA 21st Century Christmas Carol was accepted for publication by Contemporary Drama Service. Her short story “Nina” will be published by Zest Literary Journal. She also recently interviewed singer/actress Shirley Jones for B Magazine. M.F.A. student Linda M.C. Nguyen ’s short story “Pretty Things” was published by the Sassafras Literary Magazine in September 2013. M.F.A. student Travis Nicholson recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor of English at University of Arkansas - Monticello. He has also interviewed fellow Wilkes alum Chris Campion for The Write Life. M.F.A. alum William Prystauk ’s short horror film Too Many Predatorsis an Official Selection at both the Twisted Tails Film Festival in Texas, and the New Jersey Horrorfest. His short drama Tigers in the Soup is in preproduction. M.F.A student Nisha Sharma ’s thesis, My So-Called Bollywood Life, won first place in the 2013 annual Write Stuff Literary Contest in the Young Adult Fiction category. M.A. student Thomas Simko will have a nonfiction piece, “The Long Goodbye,” published in War, Literature, & the Arts. �M.F.A. alum Donna Talarico is Director, Integrated Communications at Elizabethtown College and also is editor of the College alumni magazine and online newsroom, E-town NOW. Her previous position was Integrated Marketing Manager. In the spring and summer of 2013 she presented at a number of national and regional conferences including Penn State’s Social Media Summit and the Mid-Atlantic Web Conference at Gettysburg College. M.A. alum Douglas James Troxell was a guest on Read First, Ask Later, a radio show on I <3 Radio that discusses literature and conducts interviews with authors. His short story “The Working Dead,” a story he started writing in his 501 fiction workshop, will appear on Dark Futures Fiction in October as part of their zombie-themed month. M.F.A. alum Sandee Gertz Umbach , who has relocated to Nashville, TN, will be visiting the Western Pennsylvania area to give a reading at the Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, on Sunday, October 20 as part of their Sunday Poetry Series.She will also be a Guest Lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh that same week where her book, The Pattern Maker’s Daughter, is being taught by Professor William Scott in an English course focusing on Working Class Literature.   Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Revise This! 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 Revise This!   |   June 2013                                                                  Revise This Archives Revise This! Archives Book Trailers Trending at Wilkes | Wilkes Grads Earn National Recognition Post-Grad, Post-Production: Kevin Conner and the Big Screen Fantasy Comes To Life for Alum Lauren Catron | Success with MFA Internships in Education Announcements | Faculty/Staff Notes | Student/Alumni Notes |     Book Trailers Trending with Wilkes Writers Savvy writers are taking word-ofmouth promotions to a new level and reaching wider audiences through multi-media and social platforms. To support faculty member David Poyer’s n 2013 n n �latest novel, alum Laurie Powers produced a trailer for The Whiteness of the Whale. ”She was an incredibly hard charger to get this trailer done before the book came out,” Poyer says of Powers. While no one seems to be sure yet how such media impacts book sales, with the trend too early to completely monitor, Poyer says it’s a great addition to his promotional platform. “Macmillan linked their book sites to the trailer and it has already had over a thousand hits.” Powers has twelve years experience in visual effects and read an advanced reading copy of Poyer’s book to gather ideas. “I looked for phrases and images that stood out to me, or somehow defined the characters or storyline,” she says of her process. Her familiarity with the art form was also helpful in determining what would work for the project. “I know book trailers are becoming really popular as I see them everywhere, and I can say that I personally bought a couple of books after seeing promotional videos that friends posted on Facebook.” Short videos are easy to share on social media sites, Powers says, so the portable versatility lends itself to word of mouth promotion. “You can watch a small video on your iPhone on the bus for example. You probably wouldn’t open up a website and read book reviews on your phone,” Powers says, adding that “everything these days is promoted via multi-media, why should books be any different?” Justin Kassab, whose debut novel is scheduled for publication with Kaylie Jones Books, an imprint of Akashic Books, has latched onto the trend as well. Kassab says a book trailer was appropriate for his book, Foamers, as his “target audience isn’t the group reading book reviews; they are the people surfing Youtube for the next great clip to share with all of their friends. A book trailer has the potential to spread faster, farther, and to �more audiences, than traditional promotions.” Jones says Mark Dennebaum, Jr. and Twenty Five/Eight, a Scranton company, volunteered their studio and crew to produce the trailer. While the video is in its final editing, photos of the shoot are available on the publisher website and Facebook page. “With the younger generation of readers, who often choose their books based on trailers or on on-line marketing,” Jones says, “book trailers are much more effective than for older readers who still rely on book reviews and blogs, or word of mouth, to determine what they will read.” Kassab says the production experience was positive and a part of his creative process. He wrote the trailer draft and then Dennebaum finessed the final script “into something shootable,” Kassab says. “They let me stay on set and consulted me for decisions. Overall, I felt like a kid in a candy store watching something I had written come to life.”   Wilkes Grads Earn National Recognition M.A. alum Todd McClimans and M.F.A. alum Sandee Gertz Umbach have each recently been honored with national recognition for their creative works. While in the program, McClimans worked with Lenore Hart and David Poyer on his alternate-history middle grade manuscript, Time Traitor. The manuscript has been declared one of five finalists in the 2013 National Association of Elementary School Principals Children’s Book Award competition. “I couldn’t believe that my manuscript, Time Traitor, had been named one of the finalists,” says McClimans. ”I’ve been struggling to get my manuscript noticed in the slush piles of many agencies. Becoming a finalist let me know that I had written a viable story and that I do have a chance at achieving my dream.” Sandee Gertz Umbach took 2nd place in the Working Class Studies Association’s national “Tillie Olsen” Award for Creative Writing for her published book of poetry, The Pattern Maker’s Daughter. Each year, the WCSA issues a number of awards to recognize the best new work in the field of working-class studies. The review process is organized by the past-president of the WCSA, and �e THEPA1TERN MAKER'S DAUGlflllll POEMS ~. 0 submissions are judged by a panel of three readers for each of the five categories of awards. Comments from judges included this remark: “Sandra Gertz Umbach has a fresh way of seeing the everydayness of working lives.” While in the program, Gertz Umbach worked with Neil Shepard. The alum says her mentor “helped me to push to the finish line on this book when at times it seemed impossible.” McClimans also credits the Wilkes writing program for the development and success of his project. “I can’t overstate how much I learned from David Poyer and Lenore Hart,” the alum says. “Dave taught me how to take an idea from beginning to end with the dreaded outline, to hone my voice for brevity and exactness, to trust my story and myself, and to push through self-built walls. With Lenore, I learned to pull my language together and to further hone my voice to reach younger readers. I’m so grateful for their guidance, support, and friendship. I wouldn’t be here without them.”       Post-Grad, Post-Production: Kevin Conner and the Big Screen   M.A. alum Kevin Conner’s film, “Pitchfork,” is in post-production. The film began as a short film project during his time in the Screenwriting Foundations course taught by Ross Klavan. Conner says the film has a simple premise: “A no-luck farmer finds happiness again. It’s a basic love story, with just a few twists.” Since graduating, Conner has continued working with artistic directors Todd Oravic and Ryan Wood, both recent undergraduate Wilkes �students. “Working with Todd and Ryan has been great,” Conner says. “Their energy, enthusiasm, and knowledge made completion of the film possible. I learned an awful lot from them. They are two talented gentlemen.” Conner is thankful for his time in the Wilkes program for connecting him with the greater writing community. “In my opinion, this is the great intangible of the Wilkes program,” he says. “We all need help from others to keep projects moving along, and the program provides writers with the community necessary to see ideas through. It’s a very valuable resource.”   Fantasy Comes To Life for Alum Lauren Catron M.A. alum Lauren Catron says the Wilkes creative writing program has prepared her for what’s about to happen this summer: her debut novel, Changeling Eyes, will be published by indie press Booktrope Publishing. Between preparing the manuscript and planning for post-publication marketing efforts, Catron feels better educated about the publishing process thanks to her time at Wilkes. “It’s important to learn how to promote myself and do some of the work on my own,” she says, adding that contemporary publishing relies so much on the author’s efforts. Catron said David Poyer was “the most amazing mentor ever” as he helped her finesse her editing skills and make her manuscript the best possible prior to publication. “I still find myself reading books and thinking, ‘Poyer would never have let this slide’… I realized that when my book got published, it meant my books stood a better chance by comparison because I had Poyer in my corner. Thanks for getting me started, Dave.” Changeling Eyes is the first book in her series, The Aesir Chronicles, and “focuses on Lrill, her struggle with her powerful heritage, and the revelation that there is a core of truth at the center of every legend.” Catron says the series will offer an alternate history of Earth, spanning from the creation of the world to its destruction and rebirth. The alum says her favorite memory of attending the Wilkes program was “the moment when I realized any random member of the CW program was probably going to understand me better, as a person and a writer, �than anyone else I had ever known.” She is currently at work on the sequel to Changeling Eyes.   Success with MFA Internships in Education Earning real world experience is part of the Wilkes creative writing curriculum. In their final term, M.F.A. students have the option to pursue Education or Publishing internships as part of the 620 project semester. As a faculty supervisor, Nancy McKinley has seen many of her mentored students go on to secure post-graduate positions in local colleges. One college in particular, Elizabethtown College, has four Wilkes grads on their payroll: Rick Fellinger, Jeff Minton, Donna Talarico, and Tyler Grimm. ”I’m thrilled to see so many interns get hired for teaching positions,” McKinley says. “Their placement speaks to the value and professionalism of the M.F.A. Internship in Education. The interns receive training and experience in the Best Practices of Teaching that can be applied at the college level, Artists-in-the Schools, workshop groups, and secondary levels.” Alum Rick Fellinger tends to two roles at Elizabethtown College. He’s both an adjunct writing professor and a faculty fellow in The Writing Wing. “In the latter, I oversee the college’s writing tutors, mentor advanced writers, and hold writing workshops for faculty and community members,” he says. Fellinger credits his Wilkes internship for equipping him with the experience and practical tools to serve his students needs. “From the start, I was able to teach with a firm grasp of the writing process and I felt completely comfortable leading a classroom.” Such comfort and confidence is something alum Jeff Minton says not everyone possesses, which is why the internship experience is so valuable. “If your goal is to teach, take 620. There is just too much to know,” Minton says. “You need experience. Many applicants don’t have it, and given the extreme competitiveness in academia for English teachers, this will give you a crucial leg-up—not to mention a world of connections.” Many of those connections begin in the Wilkes program, and Nancy McKinley says the internships offer not only professional guidance, but also skills in balancing the creative success of graduates. “Throughout the internship semester,” she says, “the M.F.A. students have regular �online discussions that foster a community of writers-as-teachers wherein they share ideas, garner support, and remind one another about the importance of making time for their own writing.” Alum Donna Talarico combines her creative and professional skills in a position outside of the classroom. Talarico chose the Internship in Publishing and worked with Phil Brady to offer social media and website support for Etruscan authors. Now Talarico applies her combined skills as the integrated marketing manager in the Office of Marketing and Communications at Elizabethtown College. “Today, marketing writing is more about story-telling and less about selling,” she says. “I was able to contribute to establishing a new voice and personality for the college, and completely revamp our messaging and style. The craft portion of the M.F.A. program no doubt played a big role in this transition.” Talarico says her work day encompasses creative writing in every aspect. “I think the M.F.A., coupled with my communications background, gives me such a unique perspective on marketing—so much so that it has allowed me to innovate and, often, allow my institution to stand out from others.” The internship experience provided through Wilkes offers students concrete skills for the workplace—and a supportive learning environment that often translates to confident and compassionate instruction. After only two semesters of teaching, alum Tyler Grimm was recognized for his classroom presence when he was nominated for the Richard Crocker Outstanding Service to Students Award. Grimm says the annual award is decided by the students. “It is so important to me that these nominations come from the students and not from other faculty,” Grimm says. “It tells me I’m doing something right and making a positive impact even as I’m still honing my classes and teaching methodology.” Grimm credits his success to the Wilkes residency and internship, while giving a nod to faculty members Nancy McKinley, Lenore Hart, and Kaylie Jones. “Both Nancy and Lenore provided such insight and knowledge during 616 that I did not feel that overwhelmed when beginning my internship,” he says, adding that the development of syllabi, lesson plans, rubrics, and his pedagogical practices were also supported by Jones. “Throughout the program, she taught me how to provide feedback on students’ writing, which is obviously invaluable. The rest, though, came from working through questions and concerns with Nancy. Her approach to the internship is as individualized as possible.” An important part of the internship experience is encouraging M.F.A. students to balance their professional obligations with their creative ambitions. After all, our students are writers who came, first and foremost, to our program to explore their craft and pursue their personal writing dreams. “Our interns learn how to navigate time constraints whereby they find ways to balance writing with working as a teacher-ofwriting,” says McKinley, arguing that fulfilled writers create fulfilled �instructors. “Thus the interns bring a level of enthusiasm to the teaching environment that heightens their instructional delivery. I think that’s a key aspect of our success and why so many of our graduates get hired for teaching jobs.”   Announcements New Program Tracks: Ever thought you wanted to start your own press, e-zine, or literary journal? Thanks to the initiative of Akashic Books editor Johnny Temple and Etruscan’s founding editor Phil Brady, alums and current students now have the option of pursuing a Master of Arts in Publishing! This new track will open at the June 2013 residency. Wilkes alums will take only an additional 18 credits to earn the M.A. in publishing. Have you found the world of documentary film fascinating? The Wilkes low residency program has also added a Master of Arts in documentary film, which will begin in January, 2014. Like the new publishing degree, alums need only take an additional 18 credits to earn this degree. The curriculum is being developed now working with Robert May and SenArt Films and other to be named companies. Other program updates: Due to student requests, all M.A. graduates will have their area of study on their diploma, beginning with the fall graduation. For example, if you complete a screenplay for your thesis, your diploma will now read: “Master of Arts in Creative Writing specializing in screenwriting.” Beforehand, all diplomas simply read, “Master of Arts in Creative Writing.” Should you wish to return to Wilkes and specialize in another area of study, you need only take the last 18 credit hours to earn a second M.A. For more information on any of these new possibilities or to apply to any of the newly revised program tracks, please email or call Dr. Culver or Ms. Dawn Leas. Deadline to apply is May 31, 2013. Etruscan Press is delighted to announce that Dr. Jaclyn Fowler has agreed to accept the position of Managing Editor of Etruscan Press. Jackie received her M.F.A. and M.A. from Wilkes University’s Creative Writing program. Prior to coming to Etruscan Press, Dr. Fowler taught English, Creative Writing, and Education to K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and adult learners in both the traditional ground and asynchronous online classrooms. She also served several independent schools as head of their academic programs and sits on the PA State Board of Private �Schools. Dr. Fowler received her doctorate in Education and Second Language Acquisition from The Pennsylvania State University.   Faculty/Staff Notes Bob Arthur is heading up The Edge Theater, a new theater on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. His first show included two short-shorts: “GPS” by Bonnie Culver and “LifeSwap” by Jean Klein. Susan Cartsonis, faculty and advisory board member, was recently honored for her accomplishments in film by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America at their 6th Annual Women of Distinction luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The speech she gave is shared online on The Write Life. Susan also attended the Forbes’ Women’s Summit in NYC. Bonnie Culver has an essay in an upcoming anthology, Writing on the Water: Words on the Allegheny River, which is scheduled for publication with Mayapple Press. The anthology will include a CD with poetry and music from Jerome Rothenberg and Pete Seeger. Her essay, “Moon on the Water,” is about a month-long canoe trip Bonnie took in 1969 on the river. Gregory Fletcher’s short play, “The Moon Alone,” was produced in March by Artistic New Directions at the Shetler Studio Theatre, Off-OffBroadway. Jean Klein is coordinating HaveScripts.com, an e-catalog of plays available for stage, readings, and classrooms. Current Wilkes faculty plays available with HaveScripts include selections from Bonnie Culver, Jan Quakenbush, Robert P. Arthur, and Jean Klein. Dawn Leas has a poem, “Bonfire,” forthcoming in the 2013 issue of Connecticut River Review and two poems, “A Winter Conversation” and “The 6:45 Train,” forthcoming in the upcoming issue of Word Fountain. Her review of Water-Rites by Ann E. Michael appears in the April 2013 issue of Poets’ Quarterly, and she has work included in the forthcoming anthology, A Commonplace Book: A Community Memoir Project edited by Jennifer Hill. Dawn also wrote a feature article about the Wilkes Creative Writing Program for The IndependentNEPA magazine, owned and published by alum John Plucenik. She will also have a poem, “Seaside Heights, 2011,” in the Harbors and Harbor Towns-themed issue of San Pedro River Review, scheduled to be released in June. �J. Michael Lennon has a number of events planned for the summer and fall, leading up to the October release of his Mailer biography, A Double Life. Lennon also has a new website. Nancy McKinley’s short story, “No Matter Where,” received an Honorable Mention in the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage 2013 Poetry and Short Story Contest. Dave Poyer debuted two new books this spring: a novel, The Whiteness of the Whale, for which he was touring on Cape Cod and Nantucket recently, and an oral history, Happier Than This Day and Time, which he will be reading from on Hatteras Island, Kitty Hawk, and Manteo Island next month. M. Kilburg Reedy, our frequent visiting entertainment lawyer, is coproducing a new Broadway play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, starring Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce. The show has been honored with six Tony nominations, including Best Play, as well as Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics’ Circle nominations for Best Play. Juanita Rockwell was granted a writer’s residency at Wildacres Retreat, NC, and is directing Jordan Harrison’s Act A Lady for Iron Crow Theatre, playing May 25-June 8 at Baltimore Theatre Project. Neil Shepard’s new e-book, Scavenging the Country for a Heartbeat, is available from Northampton House Press.   