181 15 4130 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/d8c4d9bd3f5de759319daa04e41f10a7.pdf 9bba0a22f681ca9b27cd08bd2b3cea2e 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! - Winter 2017 Winter 2017 5.5 Questions for Jacob Hebda: On Mailer Conferences Jacob currently a 2018 512/514 Revise This! - student and November 2019 Wilkes University graduate assistant who has attended three Mailer Society Archives 2017 Hebda is Norman Archives "Whether I discover how writers are inspired by each other or how critics interpret their art, participating in this vast web of interaction remains n 2017 n n �a powerful and humbling experience, as well as an opportunity to learn." - Jacob Hebda Conferences. In 2014, Hebda presented a paper on Mailer's cosmology compared to that of Ralph Waldo Emerson titled, "Clashing Cosmologies: Mailer's An American Dream as a Romantic Nightmare." In 2016, Hebda presented a paper on John Milton's influence on Norman Mailer titled, "The Mailerian Ego and the Problem of Evil in the Modern World: A View of the Russian Section of The Castle in the Forest through the Authorial Ego of D. T." In 2017, Hebda presented a paper on the characteristics of the epic tradition evident in Mailer's Ancient Evenings titled, "A Novel of Epic Proportions: Norman Mailer's Ancient Evenings and the Epic Tradition." Hebda earned his B.A. in English from Misericordia University in 2014, and his M.A. in English from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 2017. Danie Watson is a freelance writer based in Scranton, PA. She is currently pursuing her M.A. in fiction from Wilkes University, where she serves as a graduate assistant. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START RESEARCHING s THE WORK OF NORMAN MAILER? WHAT GOES INTO WRITING A PAPER FOR THE s NORMAN MAILER SOCIETY CONFERENCE, AND WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE PROCESS? WHAT ARE YOUR RESEARCH INTERESTS IN s NORMAN MAILER, AND HOW HAVE THEY EVOLVED OVER TIME? HOW DID YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH THE s NORMAN MAILER SOCIETY BRING YOU TO THE MASLOW FAMILY GRADUATE PROGRAM IN CREATIVE WRITING? WHICH MAILER WORK WOULD YOU RECOMMEND s �FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO JUMP INTO THE WORLD OF NORMAN MAILER? WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR THOSE WHO s ARE INTERESTED IN PRESENTING AT THE NORMAN MAILER SOCIETY CONFERENCE? From PA to FL: Wilkes at Mailer Wilkes faculty, alums, and students participated in panels and From left to right: Jan Quackenbush, Carol Lavelle, Matthew Hinton, Patricia Florio, Dale Louise Mervine, Richard Priebe, and Nicole DePolo attended the 13th Annual Norman Mailer Conference, which was held in Provincetown, MA in 2015. presentations at the 15th Norman Mailer Society Conference held October 26 to 28 in Sarasota, Florida, sponsored by the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus. The annual Wilkes University Readers Theatre reading featured Dr. Bonnie Culver and Matthew Hinton (M.F.A. '10) in a performance and discussion titled "Remembering Norman." Program co-founder and founding faculty member Dr. J. Michael Lennon presided as president of the Norman Mailer Society and stepped down during the conference. Maggie McKinley was elected in his stead. Current M.A. student Jacob Hebda presented a paper on the characteristics of the epic tradition evident in Mailer's Ancient Evenings titled "A Novel of Epic Proportions: Norman Mailer's Ancient Evenings and the Epic Tradition." Winter Reminders PAY IT FORWARD INITIATIVE Alumni and �faculty may nominate one incoming student in each cohort for the Pay It Forward scholarship, which applies $2,500 against his or her first semester's tuition. Lisa Greim was a recipient of the Pay It Forward scholarship from faculty member Kaylie Jones. If you know a writer who would be a great asset to our program, you have the power to pass along a $2,500 program award. This one-time payment is used to offset tuition— an incredible benefit when you consider that most creative writing students pay tuition out of their own pockets. The deadline for applications is December 15, 2017 for the next January residency. To Pay It Forward, share our program's successes with a prospective student. Send me their contact information and we'll track them through the admissions process. Or, simply ask them to reference your name when completing their application. The Pay It Forward award will be applied to their first bill once they are accepted into the program and begin their studies. ETRUSCAN PRIZE Students: The w annual Etruscan Prize for the best single page in any genre will be judged this year by Etruscan author Bruce Bond. Winner receives a $100 honorarium, a complimentary subscription of Etruscan titles, and a limited edition Etruscan Press Executive Director Dr. Phil Brady(left) and Executive Editor Dr. Bob Mooney (right) awarded Ronnie K. Stephens (M.A. '17) the 2017 Etruscan Prize for his poem "What I Know Now. broadside of the winning piece. �"Send us one page: your best page, in any genre. It can be beginning, middle or end. It can be prose, script, or poetry. Send us a page that sings." Deadline is April 15, 2018 | Please submit entries to: etruscanpress.submittable.com Beat the winter blues with a creative writing workshop! Nonfiction Places and Spaces Place plays an important role in both fiction and nonfiction writing, often assuming the role of another character in novels, short stories, memoir, essays and literary journalism. In this adult workshop, we'll consider writers who have made place and location central to to their writing. Participants will write about personal and public landscapes from a variety of perspectives, from memories of home to capturing places visited. Exercises will include incorporating multi-sensory detail, the role of research, and using place to support character description. Fiction writers who are setting their work in real-life places also will benefit from this workshop. Meetings: Mondays – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Kirby Hall, Room 108 January 29, February 5, 12, 19, 26, and March 5 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Vicki Mayk   Social Media for Beginners Social Media isn't just for liking photos of your second-cousin's lobster dinner or watching hilarious cat videos -- you can learn to wield the social sphere to your professional and creative advantage! This six-week adult workshop introduces you to the various social media platforms that are popular today, and will teach you how to market yourself and your writing in unique and exciting ways. In this class, your instructor will work with you to build your online persona and show you how to reach out to new communities and new readers. Classes are divided into lecture and activity sessions, and each class will have a take-home assignment. Meetings: Tuesdays – 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Breiseth Hall, Room 108 January 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, and 27 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Angela Greco   �Preparing You and Your Manuscript for Publication This five-week workshop is designed for adult learners over the age of 18. Participants will be provided an overview of how to prepare completed literary projects for submission to publishers. Through a variety of lectures, workshop exercises, and group discussions, participants will discover what it takes to prepare themselves – and their work – for consideration. A comprehensive look at industry standards and best practices include crafting a project synopsis, drafting a query letter, understanding the author questionnaire process, creating a thumbnail, keynote, and writing the book description. Meetings: Wednesdays – 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Breiseth Hall, Room 106 January 31, February 7, 14, 21, and 28 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Bill Schneider   Creative Nonfiction: Memories and Memoir Writing memoir requires transformation of complex, often incomprehensible emotions into clear words with which a reader could empathize. Learning from our memories comes from allowing ourselves to explore the gray areas and know that feelings – good or bad – are important. Understanding memories and perceptions is essential to this process. The writer needs to be sensitive to the idea that others involved in these may have different perceptions and memories and may not want to share their personal matters with the world. Open to adults of any age. Meetings: Thursdays – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Breiseth Hall, Room 106 February 1, 8, 15, 22, March 1 and March 15 (No meeting on March 8) Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Joyce Victor   Realistic Fiction: Employing Reality and Real Imagery into Fiction Writing This adult workshop will focus on using real environments to cultivate scenes in realistic fiction writing. During the six-week workshop series, participants will focus on imagery, dialogue, character, timeline, and studying the "greats" (imbuing inspiration from great writers). Each workshop will include exercises, free writing, discussion, and takeaways for continued writing. �Meetings: Saturdays – 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Karambelas Media Center, Room 135 February 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3 and 10 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Rachael J. Hughes Faculty, Alumni, and Student News -~ :I l ll ~ l • ...- ....:I !' lrl'l 1_ ..,_... ' -.,,=---• ; fj • FACULTY NEWS: Lenore Hart and David Poyer taught at the Ossabaw Writers Workshop on Ossabaw Island, GA from 27-30 October. Lenore Hart's The Night Bazaar sets up its tents at KGB Bar on December 13. Six anthology authors will present individual and group dramatic readings (some in costume, of course) selected from stories in the anthology. The reading will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Red Room. Readers include Wilkes faculty, alums, and NHP authors Gregory Fletcher, Mau VanDuren, Naia Poyer, Frances Williams, Corinne Nulton, and Lenore Hart. The Night Bazaar is nominated for the 2017 James Tiptree Award, specifically for the story "The Kindly Ones" by Naia Poyer. The James Tiptree Jr. Award, since 1993, has sought to promote and recognize works of speculative fiction that 'explore and expand our understanding of gender. Chapter one of Troublesome Creek, Lenore's novel currently in-progress, will appear in the Spring 2018 issue of The Virginia �Literary Journal. Lenore's poem "Struck By Light" was named the winner of the 2017 Connecticut River Review Poetry Prize. The judge was Benjamin Grossberg. The prize was $400, and the poem will be published in the spring edition of the Connecticut River Review. J. Michael Lennon has edited The 1960's Collection--a boxed set containing the works of Norman Mailer to be published by the Library of America. Volume one Four Books of the 1960's, will contain four Mailer works from the 1960s: An American Dream, Why Are We In Vietnam?The Armies Of The Night and Miami and The Siege Of Chicago (all four won, or were nominated for, the National Book Award). Volume two, Collected Essays of the 1960s, will contain 36 of Mailer's essays from the 60's, beginning with "Superman Comes to the Supermarket" and gathers for the first time all the essential essays from the classic collections The Presidential Papers, Cannibals and Christians, and Existential Errands. Publication date for the boxed set is February 27, 2018. Associate Program Director Bill Schneider (M.F.A. '14) was invited to be a reader of United Airlines employee entries for the anthology Farewell to the 747: Queen of the Skies. He attended a farewell event held aboard a United 747 at Newark Liberty International Airport on October 24, where �many of the entries selected for the anthology were presented. ALUMNI AND STUDENT NEWS: J.C. Alonso Jr. (M.F.A. '14) had his poem published in Haiku Journal Issue 52. His novel Murderer's Wake, a sea story of a merchant marine was published ----MURDERER'S -,,._,~.,,~~ ............ ...,_ ................. ._ ........ ._ ... .._~..._~ •lf"IC-. by Northampton House Press (print date Jan 1, 2018.) Alonso was also hired as Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University, and hired as Writing Lab Instructor at Broward Colle. Molly Barari (M.F.A. '17) led two book discussions on the South Dakota One Book, Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal, as a South Dakota Humanities Council Scholar this fall. Barari was selected by the Humanities Council earlier in the year to receive the scholar honor. Maxwell Bauman (M.F.A. '15) had his collection of Jewishthemed short stories The Anarchist Kosher Cookbook published by CLASH Books. The book is available for preorder via Amazon and B&N, and will officially be for sale on Dec 5th. D Ferrara's (M.A. '14) short story "The Bookkeeper" has been accepted for publication by Duct, a journal of stories. Cheryl Bazzoui (M.A. '14) had her new novelPressure Cooker Christmas come out in November. It is a satisfyingly realistic contrast from the usual sugarcoated Christmas novels. It is told through the voice of Marlene O'Malley, wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, nurse, friend, etc., as she and her husband, Bob, close in on their most unforgettable Christmas. Marlene insists she loves Christmas. Bob hates Christmas. He wants to cancel their annual Swearing in of the Christmas Tree party, but it's become a Willow Lane tradition. Their far less than perfect family is irresistibly �lovable, despite their many foibles. This story will help even the most Scrooge-like reader find a generous helping of Christmas spirit. Bazzoui writes under the penname of Ann McCauley. Learn more about her at www.annmccauley.com Patricia Florio (M.F.A. '11) co-founder of the Jersey Shore Writers (2001) was asked by the Bradley Beach library, Fourth Avenue Branch, to form a monthly writing group on Thursday, November 9 at 6:30 pm. This comes on the heels of her library readings to children from her current children's book, Puppy in My Pocket. Rachael J. Hughes's (M.F.A. '12) Memoir Us Girls is slated for publication this fall with Big Table Publishing. Maureen Hooker (M.F.A. '09) will be the keynote speaker for a state conference of Vidant Hospitals' Information Technology Systems Managers on January 18, 2018 at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, NC. (Book signing too). Jennifer Jenkins (M.F.A. '17) had her story "Ambulance" printed in Parentheses Journal in October 2017. Her book reviews have appeared in Hippocampus Magazine in April, July, and October 2017. She was also awarded an honorable mention for Glimmertrain's Very Short Fiction Award in September 2017. Mark Levy (M.A. '08) joined Messner Reeves LLP, a Denver law firm, in October as Intellectual Property Counsel. That's a rare situation in which being 68 years old is an advantage. Lori A. May (M.F.A. '13) has an essay, "This is What it Sounds Like," in the latest issue of Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel. Nisha Sharma (M.F.A. '13) sold at auction The Singh Family Trilogy, in which three Sikh-Punjabi brothers bound by tradition and love pursue the ultimate act of revenge by taking down an empire in the name of honor to Avon Impulse, a Harper Collins Imprint. Christy White (M.A. '17) had three poems from her thesis, Unexpected Comfort, chosen to be published in the Fall 2017 online zine, The Blue Guitar Magazine. 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Title A name given to the resource Revise This! | 2017-01.pdf Creative Writing Maslow Maslow Family Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Revise This Writing https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/925398239c76e1e43217c470492c649b.pdf a855e3720c56a38a4cdfe3326322927c 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! April 2017 Archives Wilkes at AWP in Washington, D.C. Call for Papers for Mailer Conference Take Credit for Your Talent Archives Community Workshops for Spring PWC Returns in August News From Faculty, Students, And Alums 2017 2018 Wilkes at AWP in Washington, D.C. Our nation's capital welcomed more than 12,000 writers, publishers, creative writing faculty, and students to the Annual Conference of Writers and Writing Programs held February 8-11, 2017 at the Washington Convention Center and Washington Marriott Marquis Hotel. Wilkes and program partners were among the thousands of literary lovers in D.C. Revise This! November 2019 n 2017 n n �AWP17 kicked off on Wednesday evening with the 50th Anniversary Gala, benefitting the Association's mentorship program. Etruscan Press and Wilkes University co-sponsored a table at the Gala. Table guests included Program Director Dr. Bonnie Culver; Founding Advisory Board member Dr. J. Michael Lennon; Advisory Board member Tim Seibles; Faculty Members Dr. Phil Brady, Kaylie Jones, Dr. Robert Mooney; Program Partner Johnny Temple; NPR's Maureen Corrigan; Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James (M.F.A. '06); and Associate Director Bill Schneider (M.F.A.'14). Wilkes also provided student volunteers for the Gala, including Etruscan intern Justin Bodnar; M.A. students Aurora Bonner, Lisa Greim, Christopher Owens, Pamela Turchin, and Danie Watson; and alumnae Kelly Clisham and Vicki Mayk, who all donned their cocktail attire and manned the Gala desks. Thursday morning the Bookfair began. Wilkes and Etruscan cosponsored a booth where Wilkes alumni, current students, and faculty answered questions, recruited new students, and networked. Faculty members Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr, Gregory Fletcher, Lenore Hart, Kaylie Jones, Jean Klein, J. Michael Lennon, David Poyer, and Bill Schneider answered the questions of prospective students and faculty. Alumni Austin Bennett, Kait Burrier, Wendy Decker, Brian Fannelli, Pat Florio, Stanton Hancock, Tony Kapolka, Donna Mailes, Jonathan Pierce, and Joseph Schwartzburt, along with current students Whitney Brimat, Melody Breyer-Grell, Bibiana Krall, Pamela Turchin, and Danie Watson manned the booth in shifts throughout the Bookfair. Lisa Greim hopped from event to event, snapping photos of all Wilkesaffiliated presenters. Wilkes faculty, staff, and alumni participated in more than 15 panels, readings, and off-site events. Faculty members Laurie Jean Cannady, Susan Cartsonis, Gregory Fletcher, Kaylie Jones, Jean Klein, Laurie Lowenstein, and Tim Seibles presented or read during the conference. �Alumni Viannah Duncan, Lori Myers, Nisha Sharma, Donna Talarico, Barbara J. Taylor, Jim Warner, and Morowa Yejide represented Wilkes on panels across the convention schedule. Alumni Jason Carney hosted the AWP Old School Slam, sponsored by Wilkes and Etruscan, which boasted an impressive 26 poets who presented their work. Program partners—Akashic Books, Blue Moon Plays, Etruscan Press, Kaylie Jones Books, and Northampton House Press—were all represented at AWP17. Etruscan Press hosted book signings in the booth, including authors Remica Bingham-Risher, Bruce Bond, Laurie Jean Cannady, David Lazar, J.D. Schraffenberger, Tim Seibles, and D. M. Spitzer. Kaylie Jones Books hosted a book signing after their reading, including authors Laurie Lowenstein, J. Patrick Redmond, Patricia Smith, and Barbara J. Taylor. Literary agent and outside reader Albert LaFarge stopped by the booth to engage current students and alumni about their current projects. Wilkes Graduate Creative Writing Program Founding Advisory Board Member Colum McCann and alum Marlon James were featured speakers. AWP17 also marked Program Director Bonnie Culver's final year as Chair of the AWP Board of Trustees. Dr. Culver has served on the Board of Trustees for four years as Chair, and will now be serving as Vice Chair. Of her service, Dr. Culver says, "The board I serve with is one of the most diverse, committed, and experienced groups I have had the joy of joining." In her final words as Board Chair, Dr. Culver says, "Our association's new story can only be written by all of us, through conversations, engagement, philanthropy, and your own writing and good works." Next year's AWP will be held in Tampa, Florida from March 7-10, 2018. The 2018 Conference Subcommittee is seeking proposals that feature panelists who are diverse in their backgrounds, pursuits, affiliations, and ages, and who represent a broad range of perspectives and experiences. AWP encourages participation from current and recent graduate students. Successful proposals observe the guidelines and modules by which the Subcommittee receive and review proposals. Please read the Event Proposal Guidelines carefully as well as information about How Events Are Selected. If you have questions about submitting a proposal, please email the AWP 2018 Conference Subcommittee at events@awpwriter.org. Event proposals for the 2018 conference may be submitted until Monday, May 1, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. ET (8:59 p.m. PT). Call for Papers for Mailer Conference The 2017 Norman Mailer Society Conference will be held Oct. 26-28 at �the Sarasota Lido Hotel, Sarasota, Fla., in cooperation with the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. Two or three papers will be presented in one-hour time slots, with the remaining time going to participant discussion and audience questions. To accommodate all presenters, paper presentations should be no longer than ten minutes. Panels will also run for one hour, as will most video screenings. Please indicate media requirements in your proposal. $100 travel grants are available for students whose proposals are approved. Guidelines for submission: Email a 50-word biographical statement and a 150-200 word abstract of the proposed presentation