Student/Alumni Notes M.F. A. alum Amye Archer was a featured reader at KGB in New York, as part of the At The Inkwell series. M.A. student Cheryl Bazzoui’s essay, “On Becoming Unplugged,” was published under her pen name, Ann Mccauley, in the February 2013 issue of Working Writer. M.F.A. alum Chris Bullard has had his chapbook, Dear Leatherface, accepted for publication by Kattywompus Press later this year. His fulllength collection, Back, is also scheduled for publication this year with WordTech Communications. M.F.A. student Kait Burrier’s monologue, “Gin on the Rocks,” was �produced by the Jason Miller Playwrights Project in Rock Bottom: Monologues About Starting Over at the Scranton Public Theatre. Her one act play “Spill” will be produced by Gaslight Theatre Company in their Playroom series during the last two weeks of June at Downtown Arts. Kait also had an article about The Office wrap-up party published in The Weekender. M.F.A. alum Tara Caimi’s memoir excerpt, “Without Words,” was published in Outside In Literary & Travel Magazine. M.A. alum Chris Campion, along with many other Wilkes creative writing alum, read the opening chapter from his new novel in progress, Office Fire, at New Visions Art Gallery for its bi-monthly writers and poets showcase. M.F.A. alum Jason Carney has three poems in the latest issue of Union Station Magazine. He is also now a contributing editor at Poets’ Quarterly. M.A. alum Erin Delaney was recently featured at the April Faculty Poetry Feature at Misericordia University’s Speaker Series, “From Mouth to Mic: Waxing Poetic II,” and was a Poetry Feature at New Visions Monthly Writers Showcase and Poetry Reading. She is currently working at Misericordia University teaching African American Literature, American Immigrant Literature, and Modern World Literature. She is currently teaching Sophomore Seminar at Southern New Hampshire University. M.F.A. alum Brian Fanelli’s poem, “Writing the Last Word,” has been accepted for the June issue of Spillway, and his poem, “Temp Worker,” has been accepted by The Oklahoma Review. A third poem, “Goodbyes in a Blackout,” was accepted by North Chicago Review. In addition, Brian recently enrolled in SUNY Binghamton’s Ph.D. program and completed his first semester in May. M.F.A. alum Patricia Florio’s short story, “Golden Boy,” was published in the summer issue of Newtown Literary. M.F.A. alum Jenn Freed recently published her young adult historical fiction novel, The Last Encampment, with Northampton Press. M.F.A. alum Sandee Gertz Umbach’s book, The Pattern Maker’s Daughter, received 2nd place in the national Tillie Olsen Award competition for Creative Writing given by the Working Class Studies Association. M.F.A. alum Virginia Grove published an excerpt of Break in the latest issue of Survivor’s Review. She was also a reader at Misericordia �University’s series, “From Mouth to Mic: Waxing Poetic II,” in celebration of National Poetry Month. M.A. student April Line’s column “Understanding Henry” will come out in the maiden issue of West Branch Life, a new publication of The Williamsport Sun-Gazette. She has also recently accepted a position as staff editor at Evolved Publications. M.F.A. alum Bill Lowenburg’s monograph, “Crash Burn Love,” was recently featured with a 14 picture spread on Slate.com’s photo blog, Behold. M.A. alum Laurie Loewenstein had a short story published in the Mondays Are Murder series from Akashic Books. M.F.A. alum Carol MacAllister was recently accepted in the Horror Writers Association. Alum Monique Lewis also conducted an author interview with Carol and wrote a review of her e-book, Mayan Calendar Reveal, which can be found at attheinkwell.com. M.F.A. alum Ginger Marcinkowski is now a regular column contributor to Book Fun Magazine. M.A. alum Gale Martin was featured at the Annual Book and Author Luncheon of the Willingboro chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) on April 26, where she gave an author talk, followed by a book signing. She will appear at the fourth annual BookFest PA, part of the 2013 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, on Saturday, July 13, 2013, sponsored by the Schlow Centre Region Library. M.A. alum Lori A. May was featured in an interview at r.kv.ry Quarterly Literary Journal, where she has new poetry in the latest issue. She also has an essay in a recent issue of Northern Cardinal Review. M.A. alum Todd McClimans’s alternate-history middle grade manuscript, Time Traitor, was declared one of five finalists in the 2013 National Association of Elementary School Principals Children’s Book Award competition. M.F.A. alum Chad Mullen’s book, The Mirror of Aberrantine, is scheduled to be published by Northampton House Press. M.A. alum Lori M. Myers had her short story, “Dante’s Window,” published in the inaugural issue of Rock Bottom Journal. She also recently interviewed singer Helen Reddy for an article in B Magazine. �M.F.A. alum Adrienne Pender’s thesis play, “Somewhere in Between,” will be produced at Theatre in the Park in Raleigh this September as part of their 2013-14 mainstage season. M.F.A. alum Sarah Pugh’s original series, “Killjoy,” made the Top 25 Semi-Final round of the Austin Television Festival’s Pitch Competition. M.F.A. alum Carrie Reilly will be teaching and writing in South Africa for two years while serving in the Peace Corps. M.A. student Bill Schneider has traded his surfboard for the Stylebook. He accepted a graduate assistantship with the Wilkes University Marketing and Communications Department beginning in late May. M.F.A. alum Joseph Schwartzburt reports that Amelia Gray, recent PEN/Faulkner finalist for her novel Threats, will be the headliner for Seersucker Live: A Literary Performance, Episode 7. M.F.A. student Michael J. Soloway will have an excerpt from his memoir, Share the Chameleon, published by Split Lip magazine in September 2013. Also, his latest essay, “I Submit to You,” is online at The Write Life. M.F.A. alum Rachel Luann Strayer has entered into an official agreement with Ellery Schaar of Repurposed Theatre in San Francisco, California, for the production of her play, Drowning Ophelia. Performances will be scheduled for the fall of 2013. M.F.A. student Edith Ajoke Morenike Trenou will provide editing, writing, and translation services at Saahelia.com. Edith, who is fluent in six languages, holds a master’s degree from the Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as an advanced translating and interpreting degree from Georgetown University. M.A. alum Kevin Voglino’s second book, Tea Time Boys, is now available from Rogue Phoenix Press. M.F. A. alum Jim Warner was a featured reader at KGB in New York, as part of the At The Inkwell series. M.F.A student Barry Wolborsky wrote an article for EW.com about The Office wrap-up party in Scranton. M.F.A. alum Morowa Yejidé joined University of Maryland University College (UMUC) as an online Adjunct Professor. She is teaching Advanced Technical Writing. �M.F.A. student Dawn D’Aries Zera had her work, “Disillusionment,” presented in May as part of a production of monologues at The Olde Brick Theater in Scranton. Also, her short story “Cuffs,” initially prepared for an oral presentation class during a residency, is in the summer 2013 edition of Big Pulp magazine. She also offered a reading in April at KGB bar, NYC, as part of alum Monique Lewis’s reading series At the Inkwell.     Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. Farley Library Human Resources Jobs at Wilkes Online Nursing Offices & Administration Accessibility Statement Financial Aid Adobe Acrobat® Reader Registrar's Office Finance Office Investor Relations Student Work Study Jobs Veterans Services Visit Quick Links Schedule a Visit Parking Information Virtual Tour Campus Map Make A Gift �Wilkes University 84 West South Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766 1-800-WILKES-U Contact Us Wilkes University © e © d c f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Archives Astonished: A New Memoir by Beverly Donofrio | Kaylie Jones Launches New Imprint Thom Ward on Tour with Etcetera’s Mistress | Faculty and Alum Work With Northampton House Press Announcements | Faculty & Staff Notes | Student and Alumni Notes   Astonished: A New Memoir by Beverly Donofrio Attendees of recent Wilkes residencies have had the pleasure of hearing excerpts of Beverly Donofio’s then workin-progress memoir. Now, readers around the world will be able to see the final result in print. The hardcover edition of Astonished: A Story of Evil, Blessings, Grace, and Solace has a release date of n 2013 n n �March 7, 2013. “It’s all so exciting,” Donofrio said of her reading tour. “There’s often a flurry of activity surrounding a book’s release, interviews and invitations to read or give talks. It’s a time of angst—am I doing enough?—and also the excitement of great possibility. Not only that the book catches on and sells like gangbusters but that my experience of discover and healing will illuminate, help, resonate with, encourage others on their own journeys.” Donofrio will be going to Washington State, California, Colorado, Texas, New York, and Connecticut on her book tour. “I’ll be seeing many dear old friends and even staying with a few of them along the way—even the little cat I had to give to my friend when I left my life to join a monastery. I tear up every time I think of the reunion,” she said. “It’s always so interesting to meet the people at the events and to hear a bit of their stories. In the past, and I suspect it will happen this time too, I am dumbstruck by how much we all have in common and I end up with a delicious familial feeling that I can carry with me for a while.” Donofrio’s Astonished is featured in the March issue of O Magazine in the list of must-read books for International Women’s Day. Kirkus Reviews has called this latest memoir “Honest, engaging, and cathartic.” As for the cover design, Donofrio said, “This book possesses, by far, the most gorgeous book jacket of any I’ve written, and it’s in the top ten of any book jacket I’ve ever seen. It’s the color of sunrise and has milagros sprinkled on it. Milagros are the little metal charms you find all over Mexico—of a lung, a foot, an arm, a head, a car, a pig, a key, a girl praying on her knees, you name it, whatever a person might pray for. It’s thought that the milagros, or miracles, bring miracles. On my book they are raised up so that they look like you can almost lift them off and put them in your pocket.” Astonished follows Donofrio’s spiritual path and how, during her continued search to strengthen her faith, she comes face to face with a rapist holding a knife to her throat. The journey that follows includes time spent at five very different monasteries. Readers are guided through the author’s experience of healing and learning to love life again. �Beverly Donofrio’s first memoir, Riding in Cars with Boys, has been translated into 16 languages and made into a popular motion picture. Her second memoir, Looking for Mary, began as a documentary on NPR and was chosen as a Discover Book at Barnes & Noble.     Kaylie Jones Launches New Imprint Wilkes faculty member Kaylie Jones has launched a new imprint with Akashic Books. Kaylie Jones Books aims to work with a cooperative of dedicated emerging and established writers who will play an integral part in the publishing process, from reading manuscripts, editing, offering advice, to advertising the upcoming publications. “Our first release will be Laurie Loewenstein’s Unmentionables, which is slotted for January of 2014, and will be a traditional publication with an ebook option,” Jones said. “However, we are currently hard at work developing an effective e-book strategy, which could speed up the process and allow us more publications.” In addition to Loewenstein’s book, other publications include Wilkes alum Barb Taylor’s The Sawdust Trail and alum Jason Carney’s Starve the Vulture. Also scheduled for release is J. Patrick Redmond’s Feeding the Christians. “No one will ever be able to pigeonhole KJB into one genre,” Jones said. “Our focus is to publish quality books that have a message that needs to be heard. We are a collective of dedicated writers taking a stand toward helping one another achieve our literary goals and dreams without answering to mainstream, ‘big business’ publishing.” For more news and information about the press, visit kayliejonesbooks.com.   �  Thom Ward on Tour with Etcetera’s Mistress Advisory Board member Thom Ward has been busy touring with his latest poetry book, Etcetera’s Mistress (Accents Publishing). On February 7, 2013, Ward read and recited poems at Georgia Tech’s McEver Poetry reading series at Kress Auditorium in downtown Atlanta. Ward said it was “a great crowd of students and the general public. It was the largest of the year with 318 people in attendance.” An AV of the event and Ward’s reading is available online here. The event began with an introduction by Thomas Lux. Our Wilkes advisory board member read with Georgia poets Laura Newbern and Dan Veach to a standing room only crowd. Ward sold more than forty copies of Etcetera’s Mistress, though he says he “did not have enough time this time around to rap Robert Frost’s ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.’” Thom Ward is also the author of Small Boat with Oars of Different Size, The Matter of the Casket, and Various Orbits.     Faculty and Alum Work With Northampton House Press New titles from Northampton House Press LLC, a company founded in 2011, includes Blood & Honor by Wilkes alum Chelle Ang, Ordinary Angels by Joan La Blanc, and Empyres: Bloodblind by Wilkes alum John Koloski. “It’s thrilling to see my book become a reality,” Koloski said. “I thought nothing could compare to seeing the ebook online, but then I held my first galley copy! That beautiful glossy paperback came with a note from Dave Poyer stating that there’s nothing like a new book in one’s hand. He was absolutely right!” Koloski has also taken on the role of Science Fiction and Horror �acquisitions editor, while Joan La Blanc acquires Romance, Wilkes faculty member Bob Arthur manages Poetry acquisitions, and David Poyer acquires all other genres. The Wilkes connection to Northampton House Press doesn’t end there. Poyer said, “Works are in production from Neil Shepard, Rashidah AbuBakr, and Ken Vose, along with several books by graduated program members.” This semester, Wilkes student William Horn is interning with the publishing house. “Northampton House publishes carefully selected fiction—historical, romance, thrillers, fantasy—and lifestyle nonfiction, memoir, and poetry,” Poyer said. “Its mission is to discover great new writers, especially those graduated from accredited MA/MFA programs who have not yet achieved commercial recognition, and give them a chance to springboard into fame.” The publisher aims to bring something new to the marketplace and to readers, particularly the kind of works that may be overlooked by large trade houses. “Watch the Northampton House list at www.northamptonhouse.com,” Poyer said, “and Like us on Facebook to discover more innovative works of high quality from brilliant new writers.”     Announcements Watch for an important new program announcement in the next issue! If you plan on attending the annual AWP Conference and Bookfair, taking place in Boston MA, March 6-9, 2013, you’ll find ample Wilkes representation. Faculty Gregory Fletcher and Jean Klein, and alum Laurie Powers are on the panel “The Ten-Minute Play: the Essential Ingredients,” Nancy McKinley is presenting on the panel “International Women’s Day Reading from Becoming: What Makes a Woman,” and Christine Gelineau will present on the panel “Second Sex, Second Shelf? Women, Writing, and the Literary Marketplace.” Jim Warner, alum and former assistant program director, will once again host the All-Collegiate Poetry Slam and Open Mic every night of the conference. Bonnie Culver, program director, is on the AWP national Board of Trustees and was a member of the Boston Conference committee. She noted, “There are more presentations this year than any other year in AWP history. It promises to be another fantastic conference.” For more information about AWP and the conference schedule, visit awpwriter.org. Don’t forget to stop by Wilkes/ Etruscan Press booth in the Bookfair! �    Faculty/Staff Notes Philip Brady took part in “The Next Big Thing” project and his interview is available at The Write Life. Bev Donofrio’s new memoir, Astonished: A Story of Evil, Blessings, Grace, and Solace, is now available. Christine Gelineau has a poem about Wilkes-Barre in North American Review. Jean Klein had a production of a 10-minute play, Life Swap, at the annual Short Shorts at The Venue on 35th in Norfolk VA. Dawn Leas has two poems, “Current” and “A Lesson on Resilience,” included in the special flood edition of Word Fountain. Her review of Ghosts in a Red Hat by Rosanna Warren appears in the January 2013 issue of Poets’ Quarterly, and her essay, “A Running List,” was recently featured on the blog, and i ran. J. Michael Lennon reports that Simon and Schuster announced a publication date of November 1, 2013 for his next release, Norman Mailer: A Double Life. The official biography of Mailer (who died in 2007), the founding chair of the Advisory Board of the Wilkes MA/MFA Creative Writing Program, took six years to write, and is approximately 340,000 words in length. Mailer was the keynote speaker at the June 2005 writing conference that kicked off the Program. His wife, Norris Church Mailer (also a distinguished novelist) succeeded him on the Advisory Board, and regularly attended graduation ceremonies for the Program until her untimely death in November 2010. Lennon’s biography is the first to use Mailer’s extensive correspondence (45,000 letters) and unpublished manuscripts, as well as interviews with his nine children and ex-wives. Mailer was married six times. His longest marriage was to Norris, from 1980 to his death. The Mailers established a scholarship in her name shortly after the Program was founded. Lennon co-founded the Program with current Director, Dr. Bonnie Culver. Nancy McKinley’s short story, “Sweet the Sound,” was published in Blue Lake Review. Kevin Oderman’s essay, “Trips Not Taken,” has been published in �shadowbox. David Poyer’s new book, The Whiteness of the Whale, was reviewed in Publishers Weekly. The book will be officially released April 3, but is available for pre-order now and David would like to remind everyone that pre-orders are a great way to help an author. Juanita Rockwell contributed a piece, “A minute comes and goes with all its possibility,” to OneMinutePlays.wordpress.com. Neil Shepard was interviewed in Delphi Quarterly. Thom Ward’s poetry book, Etcetera’s Mistress, was reviewed by George Wallace in BigCityLit. Student/Alumni Notes M.A. alum Jennifer Bokal worked as the managing editor for Paddlewheel, a literary anthology. Jennifer’s short story, “Infinity Plus One,” also appeared in the book and had its beginnings as an exercise in the Fiction Foundation course at Wilkes University. M.F.A. student Kait Burrier co-founded “Sixteenhundred,” a collaborative column that covers concerts and festivals across the country. “Sixteenhundred” features an event review by Kait and photos by Jason Riedmiller. It is currently published online and in print via The Weekender. M.A. alum Bobbi Button is hosting a series of “Write With Your Child” evenings for her 7th and 8th grade students and their parents. The first evening was a success with 26 people in attendance. M.F.A. alum Tara Caimi’s personal essay, “Lucky Teeth,” is forthcoming in the March issue of Fire & Knives. M.F.A. student Chris Campion has an essay, “Back to the Start: Reclaiming Your Voice and Confidence in Writing,” in The Write Life. M.A. alum Joe Cetta’s episodic novel, Parade Day: A Wholly Remarkable and 33% Non-Fictional Account of Scranton and its St. Patrick’s Day Parade, is now available on Amazon, published under the pseudonym Joe Goats. M.A. alum Kevin Conner recently had a short film produced; Pitchfork is �currently in post-production. Also, his poem “Translating” was featured in Naugatuck River Review, and another poem, “Skinny,” was featured in The New Guard Review. M.F.A. alum Craig Czury was a featured poet at the 2012 Semana de las Letras y las Lecturas, International Poetry Festival in Rosario, Argentina. His poems appear in the online anthology ¡Ríoparaná! and Aldebaran Review. His book, Kitchen of Conflict Resolution, was published as La Cocina de Resolución de Conflictos, translated into Spanish by Esteban Charpentier y Griselda García, ArbolAnimal Ediciones, Buenos Aires, Argentina. M.F.A. alum Brian Fanelli has poems forthcoming in the spring/summer issues of Poetry Quarterly, Popshot, and Eunoia Review. M.F.A. alum Patricia Florio is working with publisher Sue Richter on a literary journal. They recently worked on a special Valentine’s Days Issue of East Meets West, American Writers Review, available from Sera Publishing. M.F.A. alum Rachael J. Goetzke is working with The Osterhout Free Library on an in-house literary magazine. Word Fountain has just released a special full-color issue to benefit local flood victims. Copies of the magazine can be obtained from the Osterhout Free Library for a donation of at least $5 per copy. All proceeds will go to an account via the Luzerne Foundation to help still-recovering flood victims. M.F.A. alum Michelle Henriques-Wilson’s debut martial arts fantasy novel, Blood & Honor, has been e-published by Northampton House Press under the pseudonym Chelle Ang. The book is available on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo. The author has recently been interviewed by Monique Lewis for At The Inkwell. M.A. student Paul Jackson was interviewed by Monique Antonette Lewis for At The Inkwell, about his novel A Servant’s Story and the sequel which he is writing now. The sequel is called: A Servant’s Story: The War Years. M.F.A. alum John Koloski has e-published his first novel, Empyres: Bloodblind. It is the first book in the Empyres trilogy, with the next two books to follow in 2013 and 2014. The book is available for Kindle, Nook, and Kobo readers. M.F.A. alum Ginger Marcinkowski is now a monthly health columnist for Bookfun.org, whose readership is over 30,000. Her first novel, Run, River Currents, was a semi-finalist in the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Genesis Contest and received an Honorable Mention at �the New England Book Festival. M.A. alum Lori A. May wrote new book reviews for Los Angeles Review, Northern Poetry Review, and The Review Review. M.F.A. alum Jeff Minton was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s November 2012 Short Story Contest. His story, “Fake Rubber,” was written in his Fiction Foundations course. M.A. alum Lori M. Myers has a short story, “Cooking in a Room with Strangers,” included in the anthology Forever Families published by Mandinam Press. Also, her play Eleanor and the Christmas Carol, a modern comedic twist on the Dickens’ classic, premiered at the Grace Milliman Pollack Performing Arts Center in Camp Hill PA. M.A. student Linda M.C. Nguyen’s short story, “The Blind Side of Control,” has been accepted for publication by Notes from the Underground Magazine for March 2013. She was also the recipient of the Bergman Foundation Scholarship. M.A. alum John Plucenik’s quarterly magazine, IndependentNEPA, will top the $1 million mark in subscription/advertising revenue by the May 2013 issue. He credits his time in the Wilkes program for his continued success. M.F.A. alum William Prystauk’s short film Too Many Predators won Third Place at MoviePoet.com. The short will be entered in upcoming festivals. His quirky drama short film, Go Blue! A Post-Apocalyptic After School Special, is in production. His crime thriller, Bloodletting, will be shot by LGG Digital Films later this year. M.A. alum Dania Ramos’ play Hielo received public readings at Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey’s FORUM Reading Series at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison NJ and the Arts on Division Festival in Somerville NJ. Mi Casa Tu Casa, a bilingual holiday show she cocreated, had its second production at Luna Stage in December 2012. M.A. student Nisha Sharma’s poems “Synesthesia” and “Perfect You” were accepted for publication by YA Review Network, an award winning literary magazine for teens. M.F.A. student Michael J. Soloway’s most recent essay, “Sticks and Stones,” will be published by Split Lip magazine in March 2013. M.F.A. alum Donna Talarico, founding editor of Hippocampus Magazine, reports that Hippo has received great media coverage recently, including coverage in Wood Stove House. �M.A. alum Barb Taylor recently sold her first novel, The Sawdust Trail, to Kaylie Jones Books and Akashic Books. Her novel will be released in May of 2014. M.A. alum Kevin Voglino’s second book, Times Square Kiss, is now available from Rogue Phoenix Press.   Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Revise This! 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 Revise This!   |   December 2012                                       Revise This Archives Revise This! Archives Etruscan’s Tim Seibles a National Book Award Finalist | Morowa Yejidé Signs Book Contract | New Michael Mailer Production Stars Alec Baldwin | Persistence Pays Off for Alum Tara Caimi | Announcements | Faculty/Staff Notes | Student/Alumni Notes | Program Notes Features Etruscan’s Tim Seibles a National Book Award Finalist It’s been another busy year for Etruscan Press! The press was honored with the National Book Award Finalist nod for Fast excitement in the following Q&A. • Calendars & Schedules • Campus Map • Centers for Excellence • Faculty Publications • Graduate Bulletin (.pdf) • Graduate Bulletin Online • Graduate Student Handbook • Library • Office of the Registrar • Online Learning • Professional Pharmacy Application Animal, by author Tim Seibles. The fine folks at Etruscan share their news and Related Links etruscan press • School of Nursing - Graduate Program Student Handbook • Schools, Departments, Divisions n n �Q. Fast Animal already had so much positive response. What has the National Book Award Finalist nod done for the book? A. This is the strongest collection yet from an important American poet at the height of his powers. Being chosen as one of five finalists for this prestigious award focuses attention on the book, on the press, and on the poet’s body of work so far. Q. What about for Etruscan? Has anything changed or is it just another day in publishing? A. This is a huge thrill and an important milestone for us. Etruscan seeks not only to encourage a dialogue among genres, but also to nurture a dialogue among writers at different stages of their careers. We have published work by some of America’s best known poets and writers, and we have also introduced first books by the next generation of writers. Having another National Book Award finalist is a boost for all our writers, and an encouragement of the dialogue which they conduct. Q. How has the designation influenced any post-publication activity? A. Because of the award, we’re in the process of doing a large reprint of Fast Animal. Seibles is already a much sought-after performer and advocate for poetry; his schedule will only get busier as he promotes his latest book. Q. Now, this isn’t the first time Etruscan has received such an honor, is it? A. This is our third National Book Award Finalist, following William Heyen’s Shoah Train in 2004 and H.L.Hix’s Chromatic in 2006. To put this in context, only one other independent press in the country has placed three NBA finalists in the last eight years; and no other press has ever had three in their first eleven years of existence. Q. Any other comments? A. We’re delighted to share this celebration with Wilkes M.F.A. Program, whose continued support helps Etruscan thrive. The partnership with Wilkes has blossomed in many ways: this year we are publishing two books by Wilkes faculty, Kevin Oderman’s novel White Vespa and Sarah Pritchard’s short story collection, Help Wanted: Female. Two Etruscan authors, H.L. Hix and William Heyen, serve on the Wilkes Advisory Board; our co-founding Editors, Phil Brady and Bob Mooney, serve on the faculty. Our Managing Editor, Starr Troup, is a Wilkes M.F.A. alumna. Over twenty Wilkes graduates have interned for Etruscan, gaining professional experience and credential in all aspects of publishing, from editing to educational outreach to design to production to fund-raising; many more students have learned about publishing with our Literary Publishing class. With Akashic Books’ Johnny Temple, we are launching a new branch of the M.A. in Literary Publishing. Entering our seventh year, The Wilkes-Etruscan partnership is stronger than ever. �  Morowa Yejidé Signs Book Contract “When you work so hard at something and constantly dream and strategize about it and then you finally do get a YES, it’s hard to believe it,” Morowa Yejidé said. “That was my initial reaction to hearing that my novel, Time of the Locust, was going to be published by Atria/Simon & Schuster. Disbelief.” The Wilkes alum said the premise of her novel had been floating around her mind for several years before she even put pen to paper. It’s the story of an autistic boy living in the universe of his mind and his supernatural relationship with his incarcerated father. Prior to focusing on her thesis, Morowa had a few sample chapters that were published as short stories. With that early success and encouragement, she took the project further. “I decided to give a complete manuscript a serious effort through the Wilkes M.F.A. The faculty really seemed to be in the trenches as working writers—which was what attracted me to the program,” she said. “I listened to Robert Mooney read one of his powerful, visually-driven narratives and knew right away I wanted to work with him as my Faculty Mentor.” Morowa was determined to strengthen the story, but she was also eager to have an audience. “I continued revisions along the way, working with Mooney, sending the manuscript out, sort of building the plane while I was flying it. After many rejections from various agents and publishing houses large and small, I decided to try some national competitions.” That’s when she began making headway. “Time of the Locust placed as a finalist in the 2012 PEN/Bellwether Prize and the Dana Awards.” The Wilkes alum had already seen success in other venues. Her short stories have appeared in the Istanbul Literary Review, Ascent Aspirations Magazine, Underground Voices, the Adirondack Review, and others. One of her stories had been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, too, but she still wanted the book manuscript to strike a chord with publishers. Once she had the selling point as a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize and the Dana Awards, Morowa took another chance. “I sent out more queries. The rest is, as they say, history. Time of the Locust is forthcoming Spring 2014.” More about Morowa Yejidé can be found on her website at http://morowayejide.com. �  New Michael Mailer Production Stars Alec Baldwin Faculty member Michael Mailer has produced more than twenty features and leads Michael Mailer Films. He has been busy with a new project, starring Alec Baldwin and James Toback, and we were pleased to find out more about this unique production. Q. Can you tell us about Seduced and Abandoned? A. Seduced and Abandoned is a non-fiction film, part mediation on film and the filmmaking process consisting of interviews of film legends such as Polanski, Bertolucci, Scorcese, Copola, and part adventure tale following the ups and downs of Alec Baldwin and James Toback as they attempt to set up a remake of Last Tango in Paris (but this one is set in Iraq called Last Tango in Tikrit) at the Cannes Film Festival. Q. What was the reaction to the process while filming at Cannes? A. Shooting a film about the making of a film at a filmmakers festival was highly stimulating both for all of those involved but for the denizens of Cannes as well. We had great support from the head of the festival himself, Thierry Fermaux. Q. Would you say the project was a success—either in terms of the project itself or in raising money for the ‘undisclosed future film’? A. So far yes. The film we shot turned out well. It’s compelling and will be of interest to anyone interested in film and the filmmaking process. Q. When and where can audiences see the film? A. We’re in post production. The movie will be finished at the end of January, then hopefully viewable in theaters initially, followed by VOD, and other ancillaries.   Persistence Pays Off for Alum Tara Caimi M.F.A alum Tara Caimi has a craft essay in the December 2012 issue of The Writer’s Chronicle (AWP). It took time and patience to see “Privileged Perspective in Memoir: Building the Bridge of Trust by Trusting the Reader” in print, but Tara was determined and persistent in her submission process. �“I think it was fourteen months after I submitted the article before I heard from The Writer’s Chronicle. By that time I assumed the article had been rejected and that the letter had somehow gotten lost in the mail,” Tara said. That’s when she received an email from the editor requesting a few verbiage adjustments. Tara sent in the edited essay and then waited another eight months to hear back from the magazine. This time, they accepted her piece but not for immediate publication. “It didn’t seem real, but the wait was not yet over. Another full year passed before the editors found a place for it in the journal. It took three years total from submission to publication. I can say now with confidence, it was well worth the wait.” On the topic of patience, Tara says “being impatient doesn’t change most outcomes.” She considers the revision process and waiting game part of the job, acknowledging that much of the editorial side of things is out of a writer’s control. “I think we, as writers, do best to focus on the parts we can control—the writing, the submitting, the querying—and we should try not to worry about those parts of the process that depend on others. Of course, this is easier said than done.” The Wilkes alum also believes perseverance is a necessity for writers. “We can’t know with any degree of certainty how the work will be received by others, and we get far more rejections than acceptances. Without perseverance, we would not be writers.” Tara’s professional attitude has netted positive results. The alum has also had success with placing excerpts from her memoir in literary journals. Tara credits her Wilkes education and experience for developing her skills as a professional writer. “Being among this community of supremely talented writers with the students, alum, and faculty provides both support and inspiration and helps me to continue moving forward. Writing can be a lonely endeavor, and I’m encouraged by reading about the work that others are doing. I continue to learn from this community through reading the newsletter and following discussions on various social media platforms on a regular basis. It is part of my ‘writerly’ life and I’m happy to be able to give back by sharing my experiences as well.” �Announcements The Wilkes Creative Writing Program is thrilled to again receive a grant from the Maslow Foundation. The grant is $17,000, which helps underwrite the costs of our visiting writers and public evening readings, aptly titled, the Maslow Evening Reading Series. This is the seventh year in a row the Maslow Foundation has supported our program and we are grateful and honored for their continued support and enthusiasm for what we’re doing here at Wilkes. The Wilkes program will again offer a one-week in-depth literary publishing seminar. The Art and Science of Literary Publishing will take place from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday, Jan. 7 through Friday, Jan 13, 2013 on the Wilkes University campus. The course includes information about the current publishing environment from large to small presses, including corporate, independent, non-profit, university, multi-media and selfpublishing models. There will be discussions about editorial policies, book design, distribution, business models, marketing, sales of manuscripts, legal issues, author events, and much more. Instructors are Phil Brady (executive director of Etruscan Press) and Johnny Temple (publisher and editor of Akashic Books). The course may be taken for four graduate credits in conjunction with Wilkes’ creative writing degree programs. Those not taking the course for graduate credit will receive a certificate of completion following receipt of their final portfolio of written work. For more information, or to register, call the Wilkes University graduate creative writing program at (570) 408-4547 or email cwriting@wilkes.edu. If you plan on attending the annual AWP Conference and Bookfair, taking place in Boston MA, March 6-9, 2013, you’ll find ample Wilkes representation. Faculty Gregory Fletcher and Jean Klein, and alum Laurie Powers are on the panel “The Ten-Minute Play: the Essential Ingredients,” Nancy McKinley is presenting on the panel “International Women’s Day Reading from Becoming: What Makes a Woman,” and Christine Gelineau will present on the panel “Second Sex, Second Shelf? Women, Writing, and the Literary Marketplace.” Jim Warner, alum and former assistant program director, will once again host the All-Collegiate Poetry Slam and Open Mic every night of the conference. Bonnie Culver, program director, is on the AWP national Board of Trustees and was a member of the Boston Conference committee. She noted, “There are more presentations this year than any other year in AWP history. It promises to be another fantastic conference.” For more information about AWP and the conference schedule, visit www.awpwriter.org. Don’t forget to stop by Wilkes/ Etruscan Press booth in the Bookfair! Faculty/Staff Notes �Bonnie Culver’s 10-minute play GPS was recently produced at The Venue, Norfolk VA. Cecilia Galante’s sixth book, about a girl who unknowingly gets involved with an exorcism, was recently acquired by Random House. It is scheduled to be released in fall 2013. Christine Gelineau’s poem, “List for a Blue Day,” was published in Women’s Voices for Change. Dawn Leas has two poems, “Hibernia” and “East West,” included in the anthology Forever Families (Mandinam Press). Nick Mamatas has several short pieces in various recently released anthologies: the novelette “Arbeitskraft” appears in Steampunk: Revolutions (Tachyon Publications); the short story “Avant-n00b” can be found in Bloody Fabulous (Prime Books), which collects short fantasies about fashion; the suspense story “Willow Tests Well” was published in Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane (Black Dog & Leventhal); and “The Big Blue Peacock” appears in Dark Faith: Invocations (Apex Publications), which collects horror stories on religious themes. Nancy McKinley’s short story, “Sweet the Sound,” has been accepted by Blue Lake Review for publication in February 2013. Kevin Oderman has a new novel, White Vespa, available from Etruscan Press. David Poyer has increased his backlist. His novel Stepfather Bank is now available on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo readers. Neil Shepard has seen a number of book reviews for his fourth collection of poetry, Travel/Untravel. These appear in the American Book Review, Colorado Review, Rain Taxi Review, Rattle, Provincetown Arts, The Journal (Ohio State U), and PANK. Shepard’s radio interview with the SUNY-Binghamton radio program, Eggshell Parade, was recorded in October. He has new poems in two online literary magazines Mead and Per Contra, as well as in an upcoming anthology of TV poems. His poetry readings in the coming months include gigs at the University of Vermont, The Vermont Studio Center, The Writers Place (Kansas City MO), The Cosmopolitan Club (NYC), and Barnes & Noble (Burlington VT). He will be teaching poetry workshops at The Writers Place in Kansas City MO and at the Ossabaw Writers’ Retreat in Savannah GA. �Richard Uhlig’s novel, Mystery at Snake River Bridge, was recently acquired by Wild Child Publishing and is set for a 2014 release. Student/Alumni Notes M.A. student Kait Burrier’s short one act play, Patient/Fracture, was recently staged during the 2nd annual JMPP invitational, Dyonisia ‘12. She also wrote and directed three site-specific monologues for Scranton’s 2nd annual Bonfire at the Iron Furnaces. She continues to review arts and entertainment for NEPA’s Weekender. Kait’s poetry will appear in forthcoming issues of Ruminate Magazine, Word Fountain, and NAP lit mag’s e-chapbook, #GOODLitSwerveAutumn. M.F.A. alum Tara Caimi has a craft essay, “Privileged Perspective in Memoir: Building the Bridge of Trust by Trusting the Reader,” in the December issue of AWP’s The Writer’s Chronicle. Her short story “Chicken Divan,” which first appeared in Fire & Knives, is forthcoming in Oh Comely magazine. M.A. student Christopher J. Campion’s short story “That Familiar and Dissonant Tune” has been accepted for publication by Fiction365.com. M.F.A. alum Brian Fanelli has three poems published in Foliate Oak. His poem, “After Working Hours,” has been nominated for a 2012 Pushcart Prize. The poem first appeared in the fall 2012 issue of Boston Literary Magazine. M.F.A. alum Patricia Florio’s story “Golden Boy” will appear in the Spring 2013 edition of Newton Literary. “Golden Boy” is based on a family member who was a professional dancer in the 1940s, and the rest of the story bears a bit of truth and a lot of fiction. M.F.A. alum Wendy Garfinkle’s debut novel, Serpent on a Cross, has been e-published by Northampton House Press, under the pseudonym Darya Asch. It’s available on Nook, Kindle and Kobo. M.F.A. alum John Koloski has e-published his first novel, Empyres: Bloodblind. It is the first book in the Empyres trilogy, with the next two to follow in 2013 and 2014. The book is available for Kindle, Nook, and Kobo readers. M.F.A. alum Carol MacAllister’s sci-fi e-book, Mayan Calendar Reveal, is available on Kindle and scheduled for all popular reading devices. Her short story “Blood Pine” is part of the prestigious trade collection The Call of Lovecraft, from Evil Jester Press. “Under Nighttime Rainbows,” an erotic horror story, is part of the upcoming UK collection Peep Show �Vol.2.edited by Paul Fry. Several of her poems and a foreword are slated for the collection of inspirational work Light Within, from Ireland. A shared poem with Adrian Spendlow, official town bard of York England, will appear with other work in Word Fountain. M.A. student Lori A. May has new critical essays and reviews in New Orleans Review, The Iowa Review, and Los Angeles Review. Her poem “Drinks Among Friends” was published in a special anthology by Pirene’s Fountain. Her personal essay “Out of a Suitcase and Into the Vortex” was published by Passages North. Another essay, “The Stamp,” was published by Connotation Press. M.F.A. alum William Prystauk presented a critical paper, “Disturbing Cinema: Why We Watch,” at the EAPSU Fall Conference. He is currently filming his horror short, Too Many Predators. Also, Fantastic Horror is publishing his short story “Food” in the upcoming “Blood” issue. M.A. alum Joseph Schwartzburt is working with Seersucker Live, a Savannah Literary group. They will be putting on a show in January featuring writers from The Georgia Review: Liza Wieland, Alice Friman, and editor Stephen Corey. M.F.A. alum Donna Talarico was one of seventeen higher ed professionals contracted to write a chapter for the forthcoming book from mStoner, Social Works: How #HigherEd Uses #SocialMedia to Raise Money, Build Awareness, Recruit Students and Get Results. Her chapter is a case study of a shared social media campaign/contest between MIT and Cornell. She also presented “No Such Thing as TMI: How to Create a Culture of Content Sharing” at the 2012 Higher Education Web Professionals annual conference held in October in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Talarico won Best of Track for the Marketing, Content and Social Strategy track, which allowed her to give her presentation two more times during special “Red Stapler Sessions” on the final day of the conference. Talarico also gave this presentation at the eduWeb conference in July and was asked to give an abbreviated version of it in October for the higher ed software company, OmniUpdate. M.A. alum Kevin Voglino’s second novel, Tea Time Boys, will be released by RoguePhoenix Publishing in January 2013. M.F.A. alum Morowa Yejidé’s debut novel, Time of the Locust, which tells the story of an autistic boy who lives in a world of his own making and his supernatural relationship with his incarcerated father, will be published by Atria/Simon & Schuster in spring 2014.   �  Program Notes   The Write Life blog welcomes guest posts from faculty, students, and alumni. Email lori.may1@wilkes.edu for details. 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Archives Related Links Gale Martin Ranks #1 | Wilkes Panels, Readings, and More at AWP Boston 2013 Announcements | Faculty/Staff Notes | Student/Alumni Notes | Program Notes Calendars & Schedules Campus Map Centers for Excellence Faculty Publications Graduate Bulletin (.pdf) Graduate Bulletin Online   Graduate Student Handbook Gale Martin Ranks #1 Recent graduate Gale Martin has been enjoying incredible success for not one, but two recent book releases. Her debut with Don Juan in Hankey, PA (Booktrope 2011) keeps climbing the sales ranks, but it’s her latest book Grace Unexpected that has drawn even more attention, recently rising to #1 on Amazon’s list of Movers and Shakers. “Movers & Shakers allows readers to keep track of what books are popular on Library Office of the Registrar Online Learning Professional Pharmacy Application School of Nursing - Graduate Program Student Handbook Schools, Departments, Divisions n n �Amazon,” Martin explains. “It measures books that obtain the biggest gains in Amazon sales ranks over the past 24 hours.”   Grace Unexpected by Gale Martin As part of a marketing strategy, Grace Unexpected was offered for free Kindle download for a limited three day period. Martin’s publisher aimed for the freebie to attract readers and everything fell into place as planned. “It received loads more visibility,” Martin says. In fact, during those three days not only was Grace Unexpected downloaded more than 38,000 times, the book sold more than 400 copies in the following 36 hours when the book returned to its retail price. In turn, buyers have been adding Don Juan in Hankey, PA to their online shopping cart as well. Martin credits the Wilkes writing program for steering her in the right direction. The author states that Wilkes helps “prepare authors to present their writing,” both through public reading experience and preparing for the publication market. This hands-on ‘training’ has helped Martin across the board. She says, “I would say my Wilkes preparation was invaluable to my feeling confident and projecting a professional writer’s image.” Riding high on her past two releases, Martin is already at work on her next book.   Wilkes Panels, Readings, and More at AWP Boston 2013 If you plan on attending the annual AWP Conference and Bookfair, taking place in Boston MA, March 6-9, 2013, you’ll find ample Wilkes representation. Also, Jim Warner, alum and former assistant program director, will once again host the All-Collegiate Poetry Slam and Open Mic every night of the Boston conference. Bonnie Culver, program director, is on the AWP national Board of Trustees and was a member of the Boston Conference committee. She noted, “There are more presentations this year than any other year in AWP history. It promises to be another fantastic conference.” Next year’s conference will be held in Seattle, Washington. Proposals for the Seattle conference are due no later than May 1, 2013. Watch the AWP website for more information. �The following panel discussions include members from the Wilkes community: “The Ten-Minute Play: the Essential Ingredients” Panelists: Gregory Fletcher, Jean Klein, and L. Elizabeth Powers For both playwrights and non-playwrights who may want to try their hand at a shorter genre, the ingredients of the ten-minute play will be compared and contrasted to the full-length play and sketch writing. Also, exploration will be given to finding the right size of a story and cast, as well as to the art of economy, how it looks on paper, and the production and publishing opportunities that could follow. “Second Sex, Second Shelf? Women, Writing, and the Literary Marketplace” Panelists: Christine Gelineau, Erin Belieu, Julia Glass, Tayari Jones, and Meg Wolitzer Statistics suggest a gap still exits but is there a problem and if there is, what is its nature? What changes/ remedies/ metamorphoses can/ should be imagined? Do you think about this issue differently in terms of your writing vs. in terms of your career? Accomplished writers, who happen to be women, theorize and report out of their own experiences and analysis of the current literary scene. “International Women’s Day Reading from Becoming: What Makes a Woman” Panelists: Jill McCabe Johnson, Dinah Lenney, Nancy McKinley, Bibi Wein, Nadine Pinede Authors read from what Dinty W. Moore describes as an astonishing array of gifted writers who explore intimacy, doubt, love, joy, and sorrow to form this exhilarating anthology. Edited by Jill McCabe Johnson, Becoming: What Makes a Woman (University of Nebraska Gender Programs, 2012) features essays of pivotal life experience. For more information about AWP and the conference schedule, visit www.awpwriter.org. And, don’t forget to stop by Wilkes/ Etruscan Press booth in the Bookfair!     Announcements   Bonnie Culver, program director, is on a special job in Mesa, AZ for Wilkes that is starting a branch campus at the invitation of the city of �Mesa. In mid-August, she drove the Winnebago and da boyz—Elkhounds Brody and Bernie—across country. She remains the program director and will return each residency and continue recruiting and advising. She leaves the program in the capable hands of Dawn Leas, Joyce Anzalone, Graduate assistants Dawn Zera and Erin Miele, and Etruscan Press editor Starr Troup. Of Mesa so far? “It’s hot!” On the creative writing front in the west? Students wishing to take CW 501 and begin the west in January should call Dr. Culver 570.408.4527. The M.A./M.F.A. Wilkes programs are once again sponsors for the AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) national conference to be held in Boston MA, March 6-9, 2013. That means Wilkes will have 45 FREE registrations for students and faculty wishing to attend the conference. As in years past, Wilkes will have a booth shared with Etruscan Press in the Book Fair. We need a handful of student volunteers to work the booth during the conference. Please call Dawn Leas to claim a registration and/or volunteer! The 10th annual International Conference of the Norman Mailer Society takes place in Provincetown MA this October 10-13, 2012. From the Wilkes community, Michael Mailer is participating on a roundtable discussion, “Mailer and Boxing,” and J. Michael Lennon is moderating a discussion on “Mailer and Women.” And as in years past, the Wilkes M.A./M.F.A. program will present the Wilkes University Reader’s Theatre that is comprised of students and faculty. This year’s readers include Ross Klavan, Ken Vose, Bonnie Culver, and Dawn Zera. Other Wilkes alums and faculty presenters include Nicole DePolo. You must be a member of The Norman Mailer Society to attend the conference; however, student memberships are only $20. To attend or find out more about the society, visit www.normanmailersociety.com. The M.A./M.F.A. Wilkes programs are currently working through the approval process to add a publishing track. Please check out this New York Times video about small presses that highlights Akashic Books and its founder and publisher, Johnny Temple, who is one of our publishing faculty members.     Faculty/Staff Notes   Gregory Fletcher’s play, Uploaded, was included in the Whitley-Mosier Foundation Summer Readings 2012 series in New York City. The lead roles were read by Michael Learned and June Gable. In September, Greg began a new job with CUNY - Kingsborough Community College as Director of Theatre Arts.   �Cecilia Galante’s sixth book, about a girl who unknowingly gets involved with an exorcism, was recently acquired by Random House. It is scheduled to be released in fall 2013. Dawn Leas will have two poems, “Hibernia” and “East West” included in the anthology, Forever Families, being published by Mandinam Press in late 2012. J. Michael Lennon reports that a book he edited was recently published by Taschen Books:Norman Mailer/Bert Stern: Marilyn Monroe. He edited and condensed the text of Mailer’s 1973 biography to accompany a new selection of photographs by fashion photographer Bert Stern. He is now working on a new edition of Mailer’s The Fight (1975), with new photographs of the Ali-Foreman 1974 championship bout in Zaire, also to be published by Taschen Books. He has also just submitted the manuscript of the authorized Mailer biography to be published next year by Simon and Schuster. Kevin Oderman will have a new novel, White Vespa, available in November from Etruscan Press. Neil Shepard has a new poetry chapbook, Vermont Exit Ramps, available from Big Table Publishing.   Student/Alumni Notes   M.F.A. alum Amye Archer’s first play is being produced as part of Dyonisia ‘12: Apocalypse.  This is a series of short plays written by local playwrights and is produced by the Jason Miller Playwright Project. M.F.A. alum Tara Caimi’s short story “Chicken Divan” was published in Fire & Knives and her memoir excerpt “Sled Team” was published in Oh Comely magazine. M.F.A. alum Craig Czury was featured in Reading Eagle recently, discussing his role as Berks County poet laureate. M.F.A. alum Brian Fanelli recently signed a contract with the publisher Unbound Content to release his first full-length book of poems. M.A. student Donna Ferrara has had an essay, “Wrestling with Rain Barrels,” accepted for publication by Green Prints. This is the second piece Donna has sold to the magazine. �M.F.A. student Tyler Grimm has signed with Union Literary Agency, won the 2012 Norris Church-Mailer Scholarship, and has just begun teaching undergraduate writing courses at Elizabethtown College.  M.F.A. alumni Ginger Marcinkowski had her thesis, Run, River Currents (women’s fiction) published by Booktrope in August 2012. It was a semi-finalist in the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writer’s) Genesis Contest as well. She is also a new adjunct professor for Ashland University. M.A. student Lori A. May will be reading from her poetry collection at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids MI. She will also be a panel guest at the Michigan College English Association this fall and a guest presenter at the Rochester Writers’ Conference at Oakland University. In addition to three new poetry journal acceptances, Lori has new reviews published in Los Angeles Review. M.F.A. alum William Prystauk’s critical paper he worked on for his degree, “Home Is Where the Horror Is,” will be published by the end of this year, and will appear in the academic journal Studies in Gothic Fiction. Also, his short story “Food” will be published by Fantastic Horror in the fall. M.F.A. alum MorowaYejidé’s novel manuscript, Time of the Locust, was a 2012 finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize and also received First Honorable mention in the 2011 Dana Awards. M.A. alum and current M.F.A. student Dawn Zera’s one-act play, Contemporary Saints, was staged in September as part of the Second Annual Jason Miller Playwrights’ Invitational in Scranton PA.   Program Notes   The Write Life blog welcomes guest posts from faculty, students, and alumni. Email lori.may1@wilkes.edu for details. Weekly interviews, literary news, and calls for submissions are shared online at http://wilkeswritelife.wordpress.com. 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The position of Associate Director was recently added and in a national call for applicants, Dawn Leas rose to the top and was selected to join the Wilkes team. As a Wilkes M.F.A alum, Leas is no stranger to the program and she admits her personal experience will influence her new administrative role. “This new position will give me the opportunity to talk about the strengths of the programs,” Leas said, “to share my own personal experiences as a student and alum; to provide support in terms of navigating LIVE, our online platform; to assist Dr. Culver in building new programs as well as managing daily office operations; Related Links Calendars & Schedules Campus Map Centers for Excellence Faculty Publications Graduate Bulletin (.pdf) Graduate Bulletin Online Graduate Student Handbook Library Office of the Registrar Online Learning Professional Pharmacy Application School of Nursing - Graduate Program Student Handbook Schools, Departments, Divisions n n �and to nurture a growing writing community.” In her past lives, Leas has worked in PR and marketing, actively using social media and community events to engage audiences. Leas said, “I will take this experience and apply it to my new position working closely with University Relations on marketing and social media, and with Dr. Culver, Joyce Anzalone and the graduate admission office on admissions. I am also learning the tech side of LIVE so that I can help guide faculty and students through its terrain.” In her role as Associate Director, Leas will build on the current strengths of the Wilkes program “while also looking at other avenues to best reach these groups to bring them together as a vibrant, dynamic writing community that interacts not only within itself, but also with the larger literary world,” Leas said. “I see the Wilkes Creative Writing programs as a place where we can all communicate about craft, trends in publishing, continued learning experiences, successes and milestones to help support one another in what is otherwise a rather solitary pursuit.” Jim Warner Roast Boosts Jennifer Diskin Memorial Scholarship The summer 2012 residency kicked off with a night of celebration, memories, and philanthropy. M.F.A. Alum Amye Archer planned an evening to honor the departure of one of its admins, but the night soon became more than a simple send-off. “The roast was initially conceived as a unique way to say goodbye to Assistant Director Jim Warner,” Archer said. “It was Jim’s very generous decision to donate all funds raised to a scholarship honoring Jennifer Diskin, Jim's friend and program alum who passed away in December 2011.” News of the fundraiser garnered huge support and the party was wellattended by faculty, alums, current students, and advisory board members. In addition to straight-up donations, a number of items—such as gift baskets and signed books—were donated for a silent auction. Archer said the goal of the evening was to raise $2,000, but the event brought in well over $4,000 in honor of Jennifer Diskin. “Jennifer was a bright light in our community,” Archer said, “and with the help of those who generously donated their time and money for the roast, as well as with the support from Jennifer's family and friends, it is a light that will continue to glow.” Announcements Faculty members who included students on AWP 2013 panel discussions are eligible to apply for student funding support from the Wilkes �University Mentoring Committee. Please contact Program Director Bonnie Culver for more details. Faculty/Staff Notes Gregory Fletcher’s new play, Uploaded, was read in New York this July. The play was read by Michael Learned, June Gable, and Phil Mills. Christine M Gelineau’s poem “Sockanosset,” published by The Paterson Literary Review, has been selected for the 2012 Pushcart Prize anthology. The anthology will be available in November. William Heyen, Advisory Board member, has just released Straight’s Suite for Craig Cotter & Frank O’Hara from Mayapple Press and Hiroshima Suite from Nine Point Publishing. A third title, The Football Corporations, is available from Etruscan Press this summer. Also, The Cabin: Journal 1964-1984 will be out from H_NGM_N Press by the end of the year. Ross Klavan’s film Tigerland is being remastered on blu-ray and includes an interview with Ross. Jan Quackenbush had a play performed in Germany this summer. Student/Alumni Notes M.F.A. alum Christopher Bullard has new poems accepted by Rattle, Waccamaw, Trincaria and Slipstream. One of his poems was chosen for the anthology The Best of the Barefoot Muse, edited by Anna M. Evans. M.A. student Kait Burrier will premiere a ten-minute play this September at Dionysia 12, the second-annual Jason Miller Playwrights Project Invitational. She will also be collaborating with The Pop Up Studio this October to introduce a theatrical component to Scranton’s Harvest Festival. M.A. student Christopher J. Campion’s short story, “Angel,” was selected as a finalist for East Meets West, American Writers Review Spring/Summer 2012 contest. M.A. alum Cindy Dlugolecki was the featured speaker in May for Sunday at Museum Square in Mechanicsburg PA. She presented a series of vignettes dramatizing the town’s colorful history and just as colorful citizens. Cindy’s M.A. thesis/play SNAP! was produced as a staged reading at the Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg in July. M.F.A. alum Jaclyn Fowler won first place in the East Meets West �Spring 2012 contest for her short story, “Swing Topping and Red Shoes.” She was also invited to attend this summer’s Norman Mailer Writers Colony workshop on Historical Fiction. M.F.A. alum Wendy Garfinkles’ poem “Stronger Than You Think” was selected as a Finalist in the East Meets West, American Writers contest and will be published in the Spring/Summer 2012 issue. M.A. alum Jerry Gurka’s play The Prodigal Sons was performed at Saint John the Baptist Church, Larksville PA this past spring. He has an article forthcoming in Celebration Magazine and Scripts Works Press will be publishing a second collection of his Passion Plays in 2013. Also, his play Murder at the Pierogie Wedding will be performed this August. M.F.A. alum Matthew S. Hinton developed PLAYROOM: An Evening of One-Act Plays by Regional Authors. The program ran this June at Kings College Theater, Wilkes-Barre. M.A. student Lori A. May has new creative nonfiction in Passages North, Hippocampus Magazine, and The Smoking Poet. New poetry has been published at Lansing Online News and she has new reviews published in Rattle, Los Angeles Review, and Northern Poetry Review. M.A. alum David McDonald’s short film, Choker, was a finalist in the 2012 Beverly Hills Film Festival. This piece was inspired by his work in the Wilkes Creative Writing/Screenwriting Program. Janis Productions is currently budgeting the project and several more producers in Texas and California are reading it. M.A. alum Lori M. Myers’ play The Serpents Egg will be produced by fellow alum Matthew Hinton at Gaslight Theatre in Wilkes-Barre. Her short story “Smoke” was recently published by Sunbury Press in the anthology A Community of Writers. M.A. alum Dania Ramos’ play Frozen War was read at the Arts on Division Festival this past May at the PCNJ Pop-Up Art Gallery, Somerville NJ. This was Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey’s second round of readings for the New Jersey Emerging Women’s Playwrights Project. M.F.A. alum Jonathan Rocks’ screenplay Luke Whimsey, which was his capstone for the Wilkes program, has been optioned by Triboro Pictures, and they are currently representing it at the 2012 Cannes Film Market in France. Program Note �The Write Life blog welcomes guest posts from faculty, students, and alumni. Email lori.may1@wilkes.edu for details.   Weekly interviews and literary news are shared online at http://wilkeswritelife.wordpress.com. Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Revise This! 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 Revise This Archives Revise This! Archives The Rebel Wife by Taylor Polites – Best Southern Read | New LowResidency Representation on AWP Board | Announcements | Faculty/Staff Notes | Student Alumni Notes The Rebel Wife by Taylor Polites – Best Southern Read Since graduating in June 2010 with his MFA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University, Taylor Polites has been busy! His debut novel, The Rebel Wife, was published in February 2012 by Simon & Schuster. The debut has been named one of the Best Southern Reads for 2012 by The Atlanta Journal – Constitution. Taylor has also received glowing reviews from BookPage, O Magazine, and The Southern Independent Booksellers Association. “I am really amazed at the amount of great coverage and response the book has received,” Taylor said. “It is truly a dream come true. I really appreciate the support and guidance that the Wilkes MFA community, Related Links Calendars & Schedules Campus Map Centers for Excellence Faculty Publications Graduate Bulletin (.pdf) Graduate Bulletin Online Graduate Student Handbook Library Office of the Registrar Online Learning Professional Pharmacy Application School of Nursing - Graduate Program Student Handbook Schools, Departments, Divisions n n �students, alumni and faculty, has given me. You don't make these things happen on your own. I feel so lucky to be a part of a community that extends way beyond graduation.” Taylor was on the road for almost four weeks in February. “I toured 14 cities in five states. It was amazing to be able to go out, book in hand, and talk to people about writing and history and the South. It is an absolute dream come true.” He is now embarking on a series of promotional events ranging from the Virginia Festival of the Book to the Alabama Book Festival. Dates and locations for the tour are available on Taylor’s website: http://taylormpolites.com In 2009, Taylor was awarded the Norris Church Mailer Scholarship. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where he is currently working on the research for a second book, another one set in Albion, Alabama. New Low-Residency Representation on AWP Board At the recent AWP Conference in Chicago IL, two low-residency program directors were elected to serve as officers on the AWP Board. Wilkes’ own Bonnie Culver is now serving as Treasurer and Steve Heller, director of the Antioch University Los Angeles program, is serving as President. Steve was elected in 2010 and Bonnie Culver in 2011; each will serve a four year term. “This is the first time two low-res program directors are on the Board,” Culver said, “and it’s the first time two are acting as Officers. It’s very exciting.” This is great news for low-residency programs. Congratulations to Steve and Bonnie. Announcements The June Residency is scheduled to take place June 15-23, 2012. Applications for June admission are due May 15 for regular admission or May 1 to be considered for Graduate Assistantships. Jack Scovil, long-time Advisory Board Member, passed away February 23, 2012. Jack was a literary agent for more than 40 years and a principal agent at Scovil Galen Ghosh in New York City. He worked with Norman Mailer, Margaret Truman, Larry Smith, and many others. Jack was a founding Advisory Board Member of the low-residency MFA program at Wilkes. “‘Uncle Jack’ was a wonderful supporter, friend, and advisor to the entire program,” said Bonnie Culver. “He will be dearly missed.” A Memorial Celebration for Norris Church Mailer will take place in April. This is a closed event by invitation only. Wilkes faculty, alum, and �students wishing to share a few words about Norris should contact the Program Director, Bonnie Culver or Dr. Michael Lennon for more information. They will attend the event and represent Wilkes. Faculty members who include students on AWP 2013 panel discussions are eligible to apply for student funding support from the Wilkes University Mentoring Committee. Involvement of current students is encouraged. Please contact Program Director Bonnie Culver for more details. Alums George Kraynak and Julia Steier have good news: Many nonsensical things occur with your cohort during the grueling eight days of the January and June residencies that brings your group closer. But during the work semesters and the hours spent on the program formally known as WebCT, an unlikely friendship can ignite then twist into companionship. George Kraynak (MFA 2010) and Julia Steier (MA 2010) met in 501 during the January residency in 2008. In 2009, their Wilkes friendship moved into real time and the writing relationship quickly derailed into something more. They co-founded a scrumptious online food blog titled George and Julia Eat Manhattan (http://www.georgeandjuliaeatmanhattan.com). They began documenting their culinary adventures, and for two and a half years these two delectable delights couldn’t deny their uncanny connection and attraction. On an unseasonably warm February afternoon in Central Park, George and Julia were laying side-by-side holding hands when suddenly George began pouring his heart out about their future together. Several times before they've hypothetically discussed the greatness of getting married and moving in together, but nothing more. But like a colt learning to stand, George nervously got on one knee and gazed into her eyes. Julia sat up so bewildered by his actions and couldn't fathom what was unraveling right in front of her. So instead of shutting up and listening, she hollered at his practical joke. But George tuned her out—a tactic he’s acquired over their time spent together— and pulled a small velvet brown box from his breast coat pocket. When he creaked the box open, the daylight glinted off the diamond like meteor showers at midnight. Without hesitation, Julia lunged for the ring. George smiled and said, “So you’ll marry me?” and Julia emphatically nodded yes. �Faculty/Staff Notes Nancy McKinley’s essay “Title IX and Me” appears in the anthology Becoming: What Makes a Woman, published by the University of Nebraska, February, 2012. Her short story “Signed Sealed Delivered” has been accepted by the Main Street Rag Short Fiction Anthology for the TATTOOS theme to be published in Fall of 2012.Nancy was a reader at the February Prose in Pubs event. On May 4, 2012 she will be reading at MulberryArt Studio, First Friday in Lancaster City, 6-8 p.m. for the Elizabethtown Writers Group, with Wilkes Alumni Gale Martin and Rick Fellinger, as well as Mary Beth Matteo and Jesse Waters. Gregory Fletcher’s play Cow-Tipping and Other Signs of Stress is a national finalist for the Reva Shiner Comedy Award from the Bloomington Playwrights Project. Neil Shepard has given poetry readings in a half-dozen states to celebrate his new poetry book, (T)ravel/Un(t)ravel. Upcoming readings include the KGB Bar in New York City in April, Vermont Poetry Society in May, Saratoga Arts Festival in June, and Chautauqua Writers Institute in July. Shepard will teach a Poetry Workshop at Poets House in Manhattan (April-May) and an Advanced Poetry Workshop at the Chautauqua Writers Institute in July. New poems are forthcoming in Per Contra (online) and the Chautauqua Literary Review. Three book reviews of Travel/Untravel appear in PANK (online), Fogged Clarity (online), and Provincetown Arts. Student/Alumni Notes M.F.A. alum Amye Archer has a piece, “Found,” accepted by H_ngm_n for the April issue. She has also been selected as a guest editor for a special Parenting issue of PANK Magazine. The issue is scheduled for June. M.F.A. alum Christopher Bullard’s full-length book of poetry, Back, has been selected by WordTech Communications for publication by their CW Books imprint in November of 2013. M.A. student Kait Burrier’s poem, “To the Little Boy in the White Gown,” will be published in the Carlow University Press anthology, Voices in the Attic, Vol. XVIII. M.F.A. alum Brian Fanelli has a poem entitled “After Work” in the current issue of Harpur Palate. He also has poems forthcoming in the fall issue of Inkwell Journal and the spring/summer issue of Solstice Literary Magazine. �M.F.A. alum Richard Fellinger’s short story collection, They Hover Over Us, has been published by Snake Nation Press. This collection of 13 stories about people from PA’s Rust Belt won the 2011 Serena McDonald Kennedy Fiction Award and is available now at readings and signings hosted by the author. The publisher will make the book available soon at its Web site, snakenationpress.org, and on Amazon. M.F.A. alum Patricia Florio is working with Literary Adventure, a reading series. This month The Jersey Shore Writers will be sharing the stage at the Belmar Arts Council with three Wilkes Alums. M.A. alum Jerry Gurka wrote and directed a play, The Prodigal Sons: Passion Play 2012, performed in Larksville PA, in March. M.F.A. alum Bill Lowenburg’s novel, The Zorki Chronicles, is a quarter finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest. Finals take place in June. He also recently published a photography article on the Australian Website, Lucida. M.A. alum Gale Martin will be reading at MulberryArt Studio, May 4, for the Elizabethtown Writers Group. M.A. student Lori A. May has an article, “Bypass obstacles to traditional publication,” in the March 2012 edition online at WriterMag.com. She is scheduled to speak at the Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs Conference hosted at Humber College in Toronto, May 2012. M.A. alum Lori Myers will be teaching a workshop entitled “Acting the Book: Putting Pizazz into Your Literary Readings” at the Pennwriters Conference, Lancaster, PA. She will also be doing a fiction reading and teaching a writing workshop at the Chautauqua Institute in New York this summer. M.F.A. alum William D. Prystauk’s academic paper, “The Kids Aren’t All Right: Horror Movies Remind Us that Protecting Children at Home is an Illusion” was just published in the Mid-Atlantic Popular American Culture Association “Gazette” (2012 Winter Edition). His short crime story, “Mara” will appear in the upcoming issue of “Criminal Class Review.” The academic paper he prepared for his MFA critical paper at Wilkes has been accepted for publication by the peer reviewed “Studies in Gothic Fiction.” Bill has also begun pre-production of his short dramatic horror, Too Many Predators, to be filmed in late August. M.A. alum Dania Ramos’ bilingual co-creation MI CASA TU CASA was produced at Luna Stage as part of its 2011-2012 mainstage season. In December, her play ROOM 30 received a staged reading as part of Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey’s FORUM Series at Fairleigh �Dickinson University. She was also selected for Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey’s 2011-12 New Jersey Emerging Women Playwrights Project, a ten-month play development program. M.A. student Michael Soloway will have a memoir excerpt published in the May issue of Brevity magazine. The piece is called “Introducing Mother Nature.” M.F.A. student Sandee Umbach’s full-length poetry collection, The Pattern Maker’s Daughter, was released in February of 2012 by Bottom Dog Press. Jim Daniels, author and editor, calls the collection “a remarkable debut … full of honesty, wisdom, and heart.” Program Note The Write Life blog welcomes guest posts from faculty, students, and alumni. Email lori.may1@wilkes.edu for details. Weekly interviews and literary news are shared online at http://wilkeswritelife.wordpress.com.     Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Revise This! 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 Revise This Archives High Praise for Advisory Board Member William J. Kennedy's Latest Book | Alum Lori Myers' Essay Nominated for a Pushcart Prize | Faculty/Staff Notes | Student Alumni Notes High Praise for Advisory Board Member William J. Kennedy's Latest Book William J. Kennedy, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Ironweed, has seen glowing reviews for his recent book, Chango Beads and Two-Tone Shoes. The New York Times, Paris Review, and many more media outlets are praising Kennedy’s latest publication, with USA Today calling this an “ambitious, mature work.” In Chango Beads and Two-Tone Shoes we see Hemmingway make chatter with Castro, and a witty reporter, Quinn, settle into Cuba because it’s “closer than Paris.” “The Cuban element in my book had its origin in personal experience,” Revise This! Archives n 2011 n n �Kennedy said in a recent interview. “I covered the Cuban revolution in Miami and later in San Juan, PR, in the 1950s as a newsman, first on the Miami Herald, then on the San Juan Star, and as a correspondent for Time-Life. The experience nagged me for years, and eventually I took up the challenge.” While the personal angle may have prompted the book’s creation, it did not make the journey any easier. “I witnessed much suffering and heroic behavior among people in the movement; also much repression and virulent racism, and that became central to the new novel. The book in progress turned into a story of two revolutions; and what then loomed was the reimagining of both, and fitting them into my story about a journalist and a revolutionary debutante. And nine years later I finished it.” Wilkes writing students were honored with a featured reading at a recent residency, wherein Kennedy shared a few scenes from Chango Beads and Two-Tone Shoes. For students wishing to merge nonfiction elements with fiction, Kennedy has this advice. “The novel usually wants to be as true as possible to historical reality, but not at the expense of the story. The writer is getting at the truth of what he/she knows and wants to put on the page; but the reimagining of history, or even our own past, is necessary if this work aspires to be literature,” Kennedy said, “for such work is not the transcription of history but is experience that has passed through the center of our being, and been transformed into a story, play, novel that never was—a work created from the argument that the creative element in the writer’s brain is having with imagination, memory, and the implacable drive to be authentic.” This can prove to be a challenge for writers, young and experienced. “History is always malleable to the novelist. Being scrupulously, morally faithful to it can involve distorting or even eliminating what was actual. The writer’s quest is to be true to what is more important: the literary synthesis of all that internal torsion—the truly new story.” With all the media and publicity, Kennedy is settling in to getting back to what matters most. “I just finished my book tour about two weeks ago and am still not quite settled into the next phase of my life, which is to get back to writing,” Kennedy said in a recent interview. “Hemingway said that after you finish a novel you have to let the well fill up again; and that’s what I’m doing. But I have resumed something I started years ago and never finished—a play. I will finish it this time, and I will be satisfied, I think. I’m never satisfied with anything, but at least this time I will not consider what I write to be a provisional draft. This will be it, and I’ll have a staged reading. Then, of course, I’ll start the rewriting.” Alum Lori Myers' Essay Nominated for a Pushcart Prize When Hippocampus Magazine published Lori Myer’s essay, “Word,” in September 2011, the author and �Wilkes alum would have never guessed so much attention would come her way. “I am beyond thrilled to receive a Pushcart nomination and be part of this select group of writers,” Myers said recently. From the year’s submissions, Hippocampus selected six pieces of non-fiction, including Myers’ essay exploring the power of word play. “Words can affect us, cut like a knife, or perhaps even change our lives, our philosophies, our paths,” Myers says in her essay. An award-winning writer of creative nonfiction, fiction, essays, and plays, Myers has seen her work published in more than 40 national and regional publications. A graduate of the Creative Writing masters program at Wilkes University, she is now part of the writing faculty at York College of Pennsylvania. Even with her continued stream of success, this author is modest and appreciative of the attention she is earning for her writing— and for the genre as a whole. “Honestly, I have no idea when the winners will be announced. Just being nominated has meant so much! Besides, these types of awards place the literary arts center stage!” In her reflection on words and their weighty meaning, Myers has this to say in her essay: “Like a rock thrown into the literary pool, words cause the waters to ripple; they have power and weight, which is why writers ache and moan and starve and revise, revise, revise to make certain they use just the right words in a scene, in dialogue, in verse.” To read the full essay, visit Hippocampus Magazine at http://www.hippocampusmagazine.com. More information about the Pushcart Prize may be found online at http://www.pushcartprize.com/index.htm. Faculty/Staff Notes Robert P. Arthur has again been nominated for Poet Laureate of Virginia. He was a runner up for the post in both 2008 and 2010. Taschen Press has just published a new, revised edition of Norman Mailer’s 1973 biography, conceived by Advisory Board member Larry Schiller, and edited by J. Michael Lennon, who also contributed a biographical note on Mailer. The new edition contains heretofore unseen photographs by the great photographer, Bert Stern, from the last sitting with Monroe just before she died in 1962. The oversize, clamshell-boxed, limited edition of 125 copies sells for $1,000. A trade edition is six languages for a much lower price will appear in a few months. Go to �Taschen.com for details. Lennon reports that he is six months from completing a draft of the authorized biography of Mailer, to be published by Simon & Schuster next year (or maybe early 2013). Nancy McKinley’s short story “Navidad” appears in Issue 53 of The Cortland Review. Thom Ward has given a number of readings around the country, and has scheduled more for 2012, for his new poetry book, Etcetera’s Mistress, published by Accents Publishing. A review written by Brian Fanelli is available at pankmagazine.com. Student/Alumni Notes M.F.A. alum Chris Bullard’s second poetry chapbook, O Brilliant Kids, was recently released by Big Table Publishing. His poem “Miss Ross” was selected for inclusion in the poetry anthology, Best of the Barefoot Muse. His poems currently appear in 32 Poems, Plainsongs, Pleiades and Think Journal, and have been selected for future publication by River Styx, New York Quarterly, Unsplendid, fourteen magazine and Blue Unicorn. M.A. student Kait Burrier’s poem, “The Angler’s Gaze,” was accepted into Dionne’s Story: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose for the Awareness of Relationship Violence, Volume 2. Proceeds from anthology sales benefit Dionne’s Project for Safe Relationships. M.A. student Christopher Campion had two short stories, “Debt” and “Opened,” accepted by www.fiction365.com for 2012 publication. M.F.A. alum Craig Czury has been named Laureate and Honorary Member of the largest Albanian celebration of poetry in the world, the XV “Days of Naim” International Poetry Festival in Tetovë, Macedonia. Czury is the first poet from the United States to be awarded this laureateship. M.A. alum Alessandra Djordjevic has two poems, “Love’s Androgynous” and “Poetic Countenance” published on the website wordathering.com. He also has a short story, “Black Agate,” published in an anthology of short stories, The Smartest Kid in the Bronx. M.F.A. alum Brian Fanelli’s poem “After Work” has been accepted for publication in the winter issue of Harpur Palate, and his poem “How I Remember Her” is forthcoming in the next issue of Evening Street Review. M.F.A. alum Patricia Florio’s memoir, My Two Mothers, is now �available. She is working on a follow-up, with the working title Sundays with My Father. Her short story, “The Blonde I Loved to Hate,” has also been recently published. M.A. student Lori A. May was a guest presenter at the fall College Student Literary Magazine Conference in Danville IL. She also had a recent poetry reading at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, during the Michigan College English Association conference. M.F.A student Vicki Mayk’s essay “Verismo” was awarded third prize in Hippocampus Magazine’s “Remember in November” contest. M.A. alum Lori Myers’ short story “Maneuvers” was published in the anthology Off Season. Her children’s musical GLEE-ful Rapunzel was staged at Gretna Theatre, Mt. Gretna, PA, and her short play Sight Unseen was staged at Gamut Theatre, Harrisburg, PA as part of Sonnet Inspirations. She also had sketch-plays Miss Information and No Way staged at The Academy Theater, Meadville, PA. M.F.A. alum Taylor Polite’s The Rebel Wife has been named one of the best southern reads for 2012 by The Atlanta Journal – Constitution. M.F.A. alum William D. Prystauk’s dramatic horror Ravencraft was a Top-20 Finalist at Shriekfest in Hollywood and a review of his screenplay Risen appeared on Horrorphilia.com. He has also recently published reviews in Hippocampus Magazine and PANK Magazine, and presented the paper, “The Kids Aren’t All Right: Horror Movies Remind Us that Protecting Our Children in the Home is a Delusion” at the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association’s Annual Conference this past November in Philadelphia. M.A. student Joseph Schwartzburt’s literary group Seersucker Live ran a successful event that brought out more than 110 literary lovers to Kevin Barry’s Bar in Savannah, GA. Featured writers were novelist Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket), poet Patricia Lockwood, novelist Jonathan Raab, and poet/memoirist Chad Faries. M.F.A. student Sandee Umbach’s full-length poetry collection, The Pattern Maker’s Daughter, is being released in February of 2012 by Bottom Dog Press Program Note The Write Life blog welcomes guest posts from faculty, students, and alumni. Email lori.may1@wilkes.edu for details. Weekly interviews and literary news are shared online at http://wilkeswritelife.wordpress.com. �    Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Revise This! 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 Revise This Archives SenArt Films Partners with Wilkes Creative Writing | International Win for Advisory Board Member Colum McCann | Announcements | Faculty/Staff Notes | Student Alumni Notes | Program Notes SenArt Films Partners with Wilkes Creative Writing New York-based SenArt Films has found a new home in the Wilkes University Creative Writing building. The independent production company was founded by producer Robert May, who is also an advisory board member for the low-residency creative writing program In 2004, SenArt Films received an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary for The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara. In 2003, The Station Agent won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for Best Original Screenplay. Revise This! Archives n 2011 n n �SenArt Films is providing student internships inclusive of research and production assistance. Students in the master’s in screenwriting have immediate access to producers and SenArt’s staff, providing an enhanced academic—and practical—experience.  “Having worked with Wilkes for several years now, I’ve been impressed with the creative writing program, and we’re excited to give qualified students the chance to get actively, creatively involved with our ongoing film projects. It’s hard work, but for students with the right attitude, we offer the opportunity to experience what the film business is all about,” said producer and founder Robert May. “We are delighted to host SenArt Films on campus and offer our students the opportunity to work with a top shelf independent film company,” offered program director, Bonnie Culver. “This partnership underscores the Wilkes mission of real life learning.” Other acclaimed SenArt Film projects include The War Tapes, winner of Best Documentary at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival and Best International Documentary at BritDoc 2006, and the feature film Bonneville, starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Joan Allen. International Win for Advisory Board Member Colum McCann Wilkes creative writing program advisory board member Colum McCann has received international recognition for his novel, Let The Great World Spin (Random House). The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international LET prize worth 100,000 euro (approx $139,000 USD). I ,. PIN~ J prize of its kind. McCann’s was selected from a shortlist of ten nominees and brings home a literary CT HE GREAT WORLD 7 ,.:,;.r,r. •" C0 M UM ANN More than 160 titles were nominated by 166 libraries worldwide. Let The Great World Spin opens with a true-to-life historical event, when Philippe Petit walks a tightrope nestled between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. It is the life happening beneath the tightrope that McCann explores, using the shared experience to branch out into an homage to the city and its people within it. In The New York Times Sunday Book Review, Jonathan Mahler credits Let The Great World Spin as “one of the most electric, profound novels” he has read in years. USA Today praised McCann’s novel, calling it “Stunning… [an] elegiac glimpse of hope…It’s a novel rooted firmly in time and place. It vividly captures New York at its worst and best. But it �transcends all that. In the end, it’s a novel about families – the ones we’re born into and the ones we make for ourselves.”   McCann is a contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Paris Review. His short film Everything in This Country Must, directed by Gary McKendry, was nominated for an Oscar in 2005. McCann’s other works include the bestsellers Zoli, This Side of Brightness, and Dancer.   Announcements In January, 2012, the Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing program hopes to launch a pilot program for a certificate in publishing. The certificate will be available as a four credit course or a non-credit course. It is designed to introduce perspective editors, agents, or publishers to the business, life, and world of publishing from the traditional to the e-world. Currently, the proposal is under consideration by Wilkes University faculty committees. Look for an announcement in October! The M.A./M.F.A. Wilkes programs are once again major sponsors for AWP’s (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) national conference to be held in Chicago, IL February 29-March 3, 2012! That means Wilkes will have 45 FREE registrations for students and faculty wishing to attend the conference.   As in years past, Wilkes will have a booth shared with Etruscan Press in the Book Fair.   We need a handful of student volunteers to work the booth during the conference; those students attending will receive transportation, a shared room, and registration. Please call Dr. Culver to volunteer no later than October 1! November, 9-12, 2011, the James Jones and Norman Mailer Societies will host a joint conference at the Harry Ransom Center on the University of Texas campus. A wide variety of events from paper presentations to readings to roundtable discussions are planned. Several Wilkes faculty and students will be involved—Kaylie Jones, J. Michael Lennon, Ross Klavan, Ken Vose, Laura Moran, Michael Mailer, Larry Heinemann, Matthew Wilkie, Nina Solomon, James Warner, Laurie Moyer thus far will be attending and participating in this event. To attend or to know more about either society, go to www.normanmailersociety.com or www.jamesjonesliterarysociety.org. Faculty/Staff Notes �Bonnie Culver's play SNIPER ran for a month at the Villagers Playhouse, Somerset NJ. The production has been nominated for 7 New Jersey Perry Awards. Thde ceremony announcing winners is September 18th in NJ. In July, Gregory Fletcher left his job of four years as director of theatre at Niagara University and, once again, became a full time resident of NYC. In August, he directed the new musical Destinations by Dawn Eaton and RS Rodkin for the New York International Fringe Festival, and in September, he directed a staged reading of The Fairy Hoax by Tom Diggs and Jay D’Amico for WorkShop Theater Company. Christine Gelineau has been invited to read at Oberlin College in October. She will be reading with Lee Upton. David Poyer’s 13th Dan Lenson novel The Towers was published this August by St. Martin’s Press. Sara Pritchard’s story “A Forever Home” (the one with the cats named Helvetica and Times) was published in the premier issue of Spittoon. “A Forever Home” is part of Sara’s story collection Help Wanted: Female, which will be published next year by Etruscan Press. In July, Sara gave a reading at the West Virginia Wesleyan Literary Festival in Buckhannon, West Virginia, and in September she gave a reading at the TustenCochecton Branch of the Western Sullivan Library in Narrowsburg, New York, as part of the First Fridays series run by MFA/Poetry candidate Laura Moran. Neil Shepard has two new books this fall: a full book (TRAVEL/UNTRAVEL, Mid-List Press) and a chapbook (VERMONT EXIT RAMPS, Pudding House Press). New poems are due in three literary magazines, North American Review, Southern Poetry Review, and Chautauqua Literary Review, as well as in two anthologies, Nature Writing: The Wildness Beyond; and 40th Anniversary Anthology for the Virginia Center for thde Creative Arts. His commendation on John Keats’ poem “To Autumn” will appear in Poetry East, and his interview on editing Green Mountains Review for a quarter-century recently appeared in the online journal Portal del Sol. Jeff Talarigo has a Gaza story, “The Night Guardian of the Goat,” in the fall issue of Agni. James Warner’s poem “cue” was just accepted by the North American Review for an upcoming issue. Thom Ward’s new poetry book, Etcetera’s Mistress, has been published by Accents Publishing. �Student/Alumni Notes M.F.A. alum Amye Archer’s chapbook, A Shotgun Life, has been published by Big Table Publishing Company. She has also been made the Reviews Editor at PANK Magazine. M.A. studentRandee Bretherick came in second in the Spring/Summer 2011 East Meets West, American Writers Review Contest for her personal essay, “Plum Creek.” M.A studentKait Burrier’s 10-minute play “The Fire” received a reading as part of Scranton’s Vintage Theater’s ‘Early Stages’ play reading series. Kait’s poem “Buzzing” was selected as a finalist in Ruminate magazine’s Janet McCabe Poetry Prize. M.F.A. alumTara Caimi’s short story “Chicken Divan” was accepted for publication in Fire & Knives. Her craft article “Privileged Perspective in Memoir: Building the Bridge of Trust by Trusting the Reader” was accepted for publication in The Writer’s Chronicle. “My Rare Disease,” an excerpt from Tara’s memoir, was published on The National Foundation for Celiac Awareness website in honor of celiac disease awareness month in May. M.A. alumCindy Dlugolecki had a 10-minute play, All Hands on Deck, included in Sonnet Inspirations, a Harrisburg production at Gamut Theatre that featured three other original plays, music, and dance all based on the sonnets of William Shakespeare. All Hands on Deck began as an assignment for Ross Klavan’s Screenwriting Foundation and became a play in Jean Klein’s Playwriting Foundation. Cindy had another 10-minute comedy, Here Comes the Bride’s Mother, performed at Mt. Gretna in August. M.A. alumBrian Fanelli’s poem “How She Hides Her Age” is forthcoming in the fall issue of San Pedo River Review. He also has three other poems, “Remembering Names,” “Late Night Stop,” and “What They Forgot by Morning,” forthcoming in the October issue of Yes, Poetry. M.F.A. alum Patricia Florio had three short stories published by Phyllis Scott Publishing: “All in the Game,” “In the Secret Service,” and “Chosen.” Her memoir-thesis, My Two Mothers, will also soon be published by Phyllis Scott Publishing. M.A. alum Gale Martin's opera novel will be released by Booktrope Publishing in December. M.A. student Lori A. May’s poem “Hindsight” will be published in the forthcoming Accents Publishing anthology of short poems. Lori will also �be speaking this October at the Rochester Writers Conference hosted at Oakland University. M.F.A. alum William D. Prystaukwas the Producer and Still Photographer for the short-film, STABLE directed by Paul Williams. His dramatic horror, Ravencraft, was the Third Place Winner in the AWS Screenwriting Contest. Crime Class Review will be publishing his short story, “Mara,” later this year. William was also interviewed by Lindsey Michelle at Screenplay Scribes for his conversion of his screenplay “Bloodletting” to a novel. His award-winning screenplay, Risen, was recently reviewed by Horrorphilia.com. PANK published his review of the novel “Pittsburgh Noir.” M.F.A. student Joseph Schwartzburt’s poem “Climbing Tree” was published in the summer issue of the Seersucker Rag: A Quarterly Zine. He will also be reading at a Seersucker Live event in September, in front of a few hundred people because Seersucker has been asked to open for a charity jazz concert. Joseph was also recently named to the Seersucker Live board of directors. Hippocampus Magazine, a literary journal published by M.F.A alumDonna Talarico, was featured in the September issue of Poets & Writers. M.F.A. student Sandee Gertz Umbach had a poem, “History of Epilepsy; 500 B.C. to the Renaissance” accepted for the summer 2012 issue of Gargoyle Magazine.     Program Note The Write Life blog welcomes guest posts from faculty, students, and alumni. Email lori.may1@live.wilkes.edu for details. 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Archives Contents: Major Film Producer Susan Cartsonis Joins Creative Writing Advisory Board | Lenore Hart's The Raven's Bride is Released to Positive Reviews | Creative Writing Director Bonnie Culver Elected to AWP Board of Directors | Faculty/Staff Notes | Student/Alumni Notes Major Film Producer Susan Cartisonis Joins Creative Writing Advisory Board Cartsonis is a producer and also serves as President of Storefront Pictures. She is known for producing such blockbusters as What Women Want (starring Mel Gibson) and Where the Heart is (starring Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, and Sally Field). Cartsonis served as an executive for Twentieth Century Fox for n 2011 n n �nearly a decade before leaving to build two successful film companies. During her tenure at Fox, she helped develop and supervise Nell, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and many others, including a film adaptation of Wilkes faculty member Beverly Donofrio’s Riding in Cars with Boys.  Prior to her career at Fox, Cartsonis was an instructor for New York University's Dramatic Writing Program. She received her M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from N.Y.U. and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from U.C.L.A. Cartsonis credits her degree as instrumental in her development as a producer, “When you work with writers, it's invaluable to be able to speak to them as someone who has written screenplays and plays and respects the creative process, struggle, and sheer challenge of creating something and seeing it through to completion.” Throughout her career, Cartsonis has always stayed connected to teaching, serving as a speaker and graduate critique professional at UCLA, USC, and SCAD. With such strong professional and academic records, she is a welcome addition to our Creative Writing Community. “Mentoring is part of being a producer— with writers young and old,” says Cartsonis, “Creative writing programs are so important in generating the next batch of talented film makers, novelists, and story tellers.” Cartsonis's latest project, Beastly, is in theaters now. Lenore Hart's The Raven's Bride is released to Positive Reviews Author and Creative Writing Faculty Member, Lenore Hart, has released her much-anticipated new novel, The Raven's Bride. The book chronicles the courtship and eventual marriage of Edgar Allen Poe and his thirteenyear-old cousin, Virginia Clem. The book has been called "an impressive, original work that illuminates its subject," by Publisher's Weekly.  Hart is no stranger to success, her break out novel, Becky, chronicling the life of Mark Twain's heroine Becky Thatcher, was also very wellreceived by the literary community. When asked what draws her to stories in which she gives voice to women who are largely considered �supporting figures, Hart said "I like the challenge of rendering what it must’ve been like to be a woman living in a different era (probably a lot more than I’d actually enjoy the reality of it!) It’s fascinating to immerse oneself in the food, clothes, manners, and customs of different eras and places." The Raven's Bride was a labor of love for Hart, requiring much research that meant spending two and a half years (figuratively) in Poe's 19th century world.   One of Hart's biggest challenges was keeping up with the Poes. "They moved all the time! I had to leave out some of their abodes or it would have been incredibly confusing. They were in Baltimore, Richmond, Philadelphia, and New York City (twice)".  Look for The Raven's Bride, published by St. Martin's Press, online or at an independent bookseller near you. Creative Writing Director Bonnie Culver Elected to AWP Board of Directors Bonnie Culver was elected to the board of directors for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Culver is only the second low-residency director to hold such an honor.  The program was founded in 1967 as the Associated Writing Programs. Created to support the growing presence of literary writers in higher education, the mission of AWP is to promote literary talent and achievement, to advance the art of writing as necessary for quality education, and to serve the makers, teachers, students, and readers of contemporary writing.  Culver looks forward to the possibilities her AWP position may provide for the Wilkes Creative Writing Program. "Our inclusion means that the issues, concerns of low-residency programs are being heard directly by AWP and its membership. Grants, awards for emerging writers, arts support such as NEA (and its future), setting standards of assessment and quality of all successful programs are part and parcel of what is addressed by the Board and the AWP membership.  Wilkes is now there at the table, being a part of that national conversation." Culver's appointment allowed her a unique perspective at this year's AWP conference, held in Washington, D.C. She arrived two days earlier than attendees for board meetings, and things only got busier once the crowds started filing in. "Board members are expected to attend sessions, meet and greet and thank sponsors, go to receptions, special dinners, host writer guests at dinners, and even introduce writers at open sessions." But, the busy week paid off, says Culver, "Because Wilkes was a major sponsor of the conference, I had the honor of introducing �Mary Gaitskill this year; Jim [Warner, Assistant Director,] introduced poet/memoirist Sapphire!" Faculty/Staff Notes David Poyer’s latest novel Ghosting, a story of a dysfunctional family threatened on a weeklong sailing excursion, was published by St. Martin’s Press in November, 2010. Faculty members Tony Morris, Beverly Donofrio, and Lenore Hart, were among the visiting writers included in the first Ossabaw Island Writer's Retreat, organized by Morris himself. Ossabaw Island is a secluded retreat just off of Savannah Georgia. “Participants were strongly affected by the beauty and serenity of the island,” says Morris. “They commented on the spirit, tone and mood of the retreat—particularly the near-magical presence and sense of natural and human history locked into a place ‘that time forgot.’”  Nancy McKinley's short story, Glue, has been accepted by Gulf Coast.   Juanita Rockwell's short play, Language Monkey, was accepted for production in this summer's Source Festival, Washington D.C. Rockwell also directed Jennifer Nelson's play, 24, 7, 365, which toured to The Atlas Theater (DC), Hylton Performing Arts Center (Manassas, VA) and The Harris Theater (Fairfax, VA). Finally, Juanita's full-length play, Between Trains, was included in Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Fall 2010.   Neil Shepard has placed poems in the current issues of the Harvard Review, Hunger Mountain Review, NOR (New Ohio Review) and online at Fogged Clarity.   He also has a Jazz poem due out soon in the jazz magazine Brilliant Corners.   Jim Warner, Nancy McKinley, Alum Joseph Nalbone and Alum Starr Troup presented a panel session "Virtual Mentoring Made Real: The Evolving Tech of a Low-Residency Program" at the AWP Conference, 2011.  Bonnie Culver, Jean Klein, and Ross Klavan presented a panel session “Playwriting and Screenwriting: Our Business in the Academy” at the AWP Conference, 2011.   Student/Alumni Notes M.F.A. studentAmye Archer, has placed an excerpt from her memoir, �Fat Girl Skinny, with PANK Magazine, as part of their This Modern Writer Series.    M.F.A. student Ally Bishop, director of the Lit Outloud Reading Series, hosted another successful event this past February. Readers included Bishop, Alum Rick Fellinger, Alum Brian Fanelli, M.F.A student Amye Archer, Alum Lori Meyers, and M.F.A. student William Prystauk.   To celebrate Women’s History Month, Violet Oakley Unveiled, a onewoman play written by MA Student Cindy Dlugolecki, was performed at the Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) Rose Lehrman Arts Center.    M.F.A. Alum Brian Fanelli's poem "Dive" was published in March by the journal Young American Poets. In addition, Erika Funke of WVIA Radio interviewed Fanelli regarding his poetry chapbook, Front Man, for her ArtScene program.   M.F.A. Alum Patricia Florio hasentered into a contract with Sue Richter at Sera Publishing.  The two will be presenting, East Meets West, American Writers Review.     M.A. Alum Jennifer Diskinhas published a chapbook, Wear White and Grieve, with Naissance Chapbooks by chapbookpublisher.com.   M.F.A. Alum Rick Fellinger's novel, Memoirs of a Little League Dad, has been named a quarter-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. M.F.A. Alum Joseph Giomboni's screenplay, Ripple, was a quarterfinalist in the Scriptapalooza 2010 International Screenwriting Competition. The script made the cut of 377 from more than 3500 entries. M.A. student Tyler Grimm had an article published in Celebrate Gettysburg Magazine, and has since become a contributing writer for the publication.   M.F.A. Alum Matthew Hinton's play, Quiet Cowboy, was produced by The Gaslight Theater Company in Scranton, PA in January.   In November 2010, Finishing Line Press released M.F.A. Alum Dawn Leas's first chapbook, I Know When to Keep Quiet.  Leas has also led a workshop and reading at the West Pittston Library.   M.A. student Kimberly Loomis-Bennett has placed poems from her MA thesis, Soiled Doves, in The Legendary, and The Copperfield Review.   �M.A. Alum Gale Martin's novel, Deviled by Don, advanced to the second round of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.   M.A. student Laura Moran had two poems accepted from her MA mss, a novel in verse called Jump the Snake, by the journal Redactions (Issue 14) due out this summer.   Cinderella and the Lone Prince, book and lyrics by M.A. Alum, Lori Myers, was staged last summer by Gretna Theatre, Mt. Gretna, PA. Also, Lori's short story, Stranger on a Train, was published by Dark Fire Fiction.   M.F.A. Alum Taylor M. Polites' book, A Red and Dying Evening, has been picked up by Simon & Schuster. Look for it in February of 2012. M.F.A. student William Prystauk's screenplay, Risen, has won first place in the Horror Screenplay Contest, and was a semi-finalist in Shriekfest.  His screenplay, The Darwin Witch, was selected as a top-ten finalist in Shiver’s First Short Horror Screenplay Competition. In addition, Prystauk's short screenplay, Catalyst, has also placed second at WILDsounds, and was recently picked up by an up and coming production company, and expanded to a ten-minute film. M.A. studentAnastasia Savage's YA novel, Any Witch Way, is being published by JournalStone Publications. The novel is available for presale on Barnes&Noble.com.   M.F.A. Alum Donna Talarico was hired as web content editor in the office of marketing and communications at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa.   M.F.A. 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REVISE THIS ARCHIVES Contents: Susan Cartsonis Joins Advisory Board | James Jones Winner Announced Colum McCann Wins National Book Award Marlon James Named Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award Cecilia Galante Joins Creative Writing Faculty | Page To Stage Faculty Notes | Student Notes Susan Cartsonis Joins Advisory Board Film producer Susan Cartsonisjoins the Advisory Board of the Graduate Creative Writing Program. She is a Producer and President of Storefront Pictures. In 2000, The Hollywood Reporter named her one of the top five grossing of the year for her film What Women Want (starring Mel Gibson) and Where the Heart Is (staring Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, and Sally Field). Cartsonis was an executive for Twentieth Century Fox for nearly a November 2019 Revise This! Archives n 2010 n n �decade before leaving to build two successful film companies. During her tenure at Fox, she helped develop and supervise Nell, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and many others, including a film adaptation of Wilkes faculty member Beverly Donofrio’s Riding in Cars with Boys.   