to the program cochairs by June 1, 2017. Phillip Sipiora (psipiora@gmail.com), Maggie McKinley (mmckinle@harpercollege.edu), and J. Michael Lennon (jmlennon1@charter.net) are the program co-chairs. Please email them with ideas for panels, papers, or special events. Take Credit for Your Talent By Danie Watson It's no secret that to receive an M.F.A. at Wilkes University, students must complete a six-credit internship. What is a secret are the number of hours each graduate student puts in for their internship. According to Megan Boone Valkenburg, the Coordinator of Student Development, each graduate student at Wilkes completes an average of 70 to 75 community service hours per year, but this number doesn't include the Graduate Creative Writing Program. Valkenburg isn't just interested in the hours each student puts in every year. She also wants to focus on the impact of the service to our writing community and beyond. "We want to tell the story of Wilkes University and the story of how our students impact their communities and communities of origin. To be able to tell that story of the good works students are doing; their ingenuity and inspiration—it's amazing," says Valkenburg. "Once you get that synergy going, amazing things start to form—marginalized students find a voice, prisoners have an outlet. It's so important for community-minded people to step up." Education Internships And they have. In the education track of the M.F.A., internships have included developing curriculums, teaching creative writing to underserved populations, and much more. A few examples of outstanding internships �include: John Winston conducted a middle school creative writing program for underserved students at Gompers Elementary/Middle School in Detroit, Mich. The craft- and reading-based class included interaction with a local author via Wikispace, and culminated with a presentation of work for parents and guardians. John also sponsored Adopt-An-Author, a free nationwide nonprofit program designed to excite young adults about reading and writing through the use of best-selling thrillers, heroic nonfiction stories, motivational books and direct contact with the authors via personal appearances, classroom phone calls, emails, and interactive websites. He also designed and taught several workshops for adult learners at the Las Vegas Writer's Conference: World Building in Fiction; Poetry as Fiction Workshop; and The Journey to IA: From Recording Artist to Author. Vicki Mayk designed, implemented, and taught a memoir workshop for the bereavement program of St. Luke's Hospice, which is part of St. Luke's University Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa. The sessions covered the building blocks of memoir, aimed at introducing participants to the tools needed for crafting essays or beginning full-length memoirs about family members they have lost. Vylinda Bryant designed and implemented creative writing classes that emphasized the use of the Visual Arts as a springboard for the writing process. Vylinda developed units and lesson plans for elementary school students through adults at The Hermitage Museum and Gardens in Norfolk, Va. Bill Schneider instructed a creative writing workshop series for veterans, held at the West Pittston Library in Pennsylvania. Bill designed the sessions to help veterans find a voice, enhancing his instruction with video clips and readings, prompting participants to bring their words to the page. Rachel Strayer instructed a playwriting workshop for grades 7-12 at the South Abington Library, Clark Summit, Pa. Rachel designed lessons for playwriting format; identifying theatrical ideas; developing character; using stage directions to create setting, tone, and visual aesthetic; crafting good dialogue; writing a beginning, middle, and end; and revising a final script. Each workshop included writing prompts, followed by a craft lesson focusing on a particular skill or element of playwriting. Students staged a public reading of their scripts. In addition, Rachel completed a two-week internship at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, MN. Rachel assumed administrative duties, facilitated the workshop and staged reading of the visiting playwrights, and supervised a PlayLab. �Ashley Supinski developed a fiction writing workshop for teenage writers in Northampton, Pa., in which the group worked on aspects of craft and produced a final publication. The class met Saturday mornings at the public library and included oral delivery and reading components. Dr. Nancy McKinley says, "I could provide 30 or more examples. The interns have done amazing community service, and many have reached out to underserved communities. In fact, one of my personal goals is to help facilitate ways for bringing The Arts to underserved populations. Thus, by helping to prepare interns, I make inroads, and we spread the power of the word." Publishing Internships In the publishing realm, interns have written grants, copyedited, launched publishing endeavors, developed podcasts, and more. Some Etruscan interns have even gone on to work for a press. Dr. Phil Brady describes a few success stories below: Molly Barari accomplished something very special; she turned her activities with senior citizens into a unique project, and somehow got the project finished on schedule. Dakota Heirlooms has been submitted to the publisher and is now available. I couldn't be prouder or happier for Molly and for her publisher, Jean Klein. Austin Bennett came up with one of the best capstones for an internship I've seen. His portfolio included an extensive guide to researching grants, and also included particular grant-targets and strategies. He's taken on possibilities for River and South as well as Etruscan. He wrote a concise and commanding rationale for writing book reviews, and wrote a publishable book review. He also researched the work of H. L. Hix—a daunting task—and is preparing, post-internship, to interview Hix. He has just accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at City College at Montana State University Billings. In addition, Austin was very supportive of his colleagues on the bulletin board. He is a talented and charismatic young man, and I predict a great future in writing and teaching for him. Leah Vernon took on so many new occupations: copyediting, reviewing memoir, writing study guides, following production, assisting with marketing, and supporting the work of her fellow interns on the bulletin board. All this, she accomplished—and did it on the run, since our original plan was to work with KJB as well as Etruscan. To top it off, she took a trip to Minneapolis and attended AWP, where she met a number of authors and publishers, including Laurie Jean Cannady, whose book Leah had been working on all term. I'm confident that Leah learned as much as possible from this internship. She's a powerful, talented young writer and I think she will accomplish whatever she sets her mind to. �Johanna James demonstrated the most essential qualities in the dynamic and challenging world of publishing: she is imaginative, intrepid, flexible, and endowed with big-picture vision. She launched a new publishing endeavor, Black Ink, which promises to offer new opportunities to writers of diverse backgrounds and points of view. Most importantly, Johanna brought about a new enterprise that has promise and participation from an impressive community. She is a model for what the M.A. in Literary Publishing can be and I have no doubt that she will continue to work with Wilkes and to share resources and encouragement with members of the program and candidates for the publishing degree. Suzanne Ohlmann accomplished something very special; she conceived, developed and produced her first podcast—first in a series I expect, called Storycatcher, which brings together writers, readers, and ordinary (and weird) folk to discuss the activity of making and hearing stories. Suzanne's gifts—her performance background, her talent as a writer, her community building talent, her wit and charm—are all part of story catching. This project has legs, and will far outlast its beginnings as an internship. Of her publishing internship, April Line says, "I loved the real-world experience of writing grants with Etruscan. I have not since felt as professionally validated and useful as I did during my internship. Both Bill Schneider and Phil Brady were incredibly encouraging and positive, and I had pretty broad autonomy to make things happen, which I also appreciated because it signaled that they trusted me and my instincts." These amazing internships completed by M.F.A. students are not counted in the average number of hours at Wilkes. To include the Graduate Creative Writing Program in the student averages, each student needs to complete a quick survey outlining the type of service, number of hours, and where the service was completed. Please watch for the forthcoming survey from the Creative Writing Program. Your responses will help Valkenburg share our success stories. The results will be shared with the Institutional Research Department at Wilkes, and help showcase how our writing community has achieved many of the University's core values. Danie Watson is a graduate assistant for Etruscan Press and an M.A. student in creative nonfiction at Wilkes University. Community Workshops Offered in Spring 2017 �As the snow melts and the flowers begin to bloom, Wilkes is once again offering community writing workshops for adult students, taught by program alums and faculty. The cost for each workshop series is $65.00. Poetry Workshop This adult workshop will focus on the construction of a poem from a single word or idea to a fully developed piece. Using short verse to create a compact image/thought, participants will explore narrative poems to create and develop dramatic poetry and/or story. Requirements: Each participant is expected to write at least ten short poems and two longer narratives during the workshop series. Reading and discussions of poetry handouts and participation in workshopping individual poems and critiquing others. Final presentation of work should be in the form of a chapbook that workshop participants will compile throughout the workshop series. Meetings: Tuesdays – 6-8 p.m., April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 Instructor: Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr Social Media Workshop: How to Leverage Social Media to Publish Your Work and Promote Yourself Social media isn't just for liking photos of your second-cousin's lobster dinner or watching hilarious cat videos—you can learn to wield the social sphere to your professional and creative advantage! This six-week adult workshop introduces you to the various social media platforms that are popular today, and will teach you how to market yourself and your writing in unique and exciting ways. In this class, your instructor will work with you to build your online persona and show you how to reach out to new communities and new readers. Classes are divided into lecture and activity sessions, and each class will have a take-home assignment. Requirements: Each participant should have access to a computer and the internet. Please bring a smartphone to class. Meetings: Tuesdays – 5:30-7:30 p.m., May 2, 9, 16, 23 30 and June 6 Instructor: Angela Greco The Poetry of Revision: What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Ezra Pound This adult workshop will focus on applying certain elements to prose from poetry, such as word play and concision, to help fiction writers revise their stories. Workshop participants will look at several poets, especially more modern ones, in addition to Ezra Pound's The ABC of Reading. Requirements: Each participant should have access to a computer and �a printer; bring copies of three consecutive, double-spaced pages of a work-in-progress to the first workshop; and carry a folder, notebook, and colored pen (not black ink) to each workshop. Meetings: Tuesdays – 6-8 p.m., May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and June 6 Instructor: Francisco Tutella Blueprints to the Silver Screen: An Intro to Screenwriting The screenwriter is the first person to see the movie. In this six-week adult workshop, we'll explore the art of crafting compelling stories, characters, and images from your imagination to the page, ready for the silver screen. Course participants will utilize the learnings gained from these discussions to craft individual short screenplays ready for presentation at the workshop's conclusion. Course Text:The Screenwriters Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script, 6th edition. by David Trottier Meetings: Wednesdays – 6-8 p.m., May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and June 7 Instructor: Robert Holly Personal Histories Each participant in this adult workshop will create their own personal history of their families, passed down to create a legacy, tracing their ancestry and location in the Wilkes-Barre area, using all family records, Bibles, census information, school and public records, as well as family lore. A major source for their writing will be the stories that have been handed down for generations, songs, crafts and recipes. Each participant will bring all these elements to write their own personal history and will share in workshop their process of collection of materials, means of archiving stories, and discussions around regional histories and persona identities within various communities. Supplemental sources may include interviews with elders in families, religious leaders, priests and ministers, old photographs, videos, letters, personal materials (such as clothes and household possessions), handouts about online genealogy searches, as well as local libraries. Requirements: Each participant will maintain a notebook or folder as a permanent record of their heritage. The type of notebook is up to the workshop participant, but it should be such that one can add to and is sturdy to last for years to come. Meetings: Wednesdays – 6-8 p.m., April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 Instructor: Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr From Plot to Page: Turning an Idea into Prose This adult workshop is designed to help writers turn ideas into stories. In �the first week, we will begin by discussing where ideas come from. Then we'll introduce organizational techniques such as outlining and other prewriting strategies. Finally, we'll write, read, and workshop the stories we create from those original ideas. This workshop can accommodate new writers, writers looking to start a new project, or writers deep into revision. Weeks two to six will focus on workshopping work at the author's discretion. Meetings: Thursdays – 6:30-8:30 p.m., May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 8 and 15 Instructors: Robert Antinozzi and Alyssa Waugh PWC Returns to Wilkes Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Pennsylvania Writers Conference, which is set to launch July 30 and wrap up August 5, 2017. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey is slated as the keynote speaker, and a schedule is in the works to include weeklong workshops in a variety of writing genres as well as a two-day conference with craft classes, panel discussions, guest speakers, and pitch sessions with agents. For more information, visit http://wilkes.edu/pwc. Faculty News Bonnie Culver, program director, was elected to the Executive Committee of the AWP Board of Trustees. She will serve as vice chair of the board. Gregory Fletcher (Playwriting faculty) made his short story debut with his story "Friends of Vera" in the anthology The Night Bazaar, published �by Northampton House Press. Lenore Hart has a poem in Forgotten Women: A Tribute in Poetry, edited by Ginny Lowe Connors and published this spring by Grayson Press. The book was available in time for International Women's Day (March 8). Some of the contributors read at a book launch in Connecticut through the Riverwood Poetry Series on March 9. J. Michael Lennon reviewed Joan Didion's new book, South and West, in the (London) Times Literary Supplement Feb. 2. "Editor, edit thyself," Mike's review of Robert Gottlieb's memoir for the TLS, pulls no punches: "Avid Reader: A Life is full of stale phrases, sketchy anecdotes and perfunctory accolades for all the wonderful guys and gals he's worked with over the years." Nevertheless, Dr. Lennon writes, Gottlieb tells fascinating stories about the writers he coddled, cajoled, and masterminded into print, including Chaim Potok, Lauren Bacall, and Robert Caro. Lennon's edition of Norman Mailer's The Fight (about "The Rumble in the Jungle," the Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman championship bout in Zaire in 1974) has just been published by Taschen Books in an oversized edition with hundreds of photos. David Poyer did a long interview with the Center for International Maritime Security about his writing process and the background for his Modern Navy novels, specifically the latest, Onslaught, which was published in December. Student and Alumni News Austin Grant Bennett (M.F.A.'15) began work in January as an instructor for City College at Montana State University Billings. Tom Borthwick (M.F.A. '09) published a short story, "Silencing the Machine," in Altered States II: a Cyberpunk Anthology. It's available on Amazon in print and digital formats, and was cited as a standout and favorably reviewed at the Cyberpunk website, Neon Dystopia. Another short story, "Long in the Dying," was published in Phantaxis Magazine. It's available for purchase on Amazon. 2017 M.F.A. grad Gabrielle D'Amico's(pictured right) screenplay, Plan B, has been optioned by Intuition Media, a production company whose partners include Susan Cartsonis, Suzanne Farwell �and Brent Emery. Angela Eckhart, "one of the Original Tattooed Wilkies from the Class of 2009," doesn't have any news but writes, "I am thrilled to be connected with this writing community, even though I haven't visited a residency for quite some time." Brian Fanelli (M.F.A. '10) recently had an essay on Thoreau, Emerson, and the American poetic tradition accepted for publication by the Philadelphia-based Schuylkill Valley Journal. A preview of the essay appears online, and the print version will be published in June. Richard Fellinger (M.F.A. '10) has signed a contract with Open Books to publish his debut novel, Made To Break Your Heart. Publication is slated for June 2017. D Ferrara's (M.A. '13) screenplay, Arvin Lindemeyer Takes Canarsie, won the Outstanding Feature-Length Screenplay at the Oil Valley Film Festival. This piece had formed the basis of her thesis at Wilkes. With Pat Florio, she is also editing a book of short fiction and memoir created by participants at a workshop with Kaylie Jones and Judy Mandel in Tuscany, due out later this year from Wendy Decker's Serendipity Press. Sandee Gertz (M.F.A. '12) hosts "Everyday Poetry: Poetry for the People!" on Radio Free Nashville -- available worldwide on the net. She says: "It's a live call-in show and features Working Class Poetry—and poetry rooted in place, work, blue-collar, white-collar, pink-collar concerns, etc. It also features place-based and Americana travel poetry." She's looking for submissions of work in any genre (especially interested in working people, parenting, domestic labor and Southern stories), author interviews, and music. "I'd be happy to have any alums send work for consideration on the show. I also play roots music so am always looking for submissions for that as well!" Send submissions (poetry, stories, books, recordings) to Sandee Gertz, 1805 Cahal Ave, Nashville, �TN 37206 or sandeegertz@gmail.com. Cooper Gorelick (M.A. student) continued his research for his thesis project—a screenplay about a theater company—by playing the role of Juror No. 9 in Rutgers-Camden's production of Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Jurors, Feb. 22-26. The launch for Heather Harlen's (M.A. '08) latest book, Shame, Shame, I Know Your Name, was March 4 at the Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem, Pa. Paul Jackson (M.A. '14) had 3 poems published in Fictional Café in January. Nichole Kanney (M.F.A '15) had her feature-length comedy screenplay Shady Birch selected as a finalist for the 2017 Nashville Film Festival. Kimberly Behre Kenna (M.A. '15) had her poem, "Spirit's Stream," published in the January edition of GFT Press. She was recently hired to write humanities curriculum, and teach for the Pathfinder program at Hopkins School in New Haven, Conn. Pathfinder is a free academic enrichment program for middle school students, attending city schools, who have a strong desire to prepare for and attend college. Monique Antonette Lewis (M.F.A. '12) was a featured reader for Great Weather for MEDIA in New York and the FBomb and The Art of Storytelling reading series, both in Denver. Her flash fiction story, "You're Cursed," was published by PoetryBay in December. She also spoke on a panel during Regis University's Mile-High MFA residency to discuss At The Inkwell. Lori A. May (M.F.A.'13) has an essay in the latest quarterly issue of Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel. She was recently interviewed about her book The Write Crowd for Understorey Magazine. She is currently working on a series of podcasts as part of her project grant with King County. Todd McClimans' (M.A. '12) latest novel, Time To Heal (Overdue Books, 2017), the third installment in his American Epochs series, was reviewed in the February issue of VOYA, a library journal devoted to young adult literature. "McClimans paints a vivid picture of the bloodiest time in American history—the Civil War," reviewer Richard Vigdor writes. Kirkus Reviews liked it too, saying, "He writes in a sharp, energetic prose ('Kristi Connors lunged to catch a rolling can of Coca-Cola as it spread a fizzling brown wave across her desktop'), and the novel's quick pace and unusual chronology make for an engrossing read. ... lively and fun ... A well-constructed, compelling addition to an ongoing time-travel tale." �Josh Penzone's (M.A. '13) short story "Artificial Tree" appeared in Eunoia Review. Also, his short story "A Soldier's Story" kicks off the anthology The Neighbors, produced by Zimbell House Publishing. Dania Ramos' (M.A. '10) short story "Vista Eterna" was published in the anthology The Night Bazaar: Eleven Haunting Tales of Forbidden Wishes and Dangerous Desires (Northampton House Press). Her short musical Work With Us, co-written with Michael Aquino, was featured in Continuing the Conversation: An Evening of Short Plays in Response to the Election (Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre). Dania's book Who's Ju, also from Northampton House, has won or been a finalist for several international awards, including Best Hispanic YA eBook 2016, finalist for the Mariposa Prize, and now a finalist for the 2017 Sakura Prize in Japan. l)k\',\l)S, ·----·---.-- M.F.A. ---·------------- student Ronnie _,. __ ,. --------- K. __,._ ----_,__,,, Stephens reports, "My second poetry collection, They Rewrote Themselves Legendary, is now available via my website. The collection is a fully illustrated collaborative work, pairing ekphrastic poems with artwork by Desarae Lee, and was released in late February by Timber Mouse." Timber Mouse is an independent publisher, based in Austin, Texas, that promotes the work of spoken-word artists. (pictured right) Donna Talarico (M.F.A. '10) edited Selected Memories: Five Years of Hippocampus Magazine, the first release from Hippocampus' books division. The book was officially launched with a live event and reading at AWP 2017. Also at AWP, she served on a panel about grassroots conference promotion. In spring 2017, Talarico is teaching "Marketing Books and Magazines" at Rosemont College, and personal branding workshops at Pennsylvania College of Arts and Design. Quick Links Career Development �DONATE TO THE WILKES FUND Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Register Now The weekend PWC event on the Wilkes University campus, August 4-5, will offer �craft classes in creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and National Slam Champ Jason Carney. screenwriting, pitch sessions with agents, a keynote reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, the annual open mic and poetry slam hosted by Def Poetry star and National Slam Champ Jason Carney, and literary panels with editors, film producers, literary agents, publishers, and writers, including a plenary session with Fresh Air reviewer Maureen Corrigan. Sign up at wilkes.edu/pwc by June 30 for the $116 early-bird registration rate for the two-day pass, which covers all conference events including the open mic/poetry slam and keynote reading. Regular price (after June 30) is $145, $75 for students 18 or older with a valid college I.D. The $395 PWC all-access pass includes the kickoff reception July 30, one four-day workshop July 31-Aug. 3, plus all conference events Aug. 45. Learn more about the four-day workshops and register here.  Preconference Workshops Ofer Four-Day Intensives Four-day pre-conference workshops will make the PWC experience richer and more personal for participants. Each workshop runs from July 31 to Aug. 3 and is open to adults of any age. Putting Together a Poetry �NPR Fresh Air reviewer Maureen Corrigan. Chapbook with Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr Participants will discuss and organize poems for a chapbook, begin a narrative poem to be completed and read on the final day of class, and read poets who may not be known to them. Each day will consist of homework, readings, personal work and guided instruction to increase each participant's ability to conceive a chapbook. Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr is a poet, playwright and writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her latest work is Autobiography of the Lower East Side, a novel in linked stories (Northampton House Press). Keeping Them Up All Night: Crafting the Thriller, Adventure, and Military Action Genres with David Poyer This four-day master class focuses on exciting stories told in an accessible way. Participants will learn the requirements and vocabulary of the genre, and craft an elevator pitch, scene outline, short chapter outline and the opening pages of a novel or novella, the basic tools to work on a full-length project of their own. David Poyer is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 40 books, including the Tiller Galloway diving adventures, the Dan Lenson novels of the modern Navy and Marine Corps, and sailing adventures such as �Ghosting and The Whiteness of the Whale. His military career included service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Pacific, Pentagon, Arctic, and Middle East. Screenwriting: 5 Films/4 Days with Ross Klavan A deep reading and lasting look at five films that concentrate on structure to help you put together a film of your own. Screenwriting is about three things: "Structure, structure, and structure." Find out what that means, learn to use it, and get to see some terrific films. Ross Klavan wrote the film Tigerland (starring Colin Farrell) and the novel Schmuck (Greenpoint Press). He has been a voice actor, journalist, and screenplay writer for New Regency, Paramount and Miramax, among others. Creative Nonfction: Types and Techniques with J. Michael Lennon Understand varieties of creative nonfiction while learning about the key elements of craft: imagery, voice/point of view, character, setting, and story. Each participant should bring six copies of a nonfiction piece for discussion and a private critique with the instructor. J. Michael Lennon is the late Norman Mailer's archivist and editor, and author of the biography Norman Mailer: A Double Life. His work has appeared in Paris Review, The New Yorker, Times Literary Supplement and Creative Nonfiction, among others. He co-founded the Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing Program and has taught in it since 2005. Creating the World of Your Memoir with Judy Mandel You have a story to tell, a unique journey that can illuminate a path for others. In this workshop, we will discuss and write about issues for memoir writers, including choosing structure, events and scenes, narrative and commentary, theme, details, and perspective. When to tell and when to show, and what's the difference? What will your family say, and should you care? Judy Mandel is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Replacement Child (Seal Press, 2013). She is a writing coach, teacher and editor whose essays, articles and short stories have appeared in Kveller.com, Tishman Review, ASJA Monthly, The Southampton Review and elsewhere. Wonder, Disbelief and Fantastic Fiction: Writing the �New Supernatural, Dark Fantasy, and Fabulist Genres with Lenore Hart Forget the old tropes of shambling zombies and evil demons with bad manicures. More and more writers are creating deep, powerful stories with supernatural or magical elements, suspending disbelief and evoking wonder and unease, in realistic settings inhabited by well-crafted characters. Participants will create a project pitch, step sheet, complete synopsis, and the opening pages of a short story or first chapter while participating in brief readings and critiques. Lenore Hart is the author of seven novels, including Becky and The Raven's Bride, plus YA and children's books, short stories, poetry and nonfiction. She's the editor of the 2017 fiction anthology The Night Bazaar. People and Place with Nicole Dennis-Benn Setting provides a world for the story to take place. But more than that, setting reveals character—who they are, their culture and the social circumstances that shape them and affective the decisions they make. Through reading, writing, and discussion, we will explore how to use the physical environment as a characterization tool. Each student will write at least 10 short poems and two longer narratives, be critiqued twice in class, and have an individual conference with the instructor. Nicole Dennis-Benn is the author of Here Comes the Sun, a New York Times Notable Book and NPR Best Book of 2016. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Elle Magazine, Electric Literature, and others, and she teaches as visiting faculty in the M.F.A. Fiction program at Sarah Lawrence College. �Certifcate Workshops For an additional fee, two workshops offer university-granted certificates in either noncredit or graduate credit (3 credit hours) options. Each program runs four days (July 31-Aug. 3) and includes PWC registration. Certifcate in Literary Publishing with Philip Brady ($675 noncredit, $1,500 graduate credit) The certificate offers an in-depth, intensive immersion into the world of literary publishing, from large to small presses and various business models. Participants will have the unique opportunity to see two literary presses in operation, Etruscan Press and Akashic Books, and hear from professionals working in all areas of the publishing world. Philip Brady's latest book is To Banquet With the Ethiopians: A Memoir of Life Before the Alphabet (Broadstone, 2015). He is a distinguished professor at Youngstown State University and executive director of Etruscan Press. Certifcate in Arts Education with Barbara Taylor ($475 noncredit, $1,500 graduate credit) Invigorate your classroom and engage your students through creative writing. Learn to establish a writers' workshop or take your workshop model to the next level. Generate ways to manage grading, and leave with practical lesson plans to incorporate into your district's curriculum. Writers and nonwriters welcome. Barbara Taylor has taught English for 30 years in the Pocono Mountain School District. Her most recent novel, All Waiting Is Long (Akashic/Kaylie Jones Books, 2014), is the sequel to Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night, named a "Best Book of Summer 2014" by Publishers Weekly. Five and a Half Questions for M. Kilburg Reedy By Lisa Greim One of the special advantages of studying �for an M.A. or M.F.A. in the Wilkes University Creative Writing Graduate Program is the access the program gives to creative Attorney M. Kilburg Reedy teaches a legal issues seminar at each residency and makes herself available to answer questions one-on-one for students in the program. professionals. These people, involved in the marketplace for creative work, can give students realistic feedback on their projects. Each M.A. candidate's thesis draft is read by an outside reader—an agent, editor, theatrical or film producer—who also participates in pitch panels, question-and-answer sessions, and seminars. Attorney M. Kilburg Reedy teaches a legal issues seminar at each residency and makes herself available to answer questions one-on-one for students in the program. Along with expertise in entertainment law as a partner in the New York law firm of Feldman, Golinski, Reedy + Ben-Zvi PLLC, Reedy is a published playwright, songwriter, and theatrical producer with three shows in production in New York: the Broadway premiere of the new musical Come From Away; Nevermore—The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe; and Shear Madness. Somehow, she found the time to answer five and a half questions. 1) Attorney, producer, playwright, songwriter. What's the common thread? What makes you good at all these things? �I started off wanting to be a playwright, and moved to New York after college to pursue that goal. I was able to get a play produced when I was 25, for which I got a great New York Times review calling me a "promising playwright," and that play was successfully produced all around the U.S. and internationally, but I wasn't able to get the next few plays produced, so because I had to earn a living I went to law school and became an entertainment lawyer. I later became a producer because I love the business of theater and wanted to expand my role to including choosing and managing shows (elements that just being the lawyer doesn't offer). And I've continued to write, as and when I've found the time. I have a new play I'm trying to launch now called The Daughter of Time, based on a well-known British mystery novel that I got the rights to adapt.  2) Tell us about your three 2017 productions. What appealed to you about Come From Away, Shear Madness and Nevermore? They're all such different projects, but if there's a common thread in shows I choose to produce or co-produce, it's that they have to be unique in some way. My motto is, "Show me something I haven't seen before." Come From Away is a beautiful and uplifting story about the small town in Canada that welcomed 7,500 stranded travelers on 9/11, where the locals and the "Come From Aways" cared for and comforted each other during a dark time. Nevermore is a gorgeously designed, beautifully composed and written gothic opera about the tormented and transcendent life of Edgar Allan Poe. And Shear Madness is a one-of-akind theater experience in which the audience solves the show's murder mystery. 3) How does the role of a theatrical producer differ from a film or television producer? The two businesses are very different. My legal practice includes film production counsel work, but I've yet to produce a film. There is a filmed version of Nevermore in the pipeline that, if all goes according to plan, will be screened in cinemas in October 2018. 3.5) Come from Away has 40 producer credits, Nevermore 12. Do these producer roles mostly represent a financial investment, or are you involved in the creative or business development of a show? On Come From Away, my producing partner and I are co-producers of the show, not lead producers. Even though we were involved with the show starting in 2013, through its pre-Broadway development, up until it opened in March 2017, our creative and business input was not extensive. On the other hand, for Nevermore, we were the lead �producers, so we made virtually all the creative and business decisions on the project, and were responsible for raising all the money. You can tell our relationship to each project by the positioning of our credit— on Nevermore, our production company name (Radio Mouse Entertainment) is first, whereas on Come From Away we're somewhere in the middle of the pack.   4) As a playwright, what comes first to you in the creative process: characters or story? I think as a playwright I tend to be very story- and message-driven. I write when I have something I want to say, which I think sometimes means my characters suffer, because I don't do what some writers do and start by listening to the characters and letting them do what they want to do naturally.  In fact, the last two projects I wrote are based on pre-existing stories. One is a musical based on a Greek myth, and The Daughter of Time is based on a novel published in the 1950s about a 20th century Scotland Yard inspector who investigates whether Richard III really killed the Princes in the Tower or if he was framed by the Tudors, who succeeded him as rulers of England. It's a timely tale because it's about how a falsehood, if repeated often enough and loudly enough, without contradiction, can become accepted as fact. They say history is written by the victors. 5) What legal issues should rookie writers be paying the closest attention to?  It depends on what the rookie writer is writing. If it's something entirely original, there are very few issues that a writer has to worry about—the main advice I could offer there is, don't plagiarize. If a writer wants to do what I did and adapt an existing literary property that's still in copyright, the writer needs to hire a lawyer to negotiate and draft a license or purchase agreement with the owner of the property, to obtain the necessary rights. And of course, if a writer is writing a memoir or something else based on true events and living people, there are a host of legal issues that the writer should be aware of. All of these are issues that I cover in my presentation for Wilkes during the residency two times a year. After this interview was conducted, Ms. Reedy's Broadway musical Come From Away was nominated for 9 Academy Awards, including Best Original Musical. It was awarded one for "Best Director for an Original Musical." Lisa Greim is an M.A. student in Creative Nonfiction at Wilkes University. She lives in Colorado. �Here's to the Graduates We congratulate the graduates of the Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing Program, who were awarded their diplomas at the spring graduation ceremony on Saturday morning, May 20, in Wilkes-Barre! M.A. • Darcy Breault  • Joseph Bryan • Melody Breyer-Grell • Deborah Canon • Jeffrey Ford • Allison Foulke • Donald Granza • Carol MacAllister • Maura Maros • Luke Morris • Robert Peck • Donald Roe • Joseph San George • Ora Smith • Michael Soloway • Ronnie Stephens • Brian Thomas M.F.A. • Anna Arnett • Molly Barari • Renee Butts • Patrick Charsky • Gabrielle D'Amico • Robert Holly • Suzanne Ohlmann • Christopher Purita • Martha Rallison • Caleb Sizemore • Hillary Transue Faculty News Kaylie Jones had three personal essays from "a series of essays on my bad mothering" published this spring. The Rumpus published "The Day the FBI Tapped Our Phones," Hippocampus ran "Bad Mother" in its June issue, and The Southampton Review's 10-year anniversary issue features "One True Friend."     �Dr. J. Michael Lennon is editing Norman Mailer's works for the Library of America, an anticipated 8- to 10-volume collection. The first two volumes, covering the 1960s, will be released in early 2018.  Before Harry Turtledove and Cherie Priest, there was The Shiloh David Poyer's latest book, The Shiloh Project. Project. David Poyer's alternate history begins with the victory of the South at Gettysburg in 1863. Today the Mason-Dixon Wall divides Union and Confederacy ... and many other things are different from the world we know. Available again in a new trade paperback edition from Northampton House Press, $12.95. Student and Alumni News Molly Barari (M.F.A. '17) has published her first book, Dakota Heirlooms: Stories from the Past. The book was published in April by Jean Klein's Script Works Press, a division of Blue Moon Plays. The book started as Molly's M.F.A. publishing project, mentored by Dr. Phil Brady. �Writing as Ann McCauley, Cheryl Bazzoui (M.A. '14) produces a monthly blog at www.annmccauley.com. She had two reviews published this month: Shame, Shame, I Know Your Name by Heather Harlan was posted on Story Circle, and The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah was posted on Writer Advice  (click Hooked on Books and scroll to the review).  Cheryl also recorded four book reviews for BookMark at WPSU, her regional NPR station: Time to Heal, American Epochs, Vol. 3, by Todd McClimans; Shame, Shame, I Know Your Name, by Heather Harlan; To the Stars Through Difficulty by Romalyn Tilghman; and Mom, Mania and Me, by Diane Dweller. Randee Bretherick (M.F.A. '13) signed a three-book deal with Camel Press. The first Carrie Shatner Mystery novel, Criminal Misdeeds, will be released in Fall 2018 under the name Randee Green. You can follow Randee at www.randeegreen.com and www.facebook.com/RandeeGreenAuthor. Last fall, Randee also worked as the script supervisor/PA/clapboard extraordinaire on the set of the Blue Iron TV pilot. Wendy Decker (M.A. '15) and her young-adult novel Sweet Tea were the subject of a feature story in The Link News, covering Monmouth County, N.J. Richard Fellinger's (M.F.A. '10) debut novel, Made to Break Your Heart, has been published by Open Books.  Brian Fanelli (M.F.A. '10) participated in two panel discussions at l;t'!l:t: \ ll'-'.ll'lt l~1 1Zld2'1. J2)' Patricia Florio "Celebrating the Poetic t"-lnalod by Annlbno frodo Legacy of Whitman, Williams, and Patricia Florio's (M.F.A. '11) picture book, Puppy in Ginsberg: A My Pocket, will be published in June. Literary Festival and Conference," which was held at the beginning of June in Paterson, N.J. The panels were "Building Literary Citizenship and Expanding Poetry's Audience in Unlikely Places," which he moderated, and "Democratic Vistas: Whitman, Ginsberg, and Williams Among the Poets." In addition, he recently had poems published in Freshwater Literary Journal, Gravel, and Connecticut River Review. There was also a review of his latest book �of poems, Waiting for the Dead to Speak (NYQ Books), in the spring/summer issue of The Paterson Literary Review. Patricia Florio's (M.F.A. '11) ~, picture .j:"("J J,©Veiso book, Puppy in My ~ Pocket, will be published in ' June. Pat Florio and D (~.I ~ L f J Ferrara (M.F.A. "13) edited Jewels of r I -~ -. ·1r""'""J7 _\ , San Fedele, an anthology of work 'D 'Fcrrarnand Patricia 'Fforio,'.Editors created at a memoir retreat in Chianti, Italy, led by Kaylie Jones and Judy Pat Florio and D Ferrara (M.F.A. "13) edited Jewels of San Fedele, an anthology of work created at a memoir retreat in Chianti, Italy, led by Kaylie Jones and Judy Mandel.  Mandel. Wendy Decker's Serenity Books was the publisher. Alums whose work appears in Jewels of San Fedele include Margaret McCaffrey (M.A. '15), Vicki Mayk (M.F.A. '13), Joanne Biles (M.A. '14), Carol McAllister (M.A. '17) and Beverly Major Schwartz (M.A. '09), who also designed the cover.  In July, M.A. student Lisa Greim has been invited to attend the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley's 2017 Writers' Workshop in memoir/nonfiction.  