Prior to her career at Fox, Cartsonis was an instructor for New York University's Dramatic Writing Program. She received her M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from N.Y.U. and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from U.C.L.A. Cartsonis credits her degree as instrumental in her development as a producer, “When you work with writers, it's invaluable to be able to speak to them as someone who has written screenplays and plays and respects the creative process, struggle, and sheer challenge of creating something and seeing it through to completion.” Cartsonis is no stranger to teaching. She has taught at NYU as well as been a speaker and graduate critique professional at UCLA, USC, and SCAD. With such a strong connection to academics, she is a welcome addition to our Creative Writing Community. “Mentoring is part of being a producer—with writers young and old,” says Cartsonis, “Creative writing programs are so important in generating the next batch of talented film makers, novelists, and story tellers.” James Jones Winner Announced! Gina Ventre of Columbus, Ohio, was awarded first place and the $10,000 prize in the 19th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship contest for her novel Moon’s Extra Mile. The competition is co-sponsored by the Graduate Creative Writing Program of Wilkes University and the James Jones Literary Society. Runners-up in the competition were David Kim of Costa Mesa, Calif., for his manuscript Serendipity; and Laura Walter of Lakewood, Ohio, for her manuscript Finding Opal. They were each awarded $750. Colum McCann Wins National Book Award �Colum McCann, winner National Book Award Colum McCann, a member of the advisory board for the Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing Program, has won the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin. The award was presented on Nov. 18 in New York City. The award – considered one of literature’s most prestigious – is presented in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. As a member of the Wilkes creative writing program’s advisory board, McCann has provided input on course content and curriculum, performed readings from his work at its residencies, and been a thesis reader for degree candidates in the program. Let The Great World Spin takes place in August 1974, when a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the Twin Towers, a quarter mile above the ground. It chronicles the lives of a group of New Yorkers, weaving their separate stories against the backdrop of the tightrope walker’s feat. Some of McCann’s other novels include Zoli, Dancer, and This Side of Brightness. His fiction has been published in 30 languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Paris Review, Bomb and other places. He has written for numerous publications including The Irish Times, Die Zeit, La Republicca, Paris Match, The New York Times, the Guardian and the Independent. In 2003 he was named Esquire magazine's "Writer of the Year." Other awards and honors include a Pushcart Prize, the Rooney Prize, the Hennessy Award for Irish Literature, the Irish Independent Hughes and Hughes/Sunday Independent Novel of the Year 2003, and the 2002 Ireland Fund of Monaco Princess Grace Memorial Literary Award. His short film, “Everything in this Country Must,” directed by Gary McKendry, was nominated for a 2005 Academy Award. McCann lives in New York City, where he teaches creative writing at Hunter College. �The mission of the National Book Foundation and the National Book Awards is to celebrate the best of American literature, expand its audience, and to enhance the cultural value of good writing in America. Marlon James Named Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award Marlon James, Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction Marlon James’ novel The Book of Night Women was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction by the National Book Critics Circle. The finalists were announced in January, and the winners were announced on March 11.  Other finalists included memoir writer Mary Karr, former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glück, and former National Book Award winner William T. Vollmann. The other fiction nominees included Hilary Mantel, Jayne Anne Phillips, and Michelle Huneven. Mantel won the fiction category for her novel Wolf Hall. The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a nonprofit organization with around 600 members, "book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns." James worked on The Book of Night Women while he was enrolled in the creative writing program. He also teaches at Macalester College in Minnesota. Cecilia Galante Joins Creative Writing Faculty �Cecilia Galante, newest member of Creative Writing Faculty Young adult novelist Cecilia Galante has joined the faculty of the Graduate Creative Writing Program. She is the author of five young adult novels. Her first, The Patron Saint of Butterflies, was selected as a Young Adult Book of the Year by the Northeast Independent Booksellers Association, a Top Ten Pick for 2008 by Amazon, and a Recommended Read for Teens on Oprah's website. Another one of her books, Hershey Herself, will be translated into Polish in 2010. Her other novels include Willowood, and The Sweetness of Salt, which will be published in 2011. She has BA from King’s College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Her first interactions with the faculty and students came in January when she attended the residency. “It was thrilling. I had no idea that I was going to be among such a crowd of intellectuals and have peers that are so successful,” she said. Galante is no stranger to teaching. She spent years teaching high school English in the Wilkes-Barre area, though she is currently on sabbatical. But when it comes to teaching in the Graduate Creative Writing Program, she plans to use what she learned as a graduate student at Goddard. “I’m trying to borrow more from my experience as a student. My teachers at Goddard were incredibly supportive and astute,” she said.  “I’ve been able to draw from that experience and insert criticism in a way that doesn’t kill the spirit.” Besides teaching, Galante is also hard at work on her first adult novel, and the process has not always been easy. “It’s been incredibly daunting. For young adult, you’re allowed to write more simply and straightforward,” she said. “So, I was getting caught up in sounding like an adult and  sounding smart enough.” Galante added that the process has been easier lately, and she’s confident the book will stand on its own. She has to submit a manuscript by the end of April. Though this will be Galante’s first adult novel, she admitted that she was not initially attracted to the young adult genre. “I wasn’t even familiar there was a YA genre when I wrote my first book, The Patron Saint of Butterflies. My agent said we were going to market it as young adult, and I was devastated. I didn’t think it was young adult,” she said. “I sat back and waited, and she was right. It became a successful young adult book and a crossover book. It appeals to adults �and young adults at the same time.” Bonnie Culver Helps Area High School Students Take Writen Work from "Page to Stage" Bonnie Culver Students in four northeast Pennsylvania school districts have a chance to become playwrights in a special program being piloted by Bonnie Culver, director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program. Culver worked with two graduate students, Sarah Pugh and Cory Brin, on a master of fine arts project developing a pilot program, “Page to Stage.” Culver is working as guest artist in four high schools – Hanover Area, Hazleton, Tunkhannock and Wyoming Valley West  – to teach basic elements of playwriting to students. Culver was in the schools Tuesdays and Wednesdays from Feb. 2 to March 25. Each student presented a 10-minute play. One or two plays from each school will be chosen to be presented at the Fine Arts Fiesta in May. Wilkes University’s long-term goal is to replicate this with fiction, poetry, film, and nonfiction with creative writing students and faculty serving as guest artists in area schools with a final arts festival on campus. Faculty/Staff Notes *Lenore Hart’s new novel The Raven’s Bride (named after the poem by Edgar Allen Poe) will be published in both hardcover and paperback by St. Martin’s Press in February 2011. *David Poyer’s latest novel Ghosting, a story of a dysfunctional family threatened on a weeklong sailing excursion, will be published by St. Martin’s Press in November 2010.   *Bonnie Culver, Creative Writing Program Director; Advisory Board member Column McCann; plus faculty members Mike Lennon, Lenore Hart, and Kaylie Jones all served as workshop instructors at the August �session of the Norman Mailer Writer’s Colony in Provincetown, MA.   Bonnie Culver, Creative Writing Program Director, and Jean Klein, playwrighting faculty member, each had a ten-minute play included in Shorts for All Seasons: America Revisited: An Evening of Short Plays at the VENUE, Norfolk, VA November 12-20. Christine Gelineau’s essay “Cops” was published in the winter issue of The Florida Review as a runner up in their Editors’ Award in Nonfiction. Rashidah Ismaili Abu-Bakr’s poetry was published in Bending the Bow, a collection of love poems from Africa, published by Southern Illinois Press. Sara Pritchard's story "Sip the Wine" was published in Vol. 76, No. 1 of New Letters (Dec. 2009). Her story "Two Studies in Entropy" won a Pushcart Prize and is included in the 2010 PUSHCART PRIZE XXXIV BEST OF THE SMALL PRESSES anthology, and her story "Help Wanted: Female" is forthcoming in Vol. 6 (2010) of The Tusculum Review. Sara will be reading at the River Festival of Books in Huntington, West Virginia, on Friday, April 16, 2010. Student/Alumni Notes Morowa Yejide’s short story “Tokoyo Chocolate” appears in the Japanbased collection Yomimono, published in September, 2010. Her short story “To Do List” was nominated for the Dzanc Best Books of the Web 2011 by Jersey Devil Press. Gale Martin’s opera blog (www.operatoonity.wordpress.com) has received critical attention, and she has been named an accredited Bachtrack reviewer for the Metropolitan Opera.   Starr Troup attended a week-long workshop at the Norman Mailer Writer’s Colony in Provincetown, MA. She was awarded a summer scholarship and spent the week at the center working with and learning from other professional writers. M.A. student Amy Archer had part of her memoir entitled “Bad Connection” published in the December issue of the Journal of Truth and Consequences. M.A. student Cindy Dlugolecki’s play, “Violet Oakley Unveiled,” was showcased at Villanova University on Thursday, March 18. The onewoman show helped celebrate Women’s History Month. Violet Oakley was the first woman in art history to paint murals in a public building, and her home and studio were only a few miles from Villanova’s campus, �according to Dlugolecki. Dlugolecki, the actress, director, and tech team were also the guest of five different departments at Villanova, including Women and Gender Studies, History, and Art. M.F.A. student Brian Fanelli’s poem “Freshman Year” was published in the February issue of My Favorite Bullet. http://www.interiornoisepress.com/0010_FANELLI_FreshmanYear.html, and his poems “In a Club’s Cracked Mirror” and “Why I Said No” were published in the March issue of Word Riot http://www.wordriot.org/archives/976. M.A. student Kimberly Loomis-Bennet’s poem, “It Is Sweet and Decorous To Be Poor in One’s Country,” was published in the Winter 2010 issue of The November 3rd Club. http://www.november3rdclub.com/2010/02-2010/poetry/loomisbennett.html Alum Pete Kaszyk’s short story, “You’re Not My Father,” was accepted for publication by Kerlak Publishing for inclusion in its WTF Anthologies edition. Publication date is pending. Alumnus Brian Fanelli’s chapbook of punk rock poetry, entitled Front Man is now available through Big Table Publishing. It was released in October, 2010. Alumna Dawn Leas will see the release of her first chapbook “I Know When to Keep Quiet” by Finishing Line Press in November. Leas received her MFA in January 2009, and this chapbook is 26 pages of her original thesis. Leas will be the featured reader at Anthology New and Used Books in Scranton on November 26th at 7 p.m.   Alums Maureen Hooker, Bill Lowenburg, and Matthew Hinton will all appear in the fourth volume of the acclaimed Mailer Review, which was released in November.   Alumni Jonathan Rocks, Bill Lowenburg, and Matthew Hinton each attended week-long workshop at the Norman Mailer Writer’s Colony in Provincetown, MA. They were awarded summer scholarships and spent their time at the center working with and learning from other professional writers.   �Quick Links DONATE TO THE WILKES FUND Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Archives Colum McCann Wins National Book Award | Marlon James Named Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award Cecilia Galante Joins Creative Writing Faculty | Page To Stage Faculty Notes | Student Notes  Colum McCann Wins National Book Award https://www.wilkes.edu/...masters-programs/creative-writing-ma-mfa/about-our-students/revise-this/archives/2010/revise-this-october-2010.aspx[3/2/21, 9:54:32 AM] �Revise This - October 2010 - Wilkes University Colum McCann, winner National Book Award Colum McCann, a member of the advisory board for the Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing Program, has won the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin. The award was presented on Nov. 18 in New York City. The award – considered one of literature’s most prestigious – is presented in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. As a member of the Wilkes creative writing program’s advisory board, McCann has provided input on course content and curriculum, performed readings from his work at its residencies, and been a thesis reader for degree candidates in the program. Let The Great World Spin takes place in August 1974, when a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the Twin Towers, a quarter mile above the ground. It chronicles the lives of a group of New Yorkers, weaving their separate stories against the backdrop of the tightrope walker’s feat. Some of McCann’s other novels include Zoli, Dancer, and This Side of Brightness. His fiction has been published in 30 languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Paris Review, Bomb and other places. He has written for numerous publications including The Irish Times, Die Zeit, La Republicca, Paris Match, The New York Times, the Guardian and the Independent. In 2003 he was named Esquire magazine's "Writer of the Year." Other awards and honors include a Pushcart Prize, the Rooney Prize, the Hennessy Award for Irish Literature, the Irish Independent Hughes and Hughes/Sunday Independent Novel of the Year 2003, and the 2002 Ireland Fund of Monaco Princess Grace Memorial Literary Award. His short film, “Everything in this Country Must,” directed by Gary McKendry, was nominated for a 2005 Academy Award. McCann lives in New York City, where he teaches creative writing at Hunter College. The mission of the National Book Foundation and the National Book Awards is to celebrate the best of American literature, expand its audience, and to enhance the cultural value of good writing in America. Marlon James Named Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award https://www.wilkes.edu/...masters-programs/creative-writing-ma-mfa/about-our-students/revise-this/archives/2010/revise-this-october-2010.aspx[3/2/21, 9:54:32 AM] �Revise This - October 2010 - Wilkes University Marlon James, Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction Marlon James’ novel The Book of Night Women was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction by the National Book Critics Circle. The finalists were announced in January, and the winners were announced on March 11.  Other finalists included memoir writer Mary Karr, former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glück, and former National Book Award winner William T. Vollmann. The other fiction nominees included Hilary Mantel, Jayne Anne Phillips, and Michelle Huneven. Mantel won the fiction category for her novel Wolf Hall. The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a nonprofit organization with around 600 members, "book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns." James worked on The Book of Night Women while he was enrolled in the creative writing program. He also teaches at Macalester College in Minnesota. Cecilia Galante Joins Creative Writing Faculty Cecilia Galante, newest member of Creative Writing Faculty Young adult novelist Cecilia Galante has joined the faculty of the Graduate Creative Writing Program. She is the author of five young adult novels. Her first, The Patron Saint of https://www.wilkes.edu/...masters-programs/creative-writing-ma-mfa/about-our-students/revise-this/archives/2010/revise-this-october-2010.aspx[3/2/21, 9:54:32 AM] �Revise This - October 2010 - Wilkes University Butterflies, was selected as a Young Adult Book of the Year by the Northeast Independent Booksellers Association, a Top Ten Pick for 2008 by Amazon, and a Recommended Read for Teens on Oprah's website. Another one of her books, Hershey Herself, will be translated into Polish in 2010. Her other novels include Willowood, and The Sweetness of Salt, which will be published in 2011. She has BA from King’s College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Her first interactions with the faculty and students came in January when she attended the residency. “It was thrilling. I had no idea that I was going to be among such a crowd of intellectuals and have peers that are so successful,” she said. Galante is no stranger to teaching. She spent years teaching high school English in the Wilkes-Barre area, though she is currently on sabbatical. But when it comes to teaching in the Graduate Creative Writing Program, she plans to use what she learned as a graduate student at Goddard. “I’m trying to borrow more from my experience as a student. My teachers at Goddard were incredibly supportive and astute,” she said.  “I’ve been able to draw from that experience and insert criticism in a way that doesn’t kill the spirit.” Besides teaching, Galante is also hard at work on her first adult novel, and the process has not always been easy. “It’s been incredibly daunting. For young adult, you’re allowed to write more simply and straightforward,” she said. “So, I was getting caught up in sounding like an adult and  sounding smart enough.” Galante added that the process has been easier lately, and she’s confident the book will stand on its own. She has to submit a manuscript by the end of April. Though this will be Galante’s first adult novel, she admitted that she was not initially attracted to the young adult genre. “I wasn’t even familiar there was a YA genre when I wrote my first book, The Patron Saint of Butterflies. My agent said we were going to market it as young adult, and I was devastated. I didn’t think it was young adult,” she said. “I sat back and waited, and she was right. It became a successful young adult book and a crossover book. It appeals to adults and young adults at the same time.” Bonnie Culver Helps Area High School Students Take Writen Work from "Page to Stage" https://www.wilkes.edu/...masters-programs/creative-writing-ma-mfa/about-our-students/revise-this/archives/2010/revise-this-october-2010.aspx[3/2/21, 9:54:32 AM] �Revise This - October 2010 - Wilkes University Bonnie Culver Students in four northeast Pennsylvania school districts have a chance to become playwrights in a special program being piloted by Bonnie Culver, director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program. Culver worked with two graduate students, Sarah Pugh and Cory Brin, on a master of fine arts project developing a pilot program, “Page to Stage.” Culver is working as guest artist in four high schools – Hanover Area, Hazleton, Tunkhannock and Wyoming Valley West  – to teach basic elements of playwriting to students. Culver was in the schools Tuesdays and Wednesdays from Feb. 2 to March 25. Each student presented a 10-minute play. One or two plays from each school will be chosen to be presented at the Fine Arts Fiesta in May. Wilkes University’s long-term goal is to replicate this with fiction, poetry, film, and nonfiction with creative writing students and faculty serving as guest artists in area schools with a final arts festival on campus. Faculty/Staff Notes Christine Gelineau’s essay “Cops” was published in the winter issue of The Florida Review as a runner up in their Editors’ Award in Nonfiction. Rashidah Ismaili Abu-Bakr’s poetry was published in Bending the Bow, a collection of love poems from Africa, published by Southern Illinois Press. Sara Pritchard's story "Sip the Wine" was published in Vol. 76, No. 1 of New Letters (Dec. 2009). Her story "Two Studies in Entropy" won a Pushcart Prize and is included in the 2010 PUSHCART PRIZE XXXIV BEST OF THE SMALL PRESSES anthology, and her story "Help Wanted: Female" is forthcoming in Vol. 6 (2010) of The Tusculum Review. Sara will be reading at the River Festival of Books in Huntington, West Virginia, on Friday, April 16, 2010.   Student/Alumni Notes https://www.wilkes.edu/...masters-programs/creative-writing-ma-mfa/about-our-students/revise-this/archives/2010/revise-this-october-2010.aspx[3/2/21, 9:54:32 AM] �Revise This - October 2010 - Wilkes University M.A. student Amy Archer had part of her memoir entitled “Bad Connection” published in the December issue of the Journal of Truth and Consequences. M.A. student Cindy Dlugolecki’s play, “Violet Oakley Unveiled,” was showcased at Villanova University on Thursday, March 18. The onewoman show helped celebrate Women’s History Month. Violet Oakley was the first woman in art history to paint murals in a public building, and her home and studio were only a few miles from Villanova’s campus, according to Dlugolecki. Dlugolecki, the actress, director, and tech team were also the guest of five different departments at Villanova, including Women and Gender Studies, History, and Art. M.F.A. student Brian Fanelli’s poem “Freshman Year” was published in the February issue of My Favorite Bullet. http://www.interiornoisepress.com/0010_FANELLI_FreshmanYear.html, and his poems “In a Club’s Cracked Mirror” and “Why I Said No” were published in the March issue of Word Riot http://www.wordriot.org/archives/976. Alum Pete Kaszyk’s short story, “You’re Not My Father,” was accepted for publication by Kerlak Publishing for inclusion in its WTF Anthologies edition. Publication date is pending. 