Gerald Gurka (M.A. '07) wrote and directed the play Portraits of the Passion, which was presented on April 7. Redemption, a collection of his Easter plays, was recently reissued by WordsOnStage,  and he's working on a Young Readers story for Northampton Press. Jerry adds: "My �greetings to all in the program which is an awesome part of my life!" Maureen O'Neill Hooker (M.F.A. '09) reports: "I am happy to announce the birth of my new book, Shelly's Heart, which weighs 8 ounces, and contains at least 50,000+ multi-syllable bon mots. It is a memoir of my heart transplant adventure that includes humor, horror, and useful information. It is a page-turner, perfect for a plane trip or afternoon on a porch. The profit will help the Shelly Whitman Endowed Scholarship for the child of an organ donor. To read it may inspire someone to become an organ donor (i.e. Hero!) and it will definitely help a deserving student at East Carolina University. My M.F.A. from Wilkes in 2009 and my post degree mentoring from Dr. J. Michael Lennon are the reason I persisted until now." Shelly's Heart is available on Amazon. Since graduating, Kamron Klitgaard (M.A. '11) has published 23 plays. The latest, Complaint Department and Lemonade, was the most produced play for the publisher, Pioneer Drama Services, with 178 productions in its first year (Sept. 2016 to April 2017). Mark Levy (M.A. '08), a registered patent attorney and member of the New York and Florida bars, has moved to Evergreen, Colo., and been admitted to the Colorado bar.  Dan MacArthur (M.F.A. '12) has started The Cookie Dude business, specializing in handmade, gourmet cookies. With funky names and descriptions for his creations, the business fuses his love of cooking and ridiculous word play. Check out www.thecookiedude.com.  M.A. student Tara Lynn Marta published a short story in The Humor Times, "A Day in the Life of a Would-Be Writer." Tara is also a contributing blogger for the American Writer's M.A. student Tara Lynn Marta published a short story in The Humor Times, "A Day in the Life of a Would-Be Writer." �Museum, and will do a reading for the Writer's Showcase at the Olde Brick Theatre in Scranton. Lori A. May (M.F.A.'13) spoke on a panel, "Don't Forget the Day Job: Preparing Creative Writing Graduates for Lifelong Careers," at the annual AWP Conference in D.C. That discussion is now online as part of AWP's Podcast Series. She has additional podcasts on the writing life available at SoundCloud, as part of her project grant with King County 4Culture. Lori recently led a workshop at Book Publishers Northwest and, as a board member of CCWWP, will be attending their national writing conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Vicki Mayk (M.F.A. '13) is teaching a memoir retreat, "Healing Through Our Stories," June 23-25 at the Farmhouse at Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center in Bangor, Pa. More info: vickimayk.com/healing-throughour-stories/ Linda Nguyen (M.F.A.'14) taught a workshop earlier this year about Cinematic Writing in Video Games for Montreal's Pixelles Game Writing Incubator. She recently sold reprint and anthology rights to her short story "Pre-Elementary, My Dear Monkey," which first appeared in RicepaperMagazine. She also became a Scriptwriter this year at Ubisoft Montreal. It's been a long-kept secret, but not anymore: she's working on Far Cry 5. Here's the official announcement trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdaoe4hbMso     Christoph Paul (M.F.A '16) edited and published the anthology This Book Ain't Nuttin to Fuck With: A Wu-Tang Tribute Anthology for CLASH Books. His nonfiction story "The Boy From Military School" was published in Civil Coping Mechanism's anthology, A Shadow Map: An Anthology by Survivors of Sexual Assault and he is now a columnist for the writing and teaching site LitReactor.  Josh �SHELLY'S HEART MA\JREL'< O'Nuu H00<£11 Maureen O'Neill Hooker (M.F.A. '09) reports: "I am happy to announce the birth of my new book, Shelly's Heart, which weighs 8 ounces, and contains at least 50,000+ multi-syllable bon mots." Penzone's (M.A. '13) short story "The Storyteller" will appear in an upcoming issue of Junto Magazine. Lynne Reeder (M.A. '08) will have her poems appearing in three anthologies: The Soapbox Official Vol. 2, The Howl of the Wild by Winterwolf Press, and [Insert Yourself Here] by The Paragon Journal. Her book, Found Between the Lines, is available now on Amazon, featuring erasure poetry paired with short stories and personal essays. Bill Schneider's (M.F.A. '14) short story "The Funicular" was accepted for publication by Hamline University's HamLitJournal.  Ahrend Torrey (M.F.A. '16) is currently working on a collection of poems titled City Monk, which he plans to complete by the end of this year, and hopes to have published sometime in 2018. In April, his poems "Walking the Dog," "City Monk," and "Feeding Ducks at Lafreniere Park" were published in Anti-Heroin Chic. His poem "Tiny Dancer" was also published in April by The Ravens Perch. Forthcoming in June. His poems will appear in One Person's Trash, The Seethingographer, Edify Fiction, Clear Poetry, and Young Ravens Literary Review. �Quick Links DONATE TO THE WILKES FUND Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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September 2017 Archives Pennsylvania Writers Conference Held on Wilkes Campus Characters at the Conference Creative Writing Program Renamed Archives Mailer Conference Returns in October Fall Creative Writing Workshops AWP18 Schedule Full of Wilkes Names News From Faculty, Students, And Alums Pennsylvania Writers Conference Held on Wilkes Campus The 2017 Pennsylvania Writers Conference was held from July 31 to August 5, 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 n 2017 n n �2017. Featuring a 4-day class on memoir taught by Judy Mandel, and a 2-day conference filled with over 20 panels, craft classes, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey. workshops, PWC17 was a hit. Friday morning kicked off with a 9 a.m. plenary session by four-time National Slam Finalist and 2007 Legend of the Slam Jason Carney (M.F.A. '13) and the first day ended with an Open Mic/Poetry Slam held hosted by Carney, with seven hours of conference activities in between. Saturday morning began with a plenary session featuring book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, Maureen Corrigan and ended with a keynote address by Pulitzer-winning poet and the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States, Natasha Trethewey. Wilkes alums and students were well-represented in both the Open Mic/Poetry Slam on Friday night, hosted by Carney, and over 20 craft classes, workshops, panels and discussions throughout the conference. Save the date for PWC18, which will be held from July 29, 2017 to August 4, 2018. We hope to see you there! Characters at the Conference: PWC By C. P. Gorelick (M.A. '17) Anna Karenina. Captain Ahab. Blanche DuBois. Hamlet. Norma Desmond. Ebenezer Scrooge. A Left to right: Jeff Minton, Vito Gulla, and Tyler Grimm presented a team-taught session on viewing Characters as Objects at PWC17. disparate group at first glance, am I right? They are all fictional characters, but they are from such varying backgrounds. They all have problems, but who doesn't? �The unifying trait of these characters is that they remain in readers' (or, in the case of Blanche, Hamlet, and Norma, viewers') memories long after their stories are done. So, how do authors create such vivid figures? Such achievements are, perhaps, lofty goals when writing, but why not aim high? As a writer of plot-driven farce, character work is something I have always needed improve in my work. So, at the 3rd Annual Pennsylvania Writers Conference, I attended Wilkes Alumus Jennifer Bokal's (M.A. '10) class on writing Goal Statements and the team-taught session on viewing Characters as Objects, led by Tyler Grimm (M.F.A. '10) , Vito Gulla (M.F.A. '13), and Jeff Minton (M.F.A. '13). After the latter had ended, I realized how well the two discussions complimented one another. Each dissected one aspect of character. Bokal focused on the technique of clarifying goals of the people within stories, whether it be protagonists, antagonists, secondary characters, etc. as well as the necessity of writers doing this for themselves. Grimm, Gulla, and Minton took a more clinical approach by examining and analyzing the various types of characters and their various functions in relation to the protagonist and his/her goal, and they emphasized that this technique helped maintain efficiency within a story by pinpointing repetitious or superfluous elements. While the craft classes provided seemingly divergent perspectives on character, all four writers emphasized that each character's actions must be rooted in goals. Moreover, their views on figures within stories can be utilized from early stages of writing to late-in-the-game revisions. Needless to say, I will be using these lessons in my writing. Local business man and philanthropist Richard Maslow, of Dallas, PA. and Naples, Fla. gave a significant financial support to benefit the graduate creative writing program. In Maslow's honor, the program was renamed to the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing on June 23, �2017. Graduate Creative Writing Program Renamed "My family has a deep appreciation for the arts," said Melanie Maslow-Kern, daughter of Richard Maslow and board of trustee member at Wilkes University. "We know that the Wilkes creative writing program is like no other, and we're excited to see how this gift provides new opportunities for students to realize their writing dreams." During the June 2017 Residency, something huge was announced: the Wilkes University Graduate Creative Writing was shedding its name. On June 23, 2017, the program was renamed the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing in honor of Richard Maslow, who gave a seven-figure gift to the graduate creative writing program. Maslow's donation will be used to enhance the creative writing program through innovative classes and workshops, student scholarships, faculty development, and extended programming for the community at large. "Wilkes University thanks Dick Maslow for his vision in giving this gift to the graduate creative writing program, which now will bear the Maslow name," said University President Patrick F. Leahy. "This investment continues his lifelong commitment to the arts and reflects his enthusiasm for a program that has generated incredible student success. His generosity is a vote of confidence in the future of this program and arts education at Wilkes University." Maslow is the former CEO of InterMetro and the founder of the Maslow Family Foundation, which funds programs in the arts, education, special needs education and other charitable giving. The creative writing program is no stranger to the Maslow Family Foundation, which financially supports the Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, held �during the residencies in January and June. Creative writing program director Bonnie Culver said the gift provides valuable programmatic support to aspiring writers who come to Wilkes to develop their craft, learn the business of writing, and earn their master of arts and master of fine arts degrees. "The entire creative writing community joins me in thanking the Maslow family for their support. With their dedication to the arts, represented in this generous gift, we can open up more opportunities for students to hone their craft, provide resources for faculty passion projects, and continue our mission of becoming one of the best creative writing programs in the country." Mailer Conference to be held in October  The 15th annual Norman Mailer Society Conference will be held at the Sarasota Lido Hotel, in cooperation with the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee in Sarasota, FL from Oct. 2628, 2017. Mailer was the first founding advisory board member of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, and students and faculty from the CW program have read During the 2016 Mailer Conference, held in Long Branch, NJ, the annual Wilkes reading featured Mailer's unpublished first novel, No Percentage. Alumni Hillary Transue (M.F.A. '17) and Caleb Sizemore (M.F.A. '17), Matt Hinton (M.F.A '10) read along with program director Dr. Bonnie Culver and faculty member Ken Vose. and performed his work for the last 14 years as part of the Wilkes U Readers Theatre. This year faculty, alums and students will read from various writers who eulogized Mailer after his death in 2007. The 2017 conference will celebrate and remember Mailer following the 10th anniversary of his death. Fall Creative Writing Workshops Course Name: First Steps in Fiction An introductory workshop in fiction writing. Students of all experience levels and genres are welcome. You may bring a project you already have in the works, or develop one in class. The focus will be on �description and detail, character and dialogue, setting and place, and voice and point of view. The class will consist of topic discussions, a short writing segment, constructive feedback, and revision. Meetings: Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Kirby 108 September 16, 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Jennifer Jenkins  Course Name: Beginner's Blogging Workshop The internet and the blogosphere have given everyone the option to selfpublish their writings, thoughts, ideas, and opinions for the world to see. Blogging can connect you with your audience, with fellow writers, and with your creative spirit. In this course, we will learn the basics of blogging, set up your first personal blog, and learn about the many ways you can create engaging content to build and maintain an audience. Each six-week session begins with a lecture on the topic at hand, followed by a guided activity session with the instructor and your fellow classmates. Some social media experience suggested but not required.  Meetings: Tuesdays 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. – Breiseth 108 September 12, 19, 26, October 3, 10, 17 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Angela Greco Course Name: Playwriting – Playwriting in Two Parts This two part playwriting workshop will teach students how to write a play, with an assignment to write a short one-act or 10-minute play (part one) and return the following week for a read through and critique of their work (part two). Meetings: Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Kirby 103 and Kirby Salon September 16 and 23 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Jan Quackenbush Course Name: Elements of Narration Narration frames the reader's experience and forms the foundation of your story, yet many writers give narrative structure little thought. Through examples and exercises, this workshop will teach you how to choose and better employ narrative techniques (such as point of view and voice) to engage the reader with your fiction. Meetings: Wednesdays 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Kirby 108 September 13, 20, �27, October 4, 11, 18 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Dr. Anthony Kapolka Master Class If You Know What I Mean: Writing Young Adult and Middle Grade Fiction The workshop will focus on both genres fairy-tale and mythical underpinnings, their characters and plots and settings, and the qualities editors tend to look for in historical or contemporary work. Also, we'll discuss crucial craft issues such as point of view and mixing genres, and what themes are allowed -- or not -- in the contemporary publishing marketplace. Participants will submit a 15 to 20-page writing sample – a short story or opening chapter – by September 7. During the workshops, we will engage in readings, discussion, critique, revisions, and planning for post-workshop manuscript completion and submission. Meetings: Evenings (Oct 2-5) – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Kirby 103 *Note: Class will meet in Breiseth Hall, Room 316 on Oct. 2 ONLY from 6:00 –  8:00 p.m.Saturday (Oct. 7) – 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Kirby 103 October 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 Cost: $125.00 for the entire series Instructor: Lenore Hart AWP18 Schedule Filled with Wilkes CW Names - Gradua The 2018 AWP Conference & Bookfair will be held at the Tampa Convention Center & Marriott Tampa Waterside from March 7-10, 2018. Current students are invited to apply for an AWP17 Laurie Sojourn Jean of Cannady a Hungry (Crave: Soul) discussed her writing process and signed books at the Wilkes and Etruscan booth at AWP17. registration waiver, which covers the cost of conference registration; housing will be provided for graduate assistants, interns, and staff working at AWP. Transportation will be at your expense. Contact Associate Director Bill Schneider at bill.schneider@wilkes.edu for more information. In exchange for your conference waiver, students �are required to spend a minimum of two hours each day working at the Wilkes/Etruscan booth. Working the booth is a great way to network with authors, publishers, and other graduate students from around the country while promoting the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Remica Bingham-Risher (What We Ask of Flesh) signed books at AWP17. Creative Writing to potential students. The full AWP18 schedule will be released in October, and more information can be found at www.awpwriter.org. While you're in Tampa, swing by these sessions and support the Wilkes CW family, including program partners Akashic Books, Etruscan Press, and Kaylie Jones Books: Wilkes: Jason Carney • Old School Slam and Open Mic Susan Cartsonis • Adapting Your Work for TV, Digital and Feature Film Mediums • The Hollywood Equation: Building Your Screenwriting Career and Finding Your Writer's Voice through Peer, Mentor and Comm Kaylie Jones • Tearing Down Societal & Family Myths in Creative Writing Program Partners: AKASHIC BOOKS: Ibrahim Ahmad (Editorial Director) •  Collaboration on Creative Publishing: Supporting New and Diverse Voices •  TECHNO BLACK: Connecting the Mobile Reader to Globally Diverse Writers �Johnny Temple (Publisher and Editor-in-Chief) • Getting the Word Out: How to Approach Book Promotion to Actually Reach Readers • Political Pivoting: Literary Publishing at the Pace of Politics ETRUSCAN PRESS: Kazim Ali (The Disappearance of Seth) • Muslim Writers Speak Out • Two-countries. U.S. Daughters and Sons of Immigrant Parents. An Anthology of Flash Memoir, Personal Essays and Poetry • The Future of Forms • Wesleyan University Press Poetry Reading Nin Andrews (Advisory Board Member) • Hair as Myth and Metaphor: Five Women Poets on Cultural Transgression Remica Bingham-Risher (What We Ask of Flesh) • Stay In Your Lane Or... Bruce Bond (Choir of the Wells, Cinder, The Other Sky, and Peal) • 30 Years of Influence Across Genres in Indigenous Literature: Tribute for Diane Glancy Laurie Jean Cannady (Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul) • Tearing Down Societal & Family Myths in Creative Writing David Lazar (Who's Afraid of Helen of Troy: An Essay on Love) • More and Different: Literary Nonfiction and the University Press Paul Lisicky (The Burning House) • How to Hit the Ground Running: Strategies for Building Better Workshops • Fierce Muses: Inspiration During Times of Social Unrest J. D. Schraffenberger (Saint Joe's Passion) �Stealing from STEM: Applying Pedagogies From Other Disciplines in the Creative Writing Classroom  Tim Seibles (Fast Animal and One Turn Around the Sun)  Stay In Your Lane Or... What We Really Tell When We Tell of Home: The Resonant Poetics of Narrative KAYLIE JONES BOOKS: Patricia Smith (The Year of Needy Girls) If You Haven't Lived It, Can You Write It? J. Patrick Redmond (Some Go Hungry) • Tearing Down Societal & Family Myths in Creative Writing Faculty, Student, and Alumni News Faculty News: Blue Moon Plays recently published Bonnie Culver's play Sniper. Sniper has been produced at college, community theatres, and professional companies since 1995 when it opened in Los Angeles. In 2005, it was produced in NYC at Center Stage when it was a play of the week by The Star-Ledger. Visit nytheater.com for more information. J. Michael Lennon is editing the first two of several volumes of the works of Norman Mailer to be published by the Library of America, the non-profit publisher of major American authors such as Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Susan Sontag and other canonical writers. Volume one will contain four Mailer works from the 1960s: An American Dream, Why Are J. Michael Lennon's Norman We In Vietnam? The Armies Mailer: The 1960's Collection. Of The Night And Miami and �The Siege Of Chicago (all four won, or were nominated for, the National Book Award). Volume two will contain 36 of Mailer's essays from the 60's, beginning with "Superman Comes to the Supermarket." Publication date for the boxed set is February 27. Order your copy here. Lenore Hart Poyer had two poems ("The Well-Shooter's Wake" and "On Visiting the Castle of My Drawn and Quartered Ancestor") accepted for publication in Alternating Current, and so are also finalists for this year's Charter Oak Prize for a historical poem. Another poem, "Cthulhu, Call Your Mother," will appear in the annual Horror Writers Association HWA Poetry Anthology, later this year. Lenore's short story Thirteen Ways of Living With a Wolf" (read at the June Residency) is a semi-finalist for the David Poyer's Hinter Killer. Florida Review's 2017 Editor's Award in Fiction. David Poyer's newest novel in the Dan Lenson series Hunter Killer is set to release on November 28, 2017, but has already received praise from Publisher's Weekly. "Each book moves the story forward and primes readers for the thrills that are sure to come in future entries." Read the full review here. Student and Alumni News: Molly Barari (M.F.A. '17) has been selected to teach a memoir writing workshop for the 2017 South Dakota Festival of Books in Deadwood, S.D., in September.   Cheryl Bazzoui (M.A. '14) had two reviews posted in Story Circle at storycirclebookreviews.org in June. Bazzoui is featured in Jewels of San Fedele, edited by Donna Ferraro and Roads by Marina Antropow Cramer. Lauren Carey (M.F.A. '11) has accepted a position as part of the writing faculty at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL. �Cindy Dlugolecki (M.A. '11) was invited to stage Violet Oakley Unveiled, her full-length one-woman play, at Drexel University, Philadelphia, for a sold-out audience on May 20 for Alumni Weekend. Cindy also had a staged reading of her new ten-minute play, Blocked, during Mt. Gretna's August Cicada Festival.   Brian Fanelli (M.F.A. '10) has been awarded the 2017 Devil's Kitchen Poetry Prize for his latest collection of poems, Waiting for the Dead to Speak (NYQ Books). He will receive a cash prize and give a reading and serve on a panel at the Devil's Kitchen Literary Festival at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in late October. Patricia Florio (M.F.A. '11) : The Coaster, a Jersey Shore weekly, ran pictures and shared an interview by reporter Denise Herschel focused on Florio's involvement in creating the Brian Fanelli's Waiting for the Dead to Speak. Jersey Shore Writers back in 2001 with Alum Carol MacAllister and Gayle Aanensen. Florio's children's book entitled Puppy in My Pocket, published by Alum Wendy Decker at Serenity Books Publishing and illustrated by AnnMarie Freda was also featured in the article. Lori A. May (M.F.A. '13) has an essay on whale spotting in an upcoming issue of Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel. She was also recently contracted for a story on Oregon surfing. Lori has recently returned from a trip to the Canadian Maritimes, where she was aboard a whale research vessel, attended a shark autopsy, and fit in a little bit of teaching, too. Oliver Reilly (M.F.A. '13) read and performed in Basement Poetry's OUT on August 25th and 26th. OUT is a performance art production featuring original poetry that delves into the vast experiences of members of the LGBTQ+ community.  Anthony Dolan Scott, (M.F.A. '14) started a brand-new full-time faculty position teaching composition and literature classes at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics this fall. It's an award-winning magnet high �school with some of the most talented students and faculty in the state of Maine, named the #1 high school in the state, #19 high school in the nation, #6 magnet school in the nation, and #10 STEM school in the nation. Joseph Schwartzburt (M.F.A. '13) serves on the board of the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home, which was proud to present the 2017 Ursrey Memorial Lecture with author Ann Hood on Friday September 1st, 2017. The lecture was the 8th iteration of a series whose past presenters have been Roxane Gay, Jaimy Gordon, Luis Urrea, and Robert Olen Butler. Ronnie K. Stephens (M.A. '17) completed a 22-week poetry curriculum for Young DFW Writers, a non-profit bringing weekly writing workshops to 20 schools in the Dallas area. Ahrend Torrey (M.F.A. '16) is currently working on a collection of poems titled City Monk, which is scheduled to be complete by the end of this year. Over the last month his poems have appeared in Sweet Tree Review, Beneath The Rainbow, and Edify Fiction. In August, he launched Colloquial, which is a poetry review that exalts the ordinary and every day. To find out more MA Student Kristen Weller. about Colloquial visit: www.colloquialpoetry.org. Kristen Weller (MA Student) was featured in Hippocampus Literary Journal with her essay entitled What Writer and Teacher Can Tell You About Craft in the Craft column. The piece explores the inner conflict most of us experience who have a passion for honing our craft while managing so many demands from others. Included in the essay is an exploration of Annie Dillard's The Writing Life.  On June 14, 2017, Weller was awarded the Mortimer S. Schiff Award for Reducing Hatred and Prejudice in Northampton, PA. Weller wrote a comprehensive, Holocaust education program for middle school students in my district called "Learn, Listen, Lead: Honoring the Survivors Among Us." The one-day student conference offers nearly 500 eighth graders the chance to see the play, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl, a literary �drama they had all read and studied as part of their English classes, meet first, second, and third generation Holocaust survivors, and participate in several, art, writing, and discussion activities in small groups. Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Grads Walk the Stage in Archives Archives 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 Left to right: Anthony Kapolka, Pamela Turchin, Janine Dubik, Sean Egan, Patrick Kelley, Travis Shick n 2017 n n �Summer Commencement We congratulate the graduates of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, who were awarded their diplomas at the summer commencement ceremony on Sunday afternoon, September 10, 2017, at Wilkes University: M.A. Aurora Bonner (Creative nonfiction) Andre Carter (Fiction) Janine Dubik (Fiction) Sean Egan (Screenwriting) Patricia Florio (Fiction) Patrick Kelley (Fiction) Cooper Gorelick (Screenwriting) Lisa Greim (Creative nonfiction) Bibiana Krall (Fiction) Ann Miller (Creative nonfiction) Toni Muma (Creative nonfiction) Travis Shick (Fiction) Pamela Turchin (Fiction) Carol (Christy) White (Poetry) M.F.A. Draper Brown Jennifer Jenkins Anthony Kapolka Thomas Simko   Congratulations to each of these members of our Wilkes writing community, and welcome to the newest members of the Wilkes Alumni Association!  James Jones First Novel Fellowship Awarded for Quantum Girl Theory Erin Kate Ryan, Minneapolis, MN, has been awarded the 2017 James Jones First Novel Fellowship for her manuscript Quantum Girl Theory. Runners-up Glori Simmons, Oakland, CA is the first runner up with her manuscript Restell. Second runner-up Jennie Li, is from San Bruno, CA, and was honored for her manuscript The Unpassing. The James Jones First Novel Fellowship is given annually for a novel-inprogress by a U.S. writer who has not published a novel. Winners receive �$10,000. Runners-up will receive $1,000. A selection from the winning work is published in Provincetown Arts. The 2017 James Jones First Novel Fellowship was judged by Laurie Lowenstein, James Jones Society president, novelist and author of Unmentionables; Greg Hrbek, novelist, author and past James Jones First Novel Fellowship winner with his novel, The Hindenburg; and Lisa Greim, journalist and author. The 27th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship will be awarded to an American author of a first novel-in-progress, in 2018, by the James Jones Literary Society. Eligible writers have never published a novel, are U.S. citizens, and may have published other types of work including nonfiction and short stories. Big   . Picture? The Little Things: HippoCamp 2017 Wrap-up By Aurora Bonner (M.A. '17) The man in front of me squealed, "Oh my goodness, what are these?!" Not waiting for an answer, he grabbed two of the desserts, one, a cupcake with a whipped chocolate topping and the other, a slim slice of cake so dense it was almost black. • Lisa Romeo and 2 others liked Elane Johnson @Elane.Johnson • Sep 9 V I kinda just want the literal and literary offspring of Tobias Wolff and Beverly Donofrio. #dreaming #Hlppocamp17 #amwriting Q1 tl,3 C) 9 El "Oh! Tiramisu cupcakes and flourless cake," I heard the event organizer say. Donna Talarico Beerman (M.F.A. '13) seemed to be everywhere throughout the weekend, and always smiling, as if hosting Hippocamp 2017: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers is her favorite way to spend the weekend. I turned to say hello, but she was already off, carrying a load of conference materials through the crowd. �• Athena Dixon and 2 others liked Yalonda Rice @yalondarice • Sep 10 I met the wondertul Beverly Donofrio today. Life is good. • v #hlppocamp17 There were crowds, but they're manageable. Unlike the annual AWP conference, faces of presenters and attendees became familiar, prompting everyone to geek out. "Bev Donofrio sat right next to me in the last session. I was only a foot away from her!" gushed one attendee, as we made heaping lunch plates. When I told her I attended the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University, she shot me rapid-fire questions. • LaurieJean cannady liked Miranda Remington @missremington • Sep 9 v With Laurie Jean Cannady, author of "CRAVE: Soujourn of a Hungy Soul." AMAZING LADY! "If you're gonna tell it - tell it all.· #HlppoCamp17 • HIiiary Mohaupt and 1 other liked Justice Fisher @justicewrites • Sep 9 V Rockin' it out with Laurie Jean Cannady. Perfect balance of humor and information about writing trauma #hlppocamp17 "One of the things I like best about the program at Wilkes is the writing community. It doesn't matter where you are from or what you write, you are immediately absorbed into this giant, cable-knit sweater of a community. Everyone is approachable and accessible," I said. "Like Hippocamp?" "Yes, I guess you could say that." "Nice! So you're with your tribe." "What's that?" I asked. "You're with your tribe. This is your community!" "Oh, yes! Yes, exactly!" Later, I joined my tribe at the Wilkes booth. Vicki Mayk (M.F.A. '13) and M.A. student Danie Watson were congratulating Sam Chiarelli (M.F.A. '16) on his upcoming book, Dig: A Personal Prehistoric Journey, due out from the Hippocampus Books Division in Fall of 2018. �• krlsttn shaw and 1 other llked amy fish Oamyfishwrites • Sep 9 V We use speculation when getting married. Based on the info we had up until then, we thought this would be fine @VlckiMayk #HlppoCamp17 Q t1,1 tl Holary Mohaupt 0 2 El and 1 other Retweeted Kelly Kautz @kellykautz · Sep 9 V Use speculation to move from telling to shoWing. Use it when feelings are stronger than facts: get at an emotional truth .. #hlppocamp17 Q • t1,2 oe El Hippocampus Magazineliked Kristin Kelly @KellyKmkelly · Sep 9 V @VickiMayk Great examples of speculation: Mary Karr, Darin Strauss, Michael Ondaatje, Maxine Hong Kingston #hlppocampH $ Translate from Dutch Q u • 3 "Vicki, you're blowing up on Twitter," Danie said, turning her phone for Vicki to see. Vicki presented one of the first sessions early Saturday morning, examining the use of speculation in creative nonfiction. As conversation shifted into Twitterland, my thoughts drifted to the work I had at home. Not only did I owe my mentor work, I also had papers to grade. I'm in the 612 cohort of students, working on my M.F.A., while juggling a bunch of adjunct classes and momming it at home. Distracted, I floated into the next session. The woman presenting was ageless, somewhere between twenty and fifty, soft-spoken and a self-proclaimed bookworm. In a room full of bookworms, not surprising. But what was surprising was the passion that erupted from her when she began presenting. Her excitement about the topic—and her enthusiasm to share her revelations with us—was infectious. She explained how she applied the lesson to her own work, and then gave us a copy of her notes so we could see exactly what she'd done. Seeing this helped me imagine how I could apply her lesson to my current the project at Wilkes. I skipped through the rest of the conference, with a grin perhaps only Donna surpassed. �ft AgentV @VeronlKaboom · Sep 9 I miss this mashedpotato bar everyyear,and everyyear I hate myselfa little more for missingit. #HippoCampl7 V WIikes UniversityCW @WilkesUWrltlng Isn't that #mashtinlbardelicious?Whenyou've had your fill, pop over to the Wilkesbooth for your chanceto win a #PWC18reg! #HippoCamp17 01 t1 1 • 7 amy fish @amyfishwrites f@j§!:i•V Replyingto @VeroniKaboom @lauriecann I saved you one in my pocket. Marshmallows might be a little squished but other than that I'm sure it's fine. #HippoCamp17 My biggest take-away from Hippocamp? The little things. Mashtini bars, tiramisu cupcakes (okay, the food is really good), the blending of voices and experiences, the sharable moments, and the extraordinary buzz of community. The ageless presenter with a soft voice and a craft lesson that knocked me into a permanent smile was not the only person sharing. The entire community, attendees, presenters, keynotes, volunteers, and organizers, shared. As a student, I was sitting in awe of greats like Beverly Donofrio and Tobias Wolff, but I was also learning applicable lessons on craft and insight into the post-writing world. The whole conference screams community. Even the tweets. Aurora D. Bonner (M.A. '17) is a writer and artist who teaches in the Endless Mountains. She is currently working on a memoir that follows her through several National Parks in the American West. Bonner is an M.F.A. candidate at Wilkes University. Follow her @aurora_bonner.    5 �From June 23 to 25, 2017, alum Vicki Mayk hosted her first writing retreat "Healing Through Our Stories" in Bangor, PA. Eleven writers joined Mayk at the Kirkridge Retreat Center for the writing and storytelling retreat. Questions for Vicki Mayk (M.F.A. '13): On Hosting a Writing Retreat Mayk is a memoirist, nonfiction writer and magazine editor whose work has appeared in print and online publications including Ms. Magazine, Hippocampus Magazine, Literary Mama, and the Manifest-Station. She created and teaches a memoir workshop for the bereaved at St. Luke's Hospice in Bethlehem, PA, and teaches writing workshops for those dealing with loss under the umbrella of her business, Write To Heal. She is the editor of Wilkes, the University Magazine at Wilkes University, where she also teaches adult creative nonfiction workshops and a class about the power of story for first year students. We asked her a few questions about hosting a writing retreat, and how her M.F.A. internship blossomed into a full-fledged retreat. 1. What was the catalyst that made you want to host a writing retreat? After participating in a writing residency at the Mailer Center in Provincetown in summer 2013 and a second residency in summer 2015 at the Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, I realized how valuable it is for a writer to be able to "get away" for some focused writing time. A year later, in August 2017, I attended a session on starting a writing retreat given by Joanne Lozar Glenn at HippoCamp, the nonfiction conference started by Wilkes creative writing alumna Donna Talarico-Beerman. Those experiences showed me how hosting a retreat could be a natural extension of one of the things I like to do best – teach – while providing that "away time" for fellow writers similar to what I �enjoyed in my residency. 2. What benefits do you think a retreat has for a writer? There are two benefits for writers: it gives them some time away from home and their daily routine to dedicate to writing and it also offers an opportunity to interact with other writers. It's kind of a yin/yang type of thing: time alone and time with like-minded people. 3. What are the logistics of planning a retreat? Well, it can be a bit daunting because there are a lot of logistics! The session I attended at HippoCamp was helpful because the presenter provided a sample timeline and summarized the steps. You have to find a venue and reserve the date. Then there is planning the program for the weekend (since my retreat is a weekend), which includes a mix of workshops and prompts and down time for people to do their own work. As organizer, I have to also coordinate food and refreshments, advertise and promote the retreat, take registrations and answer the 1,000 questions that your attendees may have. And you have to pay attention to all kinds of things like whether attendees have food allergies, if one of them has to leave early (or arrive late), and bring along all the materials you will need for the weekend. 4. How/Why did you pick your venue?  I teach a memoir workshop for St. Luke's Hospice in Bethlehem, PA, and a social worker there, hearing that I was planning to offer a retreat, suggested Kirkridge Retreat Center. I also had found a retreat center in New York state that I considered. But Kirkridge ended up being a great choice: it's in a lovely country setting that allows writers to get away from it all. They also can provide all the food, and the cost is relatively reasonable for attendees. It's not as luxurious as a hotel, but people were willing to have more modest accommodations for a more reasonable price. However, I'm also experimenting with using a bed and breakfast for �an upcoming retreat. There are a lot of options – and there's no single "right fit." One of the biggest challenges is that almost everyplace requires you to guarantee a certain minimum number of people staying at the location in order for you to use the facility. 5. What is the return on your investment? Well – you asked why I do this in addition to everything else I'm involved with, including having a day job. So the first answer that came to my mind was that I'm crazy! But all joking aside: it gives me great satisfaction to put together an event for a group of writers. It allows me to expand the community of writers that I am a part of and it also allows me to expand my teaching. I also should note that my first retreat was designed for both writers and non-writers and was aimed at helping people use writing as a way to heal from grief, trauma and other challenges. It's part of an initiative of mine that I call Write to Heal, which focuses on using writing as a way to process our experiences. It grew out of my hospice workshop – which I created as part of my M.F.A. teaching experiences. Talk about coming full circle! If anyone in my Wilkes family is interested in receiving information about my upcoming retreats in June and September 2018, they can email me at vicki.mayk@gmail.com. For more information, visit Vicki's website. Danie Watson is a freelance writer based in Scranton, PA. She is currently pursuing her M.A. in fiction from Wilkes University, where she serves as a graduate assistant. Faculty, Student, and Alumni News Faculty News: �Gregory Fletcher directed the play Image by Jack Rushen for the Broadway Laurie Bound Theatre Festival in Sojourn Jean NYC in August. discussed her writing process and of Cannady a Hungry (Crave: Soul) signed books at the Wilkes and Lenore Hart's short story Etruscan booth at AWP17 "Thirteen Ways of Living" was a finalist for The Florida Review's 2017 Editors' Awards. Ross Klavan wrote "Act Two: A Craft Essay" that was recently published in the magazine for Down and Out Books. J. Michael Lennon moderated an event focusing on "fake news" at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on October 1. The event was organized by Laura Moran (M.F.A. '12). Lennon will speak at an event in Washington, D.C. commemorating the 1967 March on the Pentagon, sponsored by the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee, along with Daniel Ellsberg and Peter Yarrow (of "Peter, Paul and Mary), and Vietnam War vets. The event will be at the Western Presbyterian Church in Washington on Saturday, October 21st. The Norman Mailer Society is co-sponsoring the event, which will conclude with a March to the Pentagon, and a gathering at the Vietnam Memorial. David Poyer will be republished in Hungarian in Galaktika this fall. Student and Alumni News: Jennifer D. Bokal's (M.A. '10) newest book, Her Rocky Mountain Hero, will be released by Harlequin Romantic Suspense in November, 2017. HRMH is the first book in the Rocky Mountain Justice series. The second book in the series, Her Rocky Mountain Defender, will be released in April, 2018. Craig Czury's (M.F.A. '08) new book Fifteen Stones has been published by NYQ Books.  Cindy Dlugolecki (M.A. '11) will have her "Ghosts of Mechanicsburg" produced at the Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg the last two weekends in October and her "ANGELs INC. produced at the same community theater �the first two weekends in December. ANGELs INC. is published by Blue Moon Plays. Richard Fellinger (M.F.A. '10) published an op-ed on responding to racial hatred in the Lancaster paper after the events in Charlottesville.  Vicki Mayk (M.F.A. '13) presented the writing retreat "Healing Through Our Stories" from June 23-25 at Kirkridge Retreat Center in Bangor, Pa. In 2018, she will be offering retreats once again at Kirkridge in June, and in September at the New Jersey shore. Vicki also presented "Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly,... Using Speculation In Creative Nonfiction" at the HippoCamp Creative Nonfiction Conference from Sept. 8-10 in Lancaster, Pa. She is teaching "Life Stories: A Memoir Workshop" at Union United Church of Christ in Neffs, Pa., in October.  Lori A. May (M.F.A.'13) has an essay included in an upcoming book, Writing Creative Writing: Essays from the Field, scheduled for 2018 publication with Dundurn Press. Margaret McCaffrey (M.A. '14) had two memoir pieces read on Vision Australia Radio in celebration of Father's Day: 'Poultry Farm' and 'Leaving for London'.  Donna Talarico (M.F.A. '10) has the cover story in the November 2017 issue of The Writer (available in October), which focuses on technology and the writing life. She'll also have a story in the same magazine in the December 2018 issue, on literary magazines and website accessibility. She continues to write a monthly marketing column for Wiley's higher education newsletter, "Recruiting and Retaining Adult Learners." She presented "Interview Like a Journalist, Write Like a Marketer" at two higher education marketing conferences: WPCampus in June and HighEdWeb in October. Donna was the featured guest on two creativenonfiction themed podcasts in August, the Brevity Magazine podcast with Allison K. Williams and #CNFpod with Brendan O'Meara.  