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Archives n 2010 n n �Colum McCann, a member of the advisory board for the Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing Program, has won the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin. The award was presented on Nov. 18 in New York City. The award – considered one of literature’s most prestigious – is presented in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. As a member of the Wilkes creative writing program’s advisory board, McCann has provided input on course content and curriculum, performed readings from his work at its residencies, and been a thesis reader for degree candidates in the program. Let The Great World Spin takes place in August 1974, when a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the Twin Towers, a quarter mile above the ground. It chronicles the lives of a group of New Yorkers, weaving their separate stories against the backdrop of the tightrope walker’s feat. Some of McCann’s other novels include Zoli, Dancer, and This Side of Brightness. His fiction has been published in 30 languages and has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Paris Review, Bomb and other places. He has written for numerous publications including The Irish Times, Die Zeit, La Republicca, Paris Match, The New York Times, the Guardian and the Independent. In 2003 he was named Esquire magazine's "Writer of the Year." Other awards and honors include a Pushcart Prize, the Rooney Prize, the Hennessy Award for Irish Literature, the Irish Independent Hughes and Hughes/Sunday Independent Novel of the Year 2003, and the 2002 Ireland Fund of Monaco Princess Grace Memorial Literary Award. His short film, “Everything in this Country Must,” directed by Gary McKendry, was nominated for a 2005 Academy Award. McCann lives in New York City, where he teaches creative writing at Hunter College. The mission of the National Book Foundation and the National Book Awards is to celebrate the best of American literature, expand its audience, and to enhance the cultural value of good writing in America. Marlon James Named Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award �Marlon James, Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction Marlon James’ novel The Book of Night Women was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction by the National Book Critics Circle. The finalists were announced in January, and the winners were announced on March 11.  Other finalists included memoir writer Mary Karr, former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glück, and former National Book Award winner William T. Vollmann. The other fiction nominees included Hilary Mantel, Jayne Anne Phillips, and Michelle Huneven. Mantel won the fiction category for her novel Wolf Hall. The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a nonprofit organization with around 600 members, "book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns." James worked on The Book of Night Women while he was enrolled in the creative writing program. He also teaches at Macalester College in Minnesota. Cecilia Galante Joins Creative Writing Faculty Cecilia Galante, newest member of Creative Writing Faculty Young adult novelist Cecilia Galante has joined the faculty of the Graduate Creative Writing Program. She is the author of five young adult novels. Her first, The Patron Saint of Butterflies, was selected as a Young Adult Book of the Year by the Northeast Independent Booksellers Association, a Top Ten Pick for 2008 by Amazon, and a Recommended Read for Teens on Oprah's website. Another one of her books, Hershey Herself, will be translated into Polish in 2010. Her other novels include Willowood, and The Sweetness of Salt, which will be published in 2011. She has BA from King’s College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. �Her first interactions with the faculty and students came in January when she attended the residency. “It was thrilling. I had no idea that I was going to be among such a crowd of intellectuals and have peers that are so successful,” she said. Galante is no stranger to teaching. She spent years teaching high school English in the Wilkes-Barre area, though she is currently on sabbatical. But when it comes to teaching in the Graduate Creative Writing Program, she plans to use what she learned as a graduate student at Goddard. “I’m trying to borrow more from my experience as a student. My teachers at Goddard were incredibly supportive and astute,” she said.  “I’ve been able to draw from that experience and insert criticism in a way that doesn’t kill the spirit.” Besides teaching, Galante is also hard at work on her first adult novel, and the process has not always been easy. “It’s been incredibly daunting. For young adult, you’re allowed to write more simply and straightforward,” she said. “So, I was getting caught up in sounding like an adult and  sounding smart enough.” Galante added that the process has been easier lately, and she’s confident the book will stand on its own. She has to submit a manuscript by the end of April. Though this will be Galante’s first adult novel, she admitted that she was not initially attracted to the young adult genre. “I wasn’t even familiar there was a YA genre when I wrote my first book, The Patron Saint of Butterflies. My agent said we were going to market it as young adult, and I was devastated. I didn’t think it was young adult,” she said. “I sat back and waited, and she was right. It became a successful young adult book and a crossover book. It appeals to adults and young adults at the same time.” Bonnie Culver Helps Area High School Students Take Writen Work from "Page to Stage" �Bonnie Culver Students in four northeast Pennsylvania school districts have a chance to become playwrights in a special program being piloted by Bonnie Culver, director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program. Culver worked with two graduate students, Sarah Pugh and Cory Brin, on a master of fine arts project developing a pilot program, “Page to Stage.” Culver is working as guest artist in four high schools – Hanover Area, Hazleton, Tunkhannock and Wyoming Valley West  – to teach basic elements of playwriting to students. Culver was in the schools Tuesdays and Wednesdays from Feb. 2 to March 25. Each student presented a 10-minute play. One or two plays from each school will be chosen to be presented at the Fine Arts Fiesta in May. Wilkes University’s long-term goal is to replicate this with fiction, poetry, film, and nonfiction with creative writing students and faculty serving as guest artists in area schools with a final arts festival on campus. Faculty/Staff Notes Christine Gelineau’s essay “Cops” was published in the winter issue of The Florida Review as a runner up in their Editors’ Award in Nonfiction. Rashidah Ismaili Abu-Bakr’s poetry was published in Bending the Bow, a collection of love poems from Africa, published by Southern Illinois Press. Sara Pritchard's story "Sip the Wine" was published in Vol. 76, No. 1 of New Letters (Dec. 2009). Her story "Two Studies in Entropy" won a Pushcart Prize and is included in the 2010 PUSHCART PRIZE XXXIV BEST OF THE SMALL PRESSES anthology, and her story "Help Wanted: Female" is forthcoming in Vol. 6 (2010) of The Tusculum Review. Sara will be reading at the River Festival of Books in Huntington, West Virginia, on Friday, April 16, 2010. Student/Alumni Notes M.A. student Amy Archer had part of her memoir entitled “Bad �Connection” published in the December issue of the Journal of Truth and Consequences. M.A. student Cindy Dlugolecki’s play, “Violet Oakley Unveiled,” was showcased at Villanova University on Thursday, March 18. The onewoman show helped celebrate Women’s History Month. Violet Oakley was the first woman in art history to paint murals in a public building, and her home and studio were only a few miles from Villanova’s campus, according to Dlugolecki. Dlugolecki, the actress, director, and tech team were also the guest of five different departments at Villanova, including Women and Gender Studies, History, and Art. M.F.A. student Brian Fanelli’s poem “Freshman Year” was published in the February issue of My Favorite Bullet. http://www.interiornoisepress.com/0010_FANELLI_FreshmanYear.html, and his poems “In a Club’s Cracked Mirror” and “Why I Said No” were published in the March issue of Word Riot http://www.wordriot.org/archives/976. Alum Pete Kaszyk’s short story, “You’re Not My Father,” was accepted for publication by Kerlak Publishing for inclusion in its WTF Anthologies edition. Publication date is pending. M.A. student Kimberly Loomis-Bennet’s poem, “It Is Sweet and Decorous To Be Poor in One’s Country,” was published in the Winter 2010 issue of The November 3rd Club. http://www.november3rdclub.com/2010/02-2010/poetry/loomisbennett.html   Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Title A name given to the resource Revise This! | 2010-04.pdf Creative Writing Maslow Maslow Family Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Revise This Writing https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/4142d67d6ec75d4d1668396bf9465271.pdf c159c26abe64f67bea925182ca4adc83 PDF Text Text About Wilkes Home n Graduate Academics Academics n Graduate Admission & Aid Graduate Programs n Graduate Life Master's Degree Programs About Our Students n n The Arts Creative Writing MA/MFA Revise This! n Archives Revise This - November 2009 Revise This! 2017 2018 REVISE THIS ARCHIVES Revise This! November 2019 Contents: 2009 James Jones First Novel Fellowship Winner Announced Jim Warner joins Etruscan Press | Student Profile: Chris Bullard Wilkes University Awards Scholarships | Faculty Notes |  Student Notes  2009 James Jones First Novel Fellowship Winner Announced Tena Russ of            Riverwoods, II Revise This! Archives n 2009 n n �Wilkes-Barre, Penn. –Tena Russ, of Riverwoods, Il., won first place for her novel After Paradise in the 18th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship, co-sponsored by the Graduate Creative Writing Department of Wilkes University and the James Jones Literary Society. Russ was awarded $10,000. This year’s contest drew 674 submissions, and this was not the first time Russ had entered her manuscript in the competition.  “I actually entered the contest several times and never made it to the second level. I almost didn’t even enter the contest this year,” she said.  Russ was shocked to learn that her manuscript, which has undergone several revisions, finally won. She was notified that she won by novelist Nina Solomon, a judge for the competition and a faculty member of the creative writing program.  “It was like Ed McMahon just came to my door. When Nina called, I literally got goose bumps,” Russ said. Russ was not always heavily involved in writing. Following her studies at Northwestern University and the American Academy of Art, she worked as a portrait artist. She started writing regularly after she joined a local writers group and took an additional writing workshop at Northwestern University. The professor brought in published authors at the end of the semester, and the experience encouraged Russ to become a writer.  “The challenge of learning to write has been so rewarding in many ways,” Russ said. “I love every part of it. I do it every day now.”  Prior to winning the James Jones competition, Russ’s manuscript won first place in the Novel-in-Progress category of the William FaulknerWilliam Wisdom Writing Creative Writing Competition of 2008.  Her second novel will focus on Sam, a secondary character in After Paradise who is a Vietnam War veteran, suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The novel is in the prewriting stages. She is also still revising After Paradise.   Russ also volunteers in a literacy program for young children, The Canine Reading Buddies. Once a month, she and Cami, her German Shepherd, meet with children at a library where the children enjoy reading to Russ and her dog.The submission deadline for entries is �March 1 of each year. The runner-up winners of the James Jones competition were Michael Schiavone, of Gloucester, Mass., for his manuscript Call Me When You Land, and Christine Wade, of New York, for her manuscript Seven Locks. They were each awarded $750.  The James Jones Fellowship was established in 1992 to “honor the spirit of unblinking honesty, determination, and insight into modern culture as exemplified by (the writings of) James Jones.” Requests for guidelines should be sent, along with a stamped, self-address envelope, to James Jones First Novel Fellowship, c/o The Graduate Creative Writing Department, Wilkes University, 84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766, or via e-mail to jamesjonesfirstnovel@wilkes.edu Jim Warner joins Etruscan Press Jim Warner, Assistant Director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program of Wilkes University, has been named business manager and associate editor of Etruscan Press. Warner, a published poet, said his duties with Etruscan will involve community outreach, managing finances, and organizing the office to ensure it runs more efficiently. The press is Jim Warner, Assistant Director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program at Wilkes housed in the creative writing offices. “I’ve always wanted to be involved in the publishing industry. It’s a new challenge and a new world to me. There’s so much untapped potential here,” Warner said. Etruscan just signed a new three-year contract to remain on campus, and Warner hopes to strengthen the relationship between the university and the press through community outreach projects, including working with the downtown Wilkes-Barre Barnes & Noble to have book launches. The press will also eventually reach out to local high schools to start programs in the arts. Warner made clear that his duties with the creative writing program will still be his top priority, and he described the work he now does with Etruscan as a “part-time job” done off-hours. However, the press is tied into the creative writing program in several ways. Its current graduate assistants are enrolled in the program, and some of Etruscan’s founders and directors also teach in the program, including poet Philip Brady and fiction writer Robert Mooney.  �The press will continue to publish about eight manuscripts a year in the genres of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Etruscan will eventually consider publishing more manuscripts a year, according to Warner. Warner’s own writing has appeared in the poetry journals Drunken Boat, Word Riot, Cause & Effect, and other publications. His first collection of poems, Too Bad It’s Poetry, was published in 2007 by Paper Kite Press, located in Kingston. His follow-up book, Jim Warner’s Second Book, will be published by Paper Kite in December.   Student Profile: Chris Bullard Some of the most well-known poets often balanced their writing with other professions. William Carlos Williams was a doctor. T.S. Elliott was a banker. Chris Bullard, one of the Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing Program’s most well-published poets, balances his writing with his duties as an administrative judge for the Social Security Administration in Vorhees, N.J. Bullard, who resides in Collingswood, NJ, has had his poetry has been published by some of the most prominent literary journals in the country, including Green Mountains Review, Nimrod, and Atlanta Review. His work is also forthcoming in Rattle, and his chapbook, You Must Not Know Too Much, won the 2009 Plan B Press Chapbook Contest. As a result, Bullard was given a cash award and 50 printed copies of the book. His interest in poetry predates his interest in law. He’s been writing poetry since high school, when he served as the editor of the school’s literary magazine. His influences early on included Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Frost, but his influences broadened when he attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia as an undergraduate.  Once he graduated, he knew he had to make a serious decision about his writing career. “At the end of college, I either had to go to writing school or do something else with my life,” he said. “It was easier for me to ask my parents for money for a career in law than for a famous writers’ school.” Bullard added that he also had no interest in becoming an academic, a career for many poets. The world of academia seemed too political to him. But balancing poetry with his law career wasn’t as easy as Bullard had hoped it would be. He stopped writing after law school until he was about 40. “I had reached a point with my poetry where I couldn’t think of anything interesting to do. I also wasn’t in contact with any poets,” he said. �But he eventually started writing again, once his career situation changed and he had more time. He also hired private poetry tutors to strengthen his work. Now, Bullard’s career involves hearing claims of people who believe they are disabled and deserve Social Security funds. But his job has not influenced his work. “I have written I think only one poem about my work, though I have certainly seen the human condition. I pretty much have heard everyone’s beefs with the world.” He became interested in the Wilkes program because he and his wife have a home in the area, and he was impressed by the quality of the faculty. He is now completing his M.F.A. and has expanded his own knowledge of contemporary poetry, due his work with the poetry faculty. “I tend to reread people I like, but the program has definitely brought me up to date,” Bullard said. “When I started working with Christine [Gelineau], she had me read all of these people I had not heard of but have been impressed with.” He recently completed two full-length collections of poems, which he’s been submitting to presses and contests. One of the books is entitled Back and features all formal verse, and the other book, Under Growth, includes the poems from You Must Not Know Too Much and additional work.  Wilkes University Awards Scholarship to Taylor Polites and Richard Fellinger Wilkes University awarded the 2009-2010 Norris Church Mailer Scholarship to fiction writing major Taylor Polites, of Provincetown, Mass. , and the 2009-2010 Beverly Blakeslee Hiscox ’58 Scholarship to fiction writing major Richard Fellinger, of Camp Hill, Pa.  The Norris Church Mailer Scholarship was established in 2004 by Mr. Norman Mailer, husband of the novelist Norris Church Mailer; other friends; and a gift from the estate of the late Gordon Smith. It is awarded annually to a graduate student in the creative writing program who has both artistic promise and financial need. Selection is made by a faculty committee appointed by the director of the creative writing program. The Beverly Blakeslee Hiscox ’58 Scholarship was established by her children with love and affection to honor their mother’s dedicated service to Wilkes University as trustee from 1986 - 2003. First preference is given to a non-traditional student with family responsibilities. �Faculty/Staff Notes Phil Brady’s memoir, By Heart: Reflections of a Rust Belt Bard, was chosen by Foreword Magazine as Essay Book of the Year. Program co-founder and director Bonnie Culver’s play, “The Cell,” and Jean Klein’s play, “The Test,” will run on Nov. 13 and Nov. 14 and Nov. 20 and Nov. 21 at The Venue at 35th in Norfolk, VA. For more info, visit http://www.venue-35.com. Program co-founder and advisory board member J. Michael Lennon’s interview with fellow advisory board member Lawrence Schiller was published in the third issue of The Mailer Review in October. The interview focuses on the origins of Norman Mailer’s Oswald’s Tale, including the successful effort to convince the Russian KGB to reveal their tapes of Lee Harvey Oswald in Minsk in the early 1960s. Two of Christine Gelineau’s poems, “Socanasett” and “Physical,” will be published in the next issue of Paterson Literary Review, and her essay “Cops” will be published in the next issue of Florida Review as a finalist for their 2009 Editors’ Award in Creative Nonfiction. Her next book of poems, Appetite for the Divine, is forthcoming in April from Ashland Poetry Press. Advisory Board Member Colum McCann’s novel, Let the Great World Spin, has been shortlisted for the fiction prize for this year’s National Book Awards. Nancy McKinley’s story, “Yellow Tape,” will appear in the 2010 Main Street Rag Short Fiction Anthology: Coming HomeTheme, and her story, “Goat Meat,” will appear in the 2010 Main Street Rag Short Fiction Anthology: Commute Theme. David Poyer’s novel, The Crisis, will be published on Nov. 8 by St. Martin’s/Macmillian, and his novel, The Weapon, will be published as a soft cover edition on Dec. 1. Neil Shepard has four poems forthcoming in literary journals. “Physician in the Dark” will be published in the Harvard Review, “Pleasant Weather in Cornwall” in North American Review, “If I have to Die, and I Have To” in Notre Dame Review, and “Iced Tea in Deer Isle” in Chautauqua Literary Review. Little Theatre Players will present "Imagine," a short one-act and a triology of new mini-plays by playwright Jan Quackenbush at Broome Community College's Little Theatre, November 20, 21 at 7 p.m. Student/Alumni Notes M.F.A. student Richard Fellinger’s story, “Flashbacks,” has been �accepted for publication by Audience Magazine. It will be the eighth story published from his rust-belt themed collection. M.A. student Patricia Florio’s story, “My Coney Island Baby,” was published by Word Fountain, a literary magazine run out of Ousterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre. Alum Andrea Janov, M.A. student Carol MacAllister, and M.F.A. student Brian Fanelli have poems forthcoming in the December issue of Chiron Review. Alum Dawn Leas’ poetry chapbook, I Know When to Keep Quiet, was accepted for publication by Finishing Line Press. M.A. student Gale Martin received a Pushcart Prize nomination from The Greensilk Journal for a short story published in spring of 2009 entitled “On Hens and Elephants and Being like Them.” M.A. student Dara Morowa Yejide Madzimoyo’s story, “Agnes,” was published in the September issue of Adiorondack Review, and her poem, “Your Grave,” will be published in the autumn/winter edition of Zócalo Press’ "Age" chapbook series.           Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Online Nursing Make A Gift �Programs E.S. 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