Patti Taylor (M.A. '15) had two books published over the summer. Making Miracles: 1st I Cured My IN-Curable Blindness, So Why the HELL Am I Still Fat? and Slip Away: 11 Escape Stories under her entire name:  Dr. Patti Novotny Taylor. Taylor also delivered a keynote speech July at an event for Courage to Change Enrichment Leadership & Mentoring, LLC and received an award for the speech. She also received the Stephen Shank award for teaching for the third time this summer. Taylor is also being included in Who's Who in the World for the second time. Danie Watson (M.A. student) had her book review of Stranger In the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit featured in the �Fall 2017 edition of Tailor Made 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. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Revise This! | 2017-10.pdf Creative Writing Maslow Maslow Family Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Revise This Writing https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/321f443dcbcf9a6a85e70be1bf609e24.pdf e2e6c8bc68ba6140ea83054a4dee27fe 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 Winter 2018 - Revise This! November 2018 Check in: M.F.A. Internships Across the Board By Danie Watson Revise This! 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 Revise This! Archives (Left to right: Jeremiah Blue, Camika Spencer, Karley Stasko, Janine Dubik, Danie Watson) During each Residency the 616 students introduce themselves to the best practices in both publishing and education in the hopes that they will find a perfect internship by the end of the week. Internships in education can include adjuncting a class, holding a workshop, or assessing current classroom procedures. Publishing internships can include working with n 2018 n n �any of our program partners including: Akashic Books, At the Inkwell, Etruscan Press, HaveScripts (formerly Blue Moon Plays), Hippocampus Magazine and Books, Kaylie Jones Books, Michael Mailer Films, Northampton House Press or SenArt Films on a number of projects. This semester, M.F.A. candidates Jeremiah Blue, Janine Dubik, Camika Spencer, Karley Stasko and Danie Watson are all working in what they hope to be their future careers. Jeremiah Blue is currently working with Donna Talarico (M.F.A. '10) at Hippocampus Magazine and Books. Jeremiah has been working on book launch support and research for Dig: A Personal Prehistoric Journey by Sam Chiarelli (M.F.A. '16) and another upcoming release for the press. Jeremiah has also been working with faculty member Phil Brady at Etruscan Press doing grant research and a review for Etruscan's outreach program. Of his experiences, Jeremiah says, "It's been a revealing, challenging, and inspirational process to assist in the final moments before a book makes its official debut to the public—in other words, being published. Especially so for a book, though in my literary genre of specialty, considerably different from my own work in topic and theme." Janine Dubik is currently working with Phil Brady at Etruscan Press. Both Janine and Karley Stasko were copyeditors of Sixteen by Auguste Corteau, a January 2019 forthcoming title from Etruscan. Together, both Janine and Karley are now proofreading the final proof of the title. Janine said she is "amazed and proud of what our editing team has accomplished." Janine also read Phil Brady's upcoming book Phantom Signs and has created study guides for the books she read to be used for outreach and in the classroom with Etruscan books. Of her experience, Janine says, "My MFA publishing internship with Etruscan Press has given me an inside look at what happens to a writer's words on their way to becoming a book. A team of Etruscan editors and three interns helped revise a manuscript that is now quick-paced, touching, funny, and historical simultaneously. The Etruscan editors, Karley, and I are going through a final proof, and I am incredibly amazed by and proud of the shape of Sixteen, compared to that ARC in June. I plan to use my experience with Sixteen in my own writing." Camika Spencer is creating a curriculum for a Reader's Theatre class at her school because they do not currently have an auditorium. Of her experience, Camika says, "It's refreshing, timely, and it's bringing me a great deal of joy to be the creator, author and implementer." Karley Stasko has been working at Etruscan Press alongside Janine Dubik. As previously mentioned, Karley and Janine were part of the editing team for Sixteen by Auguste Corteau, which is a forthcoming �January 2019 Etruscan title. Karley is on her third round of edits for this title. When she wasn't serving as a copywriter, Karley prepared for a conference seminar on "Revising Like a Publisher" for the Kings College Creative Writing Alumni Conference in October. Of her experiences, Karley says, "Etruscan has opened my eyes to at least a dozen new ways of reading and analyzing a work. From the proofreader's careful eye to the academic's cross-curricular perspective, I won't be able to read the same way again." Danie Watson has been working at Lackawanna College as an adjunct professor under Department Chair Brian Fanelli (M.F.A. '10). Danie is teaching a section of Introduction to Literature, two sections of Effective Speaking and one section of College Writing, which serves as her internship. Of her experience, Danie says, "It's certainly been a challenge to move from student to professor, but I try to think of it as 'how would I best learn this lesson?' and adapt that to my student's needs. I'm having a blast. I learn just as much from my students as they learn from me and I couldn't be happier with my internship, which I hope will one day turn into my career." While the internship duties and tasks change each semester along with the students, there's no doubt that each student leaves with valuable experience and excellent feedback. Danie Watson (Goetz) is an adjunct professor at Lackawanna College, where she teaches writing, literature and communications classes. Danie also serves as the Marketing Coordinator for Oddities by Kaylie Jones Books and a graduate assistant for the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing. Her book review "Unmasking the Hermit" was published in Tailor Made Magazine. Danie lives in Scranton, PA with her husband Daniel. HippoCamp 2018: More of an Honor than an Obligation By Caitlin Downs �(Caitlin Downs (M.A. student) (left) pictured with HippoCamp Director Donna Talarico (M.F.A.’10). My role at Hippocamp 2018 was to act as an emcee in one of the conference rooms at the large and somewhat labyrinthine Lancaster Convention Center that houses the annual weekend-long event series. It was more of an honor than an obligation to assist Donna Talarico in the massive undertaking that is the system of operations at a creative nonfiction conference that draws hundreds of attendees. My role was pretty small and straightforward, but both Donna and her trusted partner, Kevin Beerman, graciously made sure to extend access to the conference to me in exchange for my assistance. I missed the 2017 conference because of a conflict but I attended this year to report on the keynote speaker, the titan of the creative non-fiction field who is Tobias Wolff. More impressive than the headliner was the community of writers in attendance, many of whom didn't recognize me from any previous events and welcomed me anyway. People in the line for book signing were so socially engaging, asking me if and what I write, talking about influential authors and events that they attended over the weekend that inspired them. It struck me that Hippocamp has a very different vibe than what I was used to from past readings and engagements. There, people became really invested in one another's stories. My first �Hippocampus 2018 experience began once I had the pleasure of introducing my friend and fellow writer Tyler Barton to a room full of enthusiastic writers and professionals. Tyler is one half of the literary organization Fear No Lit, and he presented on organizational strategies that can help bring members of the writing community together. He outlined his team's methods for coming up with unusual fundraisers or exhibits. He and partner Erin Dorney have organized many exciting events I have attended in and around Lancaster, such as an Adult Spelling Bee, or a Page Match that offers a Mexican wrestling style take on a slam. Athena Dixon was the next breakout session speaker I witnessed. Her presentation spoke to the unaddressed benefits of "navel gazing" and reframed it as a worthy pursuit for writers. Athena engaged her audience with personalized bingo sheets that helped attendees acknowledge the key components of their identities. She also wove a beautiful web of anecdotes and examples to help her audience rethink their roles as writers and how their stories serve the wider community. (Photo by Caitlin Downs)  Donna is able to pull together a lineup of presenters that offers something for �NAVEL GAZING everyone. Over thirtyfive events and a multitude of speakers address issues of craft as well as entertain with stories told either from the stage or in the more competitive slam format. This year the keynote speaker, Abigail Thomas, spoke of a lifetime of accomplished writing, living up to the description of being an inspirational and wisdom-filled memoirist. My favorite line from Thomas's talk on crafting memoir is "if you start where you think you're going to start and end up where you plan to end up, you're doing something wrong." Similarly, if you think you know where a conference is going to start and what you're going to learn then you probably haven't been going to the right kind of conference, because Hippocamp changes every year. The community, and new speakers bring new issues to the floor that may very well change the way attendees write in multiple ways. Caitlin Downs teaches creative writing, literature, and communications at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design in Lancaster, PA. She holds a Master's in English from Arcadia University and is currently pursuing an MA/MFA in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. Her poetry has appeared in such places as Cease, Cows, The University of Edinburgh Journal, and The Fiction Pool.  “Navel Gazing and Other Worthwhile Pursuits” at HippoCamp18 Photo by Caitlin Downs    Taylor M. Polites Recognized by Rhode Island Council for the Humanities �Faculty member Taylor M. Polites was awarded the Public Humanities Scholar Award by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities in 2018. From their website, "The Scholar Award recognizes outstanding public humanities work in teaching and scholarship that advances the civic and cultural life of Rhode Island. This year, the Award honors Taylor Polites for his historical fiction writing, research, teaching, and creative interpretations of Rhode Island history for public audiences. Polites expertly bridges history, art, and literature working with artists, activists, archivists, and scholars with boundless interdisciplinary imagination and energy. He partners with Ann Hood and Hester Kaplan in Goat Hill, a collaboration dedicated to bringing writers and writing professionals to Southern New England, and works with local organizations to cultivate storytelling and community. He teaches in the Newport MFA program at Salve Regina University, in the Maslow Family Creative Writing MFA program at Wilkes University, at the Rhode Island School of Design, and at Roger Williams University. Polites exemplifies an inclusive approach to scholarship and public engagement in the humanities and is a bridge through his efforts to value individual voices." Congratulations Taylor! Wilkes at AWP 2019: Schedule of Events AWP Association of Writers & Writing Programs The 2019 AWP Conference & Bookfair will be held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon from March 27 – 30, 2018. In Portland, swing by these sessions and support the Wilkes CW family, including program partners Akashic Books and Etruscan Press: Etruscan Press Authors: Kazim Ali (The Disappearance of Seth) Reinventing the Wheel: The Tradition of Innovation in Poetry Friday, March 29, 2019 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Portland Ballroom 256 �Oregon Convention Center Level 2 Sidney famously writes, "And others' feet still seemed but strangers in my way" ("Astrophel and Stella"). However, one would only need to read Homer, Virgil, and Dante, the letters between Wordsworth and Coleridge or Moore and Bishop, to recognize the long tradition of poets mentoring and inspiring other poets. The poets will challenge the notion that tradition and innovation are at odds by revealing how specific poems influenced them and led them to better understand different poetic elements. Fifty Years of FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics Saturday, March 30, 2019 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. B115 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 Since 1969, FIELD Magazine has been known as one of the country's leading journals of contemporary poetry and poetics. In 2019, FIELD will publish its 100th and final issue. This panel, featuring two founding editors and three later additions, will discuss the magazine's history and values, including its annual symposium of essays on the work of a major poet, its commitment to translation, and its openness to a wide variety of voices, both established and emerging. Laurie Jean Cannady(Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul) #MeToo, Girlhood: Writing and Subverting Childhood Sexual Violence Narratives Thursday, March 28, 2019 3:00 a.m. to 4:15 a.m. E145 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 Writers discuss creating narratives of girlhood sexual trauma, share influences and craft advice, and offer strategies for overcoming the challenges of writing these stories. The writers on this panel create works that subvert common victim narratives—via humor, style, non-linearity, narrator agency, lack of disclosure, and more—as well as examine the intersections of gender, race, class, inherited trauma, and sexual identity on narratives of sexual violence. Patti Horvath (All the Diference) Rewriting History: Why It's Not Okay to Fictionalize Our Memories Friday, March 29, 2019 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. B114 �Oregon Convention Center Level 1 Every so often, literary scandals seem to surface, particularly when it comes to memoirs. Is there an unspoken code of ethics that exists for memoirists and essayists? Or is it something deeper, something psychological that gives birth to the betrayal we feel upon discovering that a nonfiction writer has invented a character, setting, or memory? In this panel, nonfiction writers discuss the difficulty in cultivating memories while managing this genre's ethical demands and expectations. David Lazar (Who's Afraid of Helen of Troy: An Essay on Love) Que savent-ils?: What Classic Essays Can Teach Contemporary Essayists Thursday, March 28, 2019 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. B114 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 When's the last time you sat down with an essay by Lamb? Or cracked open The Rambler? Maybe not recently enough. With so many exciting new modes of the essay being written today, it can be easy to forget those of the past, but writers like Montaigne, Rousseau, Hazlitt, and Woolf have more bearing on contemporary essayists than you might think. This diverse panel of essayists writing in a variety of sub-genres shows how the "classics" inspire them—as perhaps they will inspire you, too. Paul Lisicky (The Burning House) Endings for the End Times? Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Portland Ballroom 255 Oregon Convention Center Level 2 As we reach the concluding lines of our own works, current ailments in the body politic may bend us toward chaos and despair. At the same time, ever-present narrative and commercial pressures may drive us toward neatly resolved, even uplifting, endings. How do we craft final notes that imply light and dark, open and closed, emotional and intellectual complexity? We discuss struggles and strategies for endings that feel satisfying for readers, and yet true to the work, the moment, and ourselves. Am I Really Going to Do This Until I Die? Friday, March 29, 2019 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. �Portland Ballroom 256 Oregon Convention Center Level 2 The longer a person teaches workshop, the more prone he or she is to burn out; after all, instructors tend to use the same format semester after semester, and students tend to need the same advice. How can instructors keep workshops feeling relevant and energized? Are there new models that might reinvigorate our students and ourselves? This panel, featuring undergraduate and graduate writing instructors, will address strategies to keep everyone engaged, down to the most exhausted teacher. Diane Raptosh (AmericanAmnesiac and Human Directional) Reading: Unmasked: Women Write about Sex and Intimacy after 50 Thursday, March 28, 2019 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Nuture Realty, 1100 SE Division St., #120, Portland, OR 97202 J. D. Schrafenberger (Saint Joe's Passion) Impact and Empathy: Service-Learning and Creative Writing Friday, March 29, 2019 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. D139-140 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 Service-learning and community engagement not only provide student writers with real-world experiences, applied skills, and opportunities for personal growth, but their empathy and perspectives are expanded in ways that transform the creative process. Teachers from various backgrounds and institutions discuss the practical challenges and unique benefits of service-learning in the creative writing classroom, including work with veterans, oceanographers, food co-ops, and refugee organizations. Changing of the Guard: Editors on Inclusion and Diversity in Literary Journals Saturday, March 30, 2019 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Portland Ballroom 255 Oregon Convention Center Level 2 The VIDA Count is an indispensable measure of gender diversity in literary journal publications. While the numbers layout disparities within this community, the question remains: how can we increase contributor and staff diversity in areas such as race, sexual identity/orientation, and �disability? Where is the line between diversity and tokenism? This panel of literary journal editors will share their strides, missteps, and questions on inclusive staff and contributor practices. Tim Seibles (Fast Animal and One Turn Around the Sun) Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology Reading Thursday, March 28, 2019 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Portland Ballroom 256 Oregon Convention Center Level 2 Eco-justice poetry embodies justice, culture, and the environment. It is poetry born of ecological and social crisis, poetry that holds memory, fed by a wealth of cultural traditions, urgent in our time. Come listen to contributing poets read from and discuss the ground-breaking Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology, as each discusses their approach to writing in these troubled times and the traditions that feed their work. How we need another soul to cling to: Writing Love Poems in Difficult Times Saturday, March 30, 2019 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. D139-140 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 When the news feels like a daily onslaught, it's hard to believe writing a poem can matter—let alone a love poem. Here, five poets will share their own love poems and discuss how writing about love also allows them to explore everything from racism to climate change to queerness to personal grief, then offer strategies of how others might do the same. For how better to know why resistance is worth it? In this panel, we'll discuss not just what we're fighting against but what we're fighting for. Shara McCallum (Poems and Their Making) Boulevard 35th Anniversary & 100 Issues Reading Saturday, March 30, 2019 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. B116 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 Founded in 1984, Boulevard magazine celebrates 100 issues and thirtyfive years of continuously publishing the finest in contemporary voices in fiction, poetry, and definitive essays on the arts and culture. Featuring writers from across our thirty-five years, this reading reflects Boulevard's mission to present a variegated yet coherent ensemble of creative and �critical writing by both emerging and established writers. Wilkes University Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing: Stanton Hancock (M.F.A. Alum) AWP Open Mic and Old School Slam Thursday, March 28, 2019 and Friday, March 29, 2018 B113 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 Midnight Oregon Convention Center Level 1 AWP welcomes students to return to the roots of Slam! Open mic special guests and then undergraduate and graduate students partake in a hardcore-break-your-heart-strut-out-the-good-stuff slam competition. Students are welcome to sign up to participate on Friday, March 29, 2019 and Thursday, March 28, 2019 at the Wilkes University/Etruscan Press booth and read original pieces (three minutes or less with no props) at the Slam later that night. Sponsors: Wilkes University and Etruscan Press. Program Partners: Ibrahim Ahmad (Akashic Books) Can I Pick Your Brain? The Fine Line Between Giving Back and Getting Paid Friday, March 29, 2018 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. B117-119 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 The right connections in publishing can jumpstart your career and make the journey more enjoyable. But there is a fine line when asking for a favor (or a freebie) and networking. This panel looks at how emerging writers can gracefully navigate the art of "the ask" and how established authors can balance their time and effort and meaningful connections. Five publishing insiders share secrets of effective networking without looking self-interested—and when to say no without looking unsupportive. Ronnie K. Stephens (Kaylie Jones Books) Author Signing--The Kaleidoscope Sisters Thursday, March 28, 2018 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Bookfair Booth 3031 (Wilkes University/Etruscan Press) Oregon Convention Center �Level 1 For the full AWP19 schedule, visit the AWP Conference Schedule. Faculty News: Bonnie Culver, program director, will have her play Auto-Mated performed as part of a 10-minute play festival at Caroll College in Helena, Montana. David Poyer's Hatteras Blue audiobook debuted in October by Northampton House Press. This is their first audiobook. Marketed under NHP's Polyhymnia Books imprint, Dave Poyer's Hatteras Blue is an exciting underwater adventure narrated by Edison McDaniels (available on Audible, iTunes, and other online sellers). Other Polyhymnia audiobooks are in production, narrated by McDaniels and by Julie Yelen (M.A. '18), a program alum. J. Michael Lennon, along with his wife Donna Pedro, published the revised, enlarged version of Norman Mailer: Works and Days on November 1. He is also doing a reading alongside authors John Winters and Barbara Burkhardt at a biographers' night on November 14th, 7-9 pm at the WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn, NY. It's in the Greenpoint neighborhood. Alumni and Student News: Amye Archer (M.F.A. '11) will have her book If I Don't Make It, I Love You: Survivors in the Aftermath of School Shootings released in Spring 2019 by Skyhorse Publishing. For this book, Amye and co-editor Loren Kleinman worked with over 90 survivors of school shootings and helped them to write their stories. Amye presented at PCTELA in Harrisburg on October 18th with Wilkes M.F.A. alums Dawn Zera (M.F.A. '13) and Ginny Grove (M.F.A. '12). The three presented a panel titled "I, Too, Am a Writer," which explored ways in which teachers can bring their own writing experience into the classroom. Patrick Charsky (M.F.A. '17) finalized an agreement with The Bundy Museum to do a film series on screenwriting where most of the films are based on the M.F.A. guide from Wilkes called "The Screenwriting Biz." The dates are November 13, December 11, 2018, January 8, February 12, March 12 and April 9, 2019 at The Bundy Museum in Binghamton, NY. Charsky will curate and present a series of films and lead discussions after every screening. Iris Ouellette (M.A. '17) is an adjunct professor at Lackawanna College teaching Introduction to Literature and Effective Speaking. Her nonfiction piece "Finding �Oscar Wilde" was published in July's issue of Parhelion Literary Magazine. Josh Penzone's (M.A. '13) short story "A Return" appeared in the December issue of Blue Lake Review. Ronnie K. Stephens (M.F.A. '18) recently published book reviews in Lambda Literary Review andThe Los Angeles Review. His debut novel, The Kaleidoscope Sisters, has received glowing reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and School Library Journal. Donna Talarico (M.F.A. '10) presented for the eighth consecutive year at the annual Higher Education Web Professionals conference in Sacramento, CA. She hosted a lightning round talk called "All Work and No Play? Nonsense! — How Creativity, Curiosity, Surprise and Play Help Us Work" and a three-hour post-conference workshop called "Copy That! Creating Ad Copy Headlines and Other Content that 'Clicks' with Your Audience." Donna also was interviewed for the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) podcast; the episode aired to its members in mid-October and a recording will be made public later this fall. 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Title A name given to the resource Revise This! | 2018-01.pdf Creative Writing Maslow Maslow Family Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Revise This Writing https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/0cef1b48047c5aad08aa23c9ea833e0e.pdf 80f63e1b5c15424064ba02a606658c33 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 Spring 2018 - Revise This! Spring 2018 Revise This! 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 July 29 - August 3 August4 -10 Workshop sessions. Lectures. Group discussions. Individual instruction. Learn more at nmcenter.org   Norman Mailer Colony Comes to Wilkes University  During the January Residency, Dr. Bonnie Culver, program director and co-founder announced the new partnership between the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing and the Norman Mailer Center. By partnering with the Norman Mailer Center, the Norman Mailer Writers Colony will now be permanently housed at Wilkes University. The Mailer Center is an organization named for the late Norman Mailer that offers workshops, grants, awards, fellowships and other activities that allow writers to express themselves while provoking discussion and calling for societal changes. This new partnership bolsters the creative writing mission to bring writing faculty to the Wilkes University campus. Revise This! Archives n 2018 n n �Lawrence Schiller, founder of the Norman Mailer Center and the Norman Mailer Writers Colony, collaborated with Norman Mailer for more than 30 years. Originally, the summer colony was held at the Mailer home in Provincetown, MA. Past instructors include faculty and board members J. Michael Lennon, Kaylie Jones, Bonnie Culver, Beverly Donofrio and Colum McCann. "Like the Norman Mailer Center, Wilkes University encourages and celebrates writers who challenge readers' perspectives on the world around them," said Schiller. "Together, Wilkes and the Center will promote writers as people of action, and seek to support those who are driven by an endless curiosity to make sense of the times in which they live." The 2018 Norman Mailer Writers Colony will be held in two weeklong sessions bookending The Pennsylvania Writers Conference in August. In week one, which will run from July 29 to August 3, students may take courses in memoir, fiction, publishing, poetry, nonfiction and self-promotion. In week two, which will run from August 4 to August 10, students may take courses in fiction, book reviewing, screenwriting, publishing, and poetry. On August 3 and 4, the Pennsylvania Writers Conference will be held on the Wilkes campus, featuring keynote speaker Andre Dubus III.           Week 1 Classes: Memoir with Beverly Donofrio Put pen to paper-or fingers to the keyboard-in this writing workshop with master �memoirist Beverly Donofrio. Discover the life-changing potential of memoir writing in a workshop designed to take you deeper into your hearts and your pasts. Instructor Beverly Donofrio creates a supportive environment to help mine and then develop your material. Telling your stories can be profound and transformative. All that is required is a strong desire and the courage to write the truth. Through the in-class prompts, overnight assignments, and sharing our work, we not only learn craft, but develop camaraderie and have fun. We may even find that what made us rage and cry now makes us laugh. Keep writing and you may even forgive life for being life. And throughout, we will have an ongoing discussion of the writing life and how to feed it outside of a workshop.    Elements of Fiction: Crisis Conflict Character with Marita Golden This fiction workshop will focus on the foundational elements of compelling fiction. As we discuss your in progress work, and do inclass exercises you'll learn how to give your characters "character," how to push them past the limits you impose on them and how to create characters who can both hurt and heal. For those writing novels and short fiction.    �        Publishing with Philip Brady Ever wanted to start your own press or literary magazine? Or are you struggling as a fledgling editor or publisher to make yours work and gain more ground in the literary landscape? This course will also give you a hands-on insider's look at the way publishing companies work. Working with Etruscan Press, a non-profit literary press that has produced over seventy-five titles in five genres since 2001, this course will focus on how to produce and market books/journals, zines, and how to run a publishing house in an increasingly competitive environment. We'll explore editorial styles, marketing plans, production schedules, budgeting, design, and event-planning. We'll look at the publishing models from a close perspective, always returning to practical questions such as: "How do things work?"..."How can I understand the process from author-to-consumer?"... "What is the right place for me in this diverse and challenging industry?" Poetry with Rashidah Ismail Abubakr We will start at the beginning, with poems that have been selected by each participant to start of a book of poems. We will discuss the various concepts of producing poems: chapbook, collection, themed, with or without visuals and look at organizing tools that can lead to a coherent body of work. Poems will be edited and �written then workshopped during the sessions.         Creative Nonfiction: Types and Techniques with J. Michael Lennon Following a brief survey of the wide variety of forms that can be fairly called creative nonfiction (memoir, various essay types, travel and place writing, reviews, narrative history, autobiography, and biography), will be a discussion of five elements of craft common to all types of creative nonfiction: imagery, voice and point of view, character, setting, and story. The session will also examine the blurred boundary lines with other genres.         Marketing Planning for Writers, Online and Off: Promotion, Publicity & More with Donna Talarico Marketing and communication planning is a crucial component to the �working writer today. In this session, you'll learn the basics of building a marketing plan, from setting SMART goals to analyzing your success. Then we'll dive deeper into the many tactics you can use, from making connections with the media and brand ambassadors to get coverage -- reviews, feature stories, etc. -- to running successful events and from managing your online persona to interacting with readers in digital spaces. We'll cover everything from Facebook pages and blogging to email marketing and social ads. This session will give you a high-level overview of the tools and techniques you can use to market your work, from promoting a single book to building general awareness for yourself as an author and expert in your field. We'll have in-class exercises to help you spark some ideas of where and how to promote your work -- no matter where you are with your project, this will be helpful in big-picture planning! Simply put: You have a great idea -- this session is about shooting that from the rooftops so others can share -- and enjoy -- your vision. Week 2: The Closer Class: A Workshop on How to Finish Your Book with Jacquelyn Mitchard You have a great concept. You know what you want to write. You know how you want to write it. You may even have a great start. But you're afraid that you'll mess with this thing for the rest of your life and it will never see publication. This workshop help you finally complete your fiction project - and help you discover what to do next on the path to publication, without sacrificing artistic integrity or neglecting the need to have a real life. Some critical questions about structure, contents, and even intention are key to writing a book you can actually finish. And there are some elements you may not have considered. �Bring pages to share in a full, frank, and nurturing critique with your fellow writers and be prepared to be overwhelmed by information - in a good way. Writing Book Reviews and Breaking into that Market with Maureen Corrigan How does one claim the cultural authority to become a book reviewer? After all, there are no dedicated graduate programs or certificates in "book reviewing;" nor is there a clear route to regular reviewing. In this course, Maureen Corrigan, who has been the book critic for the NPR program Fresh Air for thirty years, explores some of the pathways to book review publication and discusses the intellectual background and the skills that it takes to write a worthwhile review. She also gives some advice about what never to do in a book review.       Screenwriting with Ross Klavan Screen language will go deeply into how to get your vision-and your story-onto any kind of screen. Through a variety of exercises in class and as homework, we'll begin by working through the nature of images, of film's birth in still photography (instead of the novel or theater) and what subtly changes when the images begin to move. We'll then shift into the structure of storytelling through images, both conventional and alternative, and the creation of characters whose life may begin on the page but will exist, �through actors or animation, on some form of screen, large or small. A final project of a five-minute short or film segment will be written. There will be a personal meeting with the instructor on projects written in the course or previously. Proper format will be taught and the instruction will be assisted by examples from films, TV episodes and script pages.    To apply to the Norman Mailer Writers Colony at Wilkes University, please download this application. Please submit 10 pages of poetry, single-spaced, or 10-20 pages of prose or a screenplay sample, double-spaced, in the genre to which you are applying. Admission to a workshop is based primarily on your writing sample. For more information about the Norman Mailer Center or the Norman Mailer Writers Colony, please visit nmcenter.org. For more information about the Pennsylvania Writers Conference, please visit wilkes.edu/pwc. Students and alumni man the Wilkes-Etruscan booth at AWP18 in Tampa, FL. From left to right: Karla Erdman (M.A. student), Danie Watson (M.F.A. student), Pamela Turchin (M.F.A. student), Kristin Weller (M.A. student) and Patricia Florio (M.F.A. '11). Smooth Sailing: Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Attends AWP18 By Kristin Weller (M.A. student) Henry David Thoreau once said, "We are constantly invited to be who we are." Like many writers-in-progress, I have struggled with my identity. I �teach full-time. I am a wife. I am a daughter. I am a perfectionist. Making a living from writing alone is the road I have less traveled. While teaching is a great gig, a gift in many ways, teaching can create all kinds of conflict for the writer-self, not the least of which is getting the time off during the academic year to attend conferences like AWP. But as with anything else in life, the choices we make and where we choose to put our time and energy are often a reflection of our priorities, and this year, I made a commitment to put my writing ahead of all else. Thanks to a one-semester sabbatical and the student registration waivers offered to Maslow Family graduate students, I was able to make-good on my self-promise and participate in AWP18 in Tampa. The spring-like temperatures and cloudless skies of South Florida were a welcome contrast to the Pennsylvania Nor'easter I and my Wilkes colleagues left behind us. Ahead, a menu of more than 1000 panel discussions, readings, activities, signings, and keynote speeches from which to choose, all in the service of enriching the writing community. And the Book Fair! Over 800 exhibitors filled the main floor, showcasing literary presses and journals, independent publishers and freelancers, writing programs and writing residencies, poets and swag (think, free totes, buttons, pens, and big price cuts on books). Imagine the directory portion of all of your favorite writing magazines, online journals, and publishing industry books coming to life and gathering together around tables and booths in one, massive room. I'll admit that I was both overwhelmed and impressed. After registration and a quick tour of the vendor hall, I met up with cohort member Meg Hall and my mentor, Kaylie Jones. We headed over to the Marriott across the street from the Convention Center where a few dozen meeting rooms held sessions of interest. Outside of each salon and meeting room was a full-sized poster with a list of the sessions scheduled in that room throughout the weekend. We perused the menus and ended up popping into the tail-end of a panel discussion on contemporary Southern literary fiction. The panelists were discussing the ways poverty, racism, and violence permeate their works. Following their planned discussion, the panelists opened up the floor to questions. It wasn't long before questions of culture appropriation arose. We have all heard the advice to write what you know, but if you stick with the process of developing your craft, you will come to know that more often than not, we use writing to explore the questions we do not know the answers to. What stuck with me after listening to the open dialogue about writing outside of your race or experience was this: if you do the work -- read everything you can in the cultural genre your story requires, travel to and be with the people whose lives you want to represent with fidelity, and research your own personal biases alongside the historical �events relevant to your story -- than you have less chance of creating a story that most readers will view as culturally appropriated. I found this topic to be extremely relevant beyond the cannon of Southern fiction. In my own experience as a Maslow Family Graduate student, this topic has come up for discussion within several of the residency courses I have attended. Like it or not, through our work we all become ambassadors of our genres. Credibility is earned. Integrity, demonstrated. After the panel ended, Meg, Kaylie and I headed outside to look for a place to eat. The Marriott and the Convention Center are part of a Riverwalk park where pedestrians and exercise enthusiasts share sidewalks and foot bridges that run along Tampa Bay. In the center is a cafe called The Sail where Kaylie, Meg and I ran into Bill Schneider and Pamela Turchin who had just flown in from Newark, NJ. After a few laughs and some catching up, we downed our burgers before splitting up to attend different sessions and man the booth. There's so much to pick from, so having a minute to peruse the registration materials was much appreciated. I found the AWP app to be an especially useful tool for adding sessions of interest and building daily agendas. Maps, room details, program descriptions, and schedules were all built-in to the app giving me easy access to necessary information quickly. At 3:30 p.m. Kaylie and I made our way to the Book Fair floor so I could start my first shift at the Wilkes University-Etruscan Press booth. (Go ahead. Say it. You know you want to. "The (John) Wilkes Booth!" We have the best name as far as booths go.) Maslow Family graduate students and alumni can attend AWP, registration-free if we commit to volunteering to work two hours each day in the booth at AWP. Because Wilkes is a major conference sponsor, the program receives 45-60 conference registration waivers so that our students may attend. They want us there, networking and learning from and with each other. I was a little nervous about the work, but as it turned out working in the booth was fun. Working in the Wilkes-Etruscan Press booth was painless, even for anxiety-prone personality types like me. That's mostly because of the great and magical duo, Danie Watson and Pamela Turchin, who do most of the on-site, logistical heavy-lifting, and our Associate Director, Bill Schneider, who orchestrates the rest. Working with the Wilkes-Etruscan team was fun and at times, reminiscent of residency. Booth required responsibilities included things like promoting the inclusion of the Norman Mailer Writing Colony at Wilkes, along with the Pennsylvania Writers Conference dates, and of course our fabulous �MA/MFA programs, volunteers haggled over who was the most outgoing from our contingency (that would be Justin Kassab, Danie Watson, and Karla Erdman) and sent them off to wander the Book Fair, enticing conference-goers to sign up for the Old School Poetry Slam, which 2012 MFA graduate, Stanton Hancock, hosted on March 9th and 10th following the Keynote speakers. The rest of us remained at the booth to answer the questions of passersby. Honestly, this task was no burden to bear. Both our programs and our presses already have a very strong reputation amongst those shopping around for an MFA program. All we needed to do was share what we love about our writing program. Easy! Two of the messages I found myself repeating to potential students were how much our fabulous faculty and our student participants value a respectful, collaborative approach, and how accessible and supportive we all are as a literary community. Even as I was sharing these points, I was flashing back to my first residency in June of 2016 and how many times I was approached by upper-level graduate students who introduced themselves and congratulated me on entering the 501s. It happened in the dorm lobby, in the Henry Center, in the Starbucks, in the Darte before and after the evening readings. And, every faculty member made it a point to connect with each of the 18 members of my cohort over the course of those first few days - no easy task given their own packed schedules. What a difference that kind of care and attention can make, especially for a writer so wrapped up in fear, rejection, and isolation. What an antidote that kind of attention can be! At AWP, I got the chance to spend time with my mentor who has committed her time and attention to helping me develop my work and my identity as a writer. Other faculty members, like David Poyer who I hadn't really had a chance to get to know at residencies, showed up and engaged with us too. He asked about the work I and my cohort members were doing over lunch, thus giving Meg Hall, Jeff Alves and I a chance to practice pitching. The practice, like the process, never ends. Attending AWP just verified what I had already learned about our faculty: their commitment to their students and to writing is lifelong. Investing my time in these three, glorious, twelve-hour days at AWP Tampa as a writer participating in this community of peers has reaffirmed my commitment, not only to the completion of my term project, but also to my place in this community of writers. I belong, and that is enough. Kristin Weller is a Pennsylvania writer, English teacher, and a graduate student at Wilkes University. Her �essay, Life: What Writer and Teacher Can Tell You about Craft, was featured in Craft section of the May 2017 issue of Hippocampus Magazine. She earned a Writing Fellowship with the National Writing Project in 2000, an organization for which she has served as an Advisory Board member and teacherconsultant. When she's not grading eighth grade English papers or running her two boxer dogs around agility courses, she facilitated a local writing group called Write Nights in Nazareth, PA. She anticipates earning her Creative Writing Masters degree in 2018.      Spring into Writing: Community Workshops Introduction to Fiction Writing From flash fiction to fullfledged short stories, Introduction to Fiction Writing covers the basics of storytelling and the revision process. The workshop focuses on the basic elements of the genre and provides participants with a supportive environment where they can explore their literary interests and experiment with character, plot, and language. Open to beginning writers and those looking to hone their writing skills, the workshop asks participants to come with an open mind and be ready to read, write, revise, and repeat. Adult learners of any age may register for this workshop Meetings: Tuesdays - 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Kirby Hall, Room 108 �April 3, 10, 17, 24, May 1 and 8 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Francisco Tutella   Memoir: Many Ways to Tell Your Story This class will explore writing memoir by using a variety of prompts and artifacts to mine your memories, from recipes and photos to letters, diaries and family heirlooms. Adult learners of any age may register for this workshop. Meetings: Tuesdays - 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Breiseth Hall, Room 209 April 10, 17, 24, May 1, 8 and 15 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Vicki Mayk       Preparing You and Your Manuscript for Publication This five-week workshop is designed for adult learners who are interested in the submission process and developing the skills to enter the world of publishing. Participants will be provided an overview of how to prepare literary projects for submission to publishers. Through a variety of lectures, workshop exercises, and group �discussions, participants will discover what it takes to prepare themselves - and their work - for consideration. A comprehensive look at industry standards and best practices include crafting a project synopsis, drafting a query letter, understanding the author questionnaire process, creating a thumbnail, keynote, and writing the book description. Participants do not need a completed manuscript for this workshop series.  Meetings: Wednesdays - 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Breiseth Hall, Room 211 April 11, 18, 25, May 2 and 9 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Bill Schneider Playwriting How to Write a Short One-Act or 10-Minute Play CURTAIN UP! Have you ever imagined your story on a stage? This workshop will teach ways to write a short play in our first session. In our second session, you will hear your short play read alive and envisioned. Bring yourself and your own best characters wanting a stage to our playwriting workshop. This workshop is designed for adult learners. Session 1: Learning how to write a play - short one-act or a 10-min play and assignment to do so. Session 2: Bring your assignment to workshop, and we read together, critique, and provide feedback.    Meetings: Saturdays - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Kirby Hall, Room 108 April 21 and 28 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Jan Quackenbush   �Faculty News Gregory Fletcher's short play Mapplethorpe's Flowers was produced by Off-Off-Broadway's Artistic New Directions during the first two weeks of March in their Eclectic Evening of Shorts XI at the Theatre 54 in New York City. Lenore Hart and David Poyer taught at a writing retreat on Ossabaw Island from February 22-28. Lenore was the fiction instructor, presented workshops and provided one-on-one manuscript consultations, and David presented publishing workshops and spoke on a larger panel of regional editors and publishers. They both gave evening readings during the writing retreat. Juanita Rockwell's libretto for composer Douglas Knehans' chamber opera, Backwards from Winter, will premiere at Symphony Space, NYC on May 25, presented by The Center for Contemporary Opera and directed by Jennifer Williams. This monodrama for soprano, electric cello and video, traces a woman's year with her beloved, beginning in deep winter where she is in grief over his death, backwards through the seasons to the heart-opening birth of their love in spring. Juanita's play with songs, Between Trains, was recently published by Blue Moon Plays, and she was named a VCCA Fellow with her first residency at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Student/Alum News Amye Archer (M.F.A. '11) has co-edited an anthology about body image titled My Body, My Words, which was released March 15th from Big Table Publishing. Several Wilkes faculty members and alums have essays in the collection including Bev Donofrio and Kaylie Jones. Aurora D. Bonner (M.A. '17) recently had an excerpt from her memoir published in the January/February issue of Hippocampus Magazine. One of her essays, "The Night we Ate Moussaka," will also appear in the April publication of Under the Gum Tree. Brian Fanelli's (M.F.A. '10) essay, "Lessons on the Environment: Revisiting Robert Bly," was recently published by The Schuylkill Valley Journal. He also has three poems in the anthology, Misrepresented People: Poetic Responses to Trump's America(NYQ Books). Proceeds from the anthology benefit the National Immigration Law Center. Brian recently joined 4squarereview as a staff book reviewer. Richard Fellinger (M.F.A. '10) published an op-ed in the Lancaster paper arguing for a better brand of national politics. �R. Anthony Giamusso's (M.A. '15) debut scifi/fantasy novel Under A Veil Of Godswas published by BHCpress/Indigo on March 8, 2018. Tyler Grimm (M.F.A., '13) has accepted a teaching appointment in the Composition Program at University of Delaware. He has also begun writing craft columns for Hippocampus Magazine, the first of which, "Hooking Your Students, Hooking Yourself" was published in September 2017. A subsequent column published in January 2018, "The Trauma Museum" has received considerable praise. Gerald Gurka (M.A. '07) wrote and directed The Gold Wrapping Paper, a play that was performed on Dec 24, 2017 in Larksville, Pa. His newest play Relics of the Passion, both written & directed by Gerka was performed on March 23, 2018 in Larksville, Pa. His young readers novel Freddie Foodmore's Menu of Unsavory Events will be published with Overdue Books. Monique Antonette Lewis (M.F.A '12) has three flash fiction stories from her collection Looking for Mr. Wrong that have been published / are forthcoming in lit zines: "Shall We Dance" (Polarity eMagazine, sister publication of PoetryBay, Winter 2017) and "A Waste of Your Damn Time" and "A Mr. Right" (both forthcoming this year in American Writers Review). Her essay "How You Came to Love Me" will also be published in the anthology My Body, My Words  (Big Table Publishing, March 2018). Mark Levy (M.A. '08) has joined the Denver law firm of Block45Legal as Intellectual Property Counsel; and a book of his essays, entitled Trophy Envy, is scheduled to be published this April. The essays are transcriptions of his tri-weekly broadcasts on the public radio show, Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad. illustrahons by John Ed Bon Fed Lori A. May (M.F.A.'13) has an essay included in an upcoming anthology, Writing Creative Writing: Essays from the Field, scheduled for May 2018 publication with Dundurn Press. Her first novel, The Profiler (2005), has been reissued in Australia with publisher Mills and Boon. This spring, Lori is speaking and reading at events throughout Washington, California, and Nevada. �Michael Nixon (M.A. '15) had a chapter from his memoir, a work (still in progress) that was his thesis project, published in the January/February issue of Hippocampus Magazine. The piece was also a semi-finalist in their "Remember in November" competition. Christoph Paul's (M.F.A. '17) press CLASH Books recently put out the poetry collection If You Died Tomorrow I would Eat Your Corpse, the anthology for pre-order Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey and Sylvia Plath, and the pre-order for the magazine CLASH Magazine: Issue #1. CLASH Books had a table again at AWP 2018 and had an offsite reading. As an author, his book A Confederacy of Hot Dogs was featured in Powell's small press section, he sold a story to the anti-fascist anthology Engage! forthcoming from King Shot Press, and found a home for his poetry collection At Least I Get You < In My Art with Rooster Republic Press which is to be published in the summer of 2018. Sara Shalom Scharrer's (M.A. '15) short story "Means of Escape" was published on January 24 in STORGY online magazine. C.A. Smith (M.A. '11) released her first book LongNeck Bottles under the pseudonym Phoenix Ash. She also has a ,~'~l LONGNECK podcast called "Life As P" that is available BOTTLES " ~i ,1 ,, via iTunes, Google Play and iHeart Radio. 1 ~ ,,   ' ) Phoenix Ash Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Congratulations to the graduates of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, who were awarded their diplomas at the spring commencement ceremony at Wilkes University: M.A. Jeffrey Alves – Creative nonfiction Rodney Annis – Fiction Jeremiah Blue – Creative nonfiction n 2018 n n �• Margaret Hall – Creative nonfiction • Crista Mallecoccio – Playwriting • Tara Marta – Fiction • Kathleen Rosa – Fiction • Camika Spencer – Playwriting • Karley Stasko – Screenwriting • Danielle Watson - Fiction M.F.A. • Joseph Bryan • Michelle Byrnes • Deborah Canon • Donald Granza • Jennifer Judge • Maura Maros • Robert Peck • Ronnie Stephens (diploma awarded during the 2018 winter commencement ceremony) Congratulations to each of these members of our Wilkes writing community, and welcome to the newest members of the Wilkes Alumni Association! Wilkes Ranked Third Best Online Creative Writing Program �:. 3 ~ ""t~b".~ 61.02 Wilkes University COST ~ $$$$ % ENROLLED ONLINE LOCATION 14% WIikes-Barre, PA - Serving fewer than 5,000 students, Wilkes is a small college with big impact. The Pennsylvania-based institution delivers 42 bachelor's and 25 master's degrees rooted in the liberal arts and career preparation. Wilkes offers graduate programs online, in fields like education, nursing, and creative writing. The university's on line assembles a community of writers where students receive one-on-one assistance in the creative process. Faculty mentor students in a range of genres, from young adult and thriller to science fiction and playwriting. The program is distinct from other on line creative writing programs due to its two delivery options: the "weekender" option allows students to take their courses online with four weekend sessions per semester. Students who choose the low-residency option attend eight-day residencies on campus in June and January. The primary consideration for admission to the program is a 15-25 page writing sample. In April of 2018, BestColleges.com released the "Best Online Master's in Creative Writing Programs" and we're proud to announce that the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University was ranked number three. The rankings were based on academic quality, affordability and online programming. Academic quality made up 50% of the score, while both affordability and online programming made up 25% of the score respectively. Wilkes and Etruscan Books Take Flight In March of 2018, Wilkes University and program partner Etruscan Press entered into a �Congratulations! You'vechosena book publishedbythe Maslow FamilyGraduateProgram in CreativeWritingat WilkesUniversityor EtruscanPress. · 'l:I'"I I::::J ~ .Ill :1111; nr•; I : 11 ."R (,~~ ' -~-'J:Ci:: .,~"-!M.:.i ,'- ,~\ ,. l ~1- l• • [aJ~:.~: prou;t: .:=, To learn more about the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing and Etruscan Press, please visit wilkes.edu/booksonthefly and etruscanpress.org/booksonthefly providea venuefor writerswhotestthe boundaries of literature andthe readerswho appreciate thoughtprovokinginsights. partnership with United Airlines with their initiative Books on the Fly--an outreach partnership based at Boston Logan International Airport where passengers on long-distance flights can chose a free book before they board. Books on the Fly was created by two United Airlines employees, Jen Ruffini and Bob Di Rice, who noticed books piling up in their break room —going unread. Ruffini and Di Rice had the idea to load these books onto a cart and hand them out to passengers at the gate before their plane boarded. The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University and Etruscan were the first outside partners to donate books to the initiative. Each book donated by Wilkes and Etruscan comes with a bookmark highlighting the program and the press, as well as QR codes for passengers to scan and learn more about Etruscan and the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing. "This innovative partnership provides a wonderful opportunity to share the talents of the Maslow Family program's faculty, alumni and publishing �partners with a new literary audience," says Dr. Bonnie Culver, cofounder and program director. To date, Di Rice estimates that United Airlines has given away over 1,500 books to passengers. "I think there's a psychological aspect to having a book, something tangible, when you travel," Di Rice said. "It can be comforting. And when you watch the customers talk with each other about the books they've read, you see their faces soften. It's like the stress disappears." Books on the Fly carts are popping up at United Airlines gates around the country with more and more books making the trip across the country. AWP Provides Special Discount for Recent Grads Photo credit: AWP Now through June 30, 2018, recent graduates of AWP affiliated creative writing programs are eligible to continue their membership with AWP at the deeply discounted student rate of just $49 for the first post-graduate year—a 35% savings. AWP's extraordinary benefits include: • Access to all of AWP's online benefits, including the AWP Job List and Writer's Calendar • Eligibility to apply for the Writer to Writer Mentorship Program • Deep discounts on registration for #AWP19 in Portland, Oregon • A one-year subscription to the AWP magazine, The Writer's Chronicle • Access to AWP online webinars, including the new Writer to Agent Web Series • Discounts off the Award Series entry fees �Join online today, and AWP will begin your individual membership from the date your personal or school membership expires. Simply enter the code MFA18 + The Name of Your School. (i.e., MFA18 Wilkes University) and select the $49 student rate at checkout. This offer is only valid through June 30, 2018. While making your purchase, as a recent or prospective graduate you can also opt in to AWP's special monthly email series on "Life after the Degree." Each month, starting in late April, AWP will be discussing a different topic from the writing life, guiding you to resources that can help, and presenting advice from respected teachers about those "critical next steps" to becoming the writer you want to be. Take advantage of this great discounted rate today! Faculty News The second edition (revised and expanded) of Gregory Fletcher's Shorts And Briefs (a handbook on how to write short plays) will be published by Northampton House Press in June 2018.     sv GREGORY FLETCHER       Faculty member Jean Klein (owner) announces the merger of two dramatic publishing companies: the new site of Blue Moon Plays and HaveScripts is officially live as of February 2018. The Blue Moon Plays imprint publishes new, original, and provocative comedies and dramas for contemporary community, regional, and professional theater. HaveScripts serves the educational and community �theater marketplace: scripts that educate and inspire schools, senior, populations, spiritual communities, and community theaters. The press is at about 90 scripts right now—including some Wilkes faculty members and alums—and are continuing to grow at www.havescripts.com). In January 2018, Refraction of Light by Jean Klein was read on Playwright's Night at the Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series. A reading in NYC by the Transcendence Theatre Collective on March 14, 2018 followed the Wilkes reading. A play based on William Heyen's Holocaust poetry— Distant Survivors by June Prager— and published by Blue Moon Plays was featured at a book fair on April 14, 2018, at Barnes & Noble in Poughkeepsie, NY, with readings and music to launch the publication of this stage adaptation. J. Michael Lennon's essay on the library of Norman Mailer, "The Naked and the Read," was published in the March 7 issue of the (London) Times Literary Supplement.It will eventually appear in his memoir-inprogress about Mailer's last days in Provincetown, MA. Nancy McKinley read from her short story "After All Danger of Frost" at a celebration event for the This Land is My Land exhibit, Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO. Audio rights to David Poyer's Deep War have sold to Dreamscape (same publisher that bought Hunter Killer last year). The publication date will be December 2018, to coincide with the hardcover publication. Alumni and Student News Molly Barari (M.F.A. '17) has been accepted into the Doctor of Education program at the University of South Dakota for the summer 2018 semester. She will focus on Adult and Higher Educational Leadership in her doctoral studies. Jennifer D. Bokal (M.A. '10) is now writing a series for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. The first book in the Rocky Mountain Justice series, Her Rocky Mountain Hero, was released in November 2107. The second book, Her Rocky Mountain Defender, was an April 2018 release. Rocky Mountain Valor, the third book in the series, will be released in September 2018. Aside from writing, Jen keeps busy teaching online classes and is the President of the Southern Tier Authors of Romance (a �chapter of Romance Writers of America). Aurora D. Bonner (M.A. '17) has been invited to attend the Summer Workshop at Tin House this July for creative nonfiction. At Tin House she'll have the opportunity to hear and learn from Dorothy Allison, Camille Dungy, Melissa Febos, Tayari Jones, Lidia Yuknovitch, and others. Aurora's review of In the Cemetery of the Orange Trees by Jeff Talarigo will appear in the Colorado Review. She has been asked to become a regular reviewer there. Sam Chiarelli (M.F.A. '16) had his essay "When the Leaves Forget to Be Green" published by Longridge Review. Richard Fellinger (M.F.A. '10) published an op-ed on banning assault weapons in the Lancaster paper. Rachael J. Hughes's (M.F.A. '12) memoir of Us Girls: My Life without a Uterus will be published by Big Table Publishing in May 2018. Us Girls: My Life without a Uterus is a project that Hughes worked on at Wilkes with Dr. J. Michael Lennon. Lori A. May (M.F.A.'13) has new writing in Canadian Traveller, Explore Magazine, and Seattle Post. This spring, she is participating in a few conferences on the west coast and conducting local workshops in Seattle. Tara Marta (M.A. '18) had her short story "Strangers No More" published in Adelaide Literary Magazine. Dana Miller (M.F.A. '13) has been signed by Northampton House Press for her new romantic novel, tentatively titled Twisted Fate. Jonathan Pierce's (M.F.A. '16) publication "PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly," an Army technical bulletin, won the Most Improved Publication of 2018 for switching from a printed format to a mobile app format and adding videos and other interactive content to our publication The Secretary of the Army which annually holds a competition among all of its official publications and their editors. In June, Pierce will be recognized as the Editor of the Year for leading the effort. Sara Pisak (M.A. student) will be featured in Glass Poetry Press' Journal. Her review of Valerie Fox's news chapbook Insomniatic [poems] was published online March 25th as well as in their April issue. Sara's work can also be found in the upcoming issue of Moonchild Magazine for a poetry/art collaborative feature. �Dania Ramos's (M.A. '10) play Hielo placed third in the Henley Rose Playwright Competition and was selected for Teatro Vivo's Austin Latino New Play Festival. Her one-act play Silent Aurora was one of six works in Continuing the Conversation: An Evening of Short Plays Inspired by Current Events produced by Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre. Nisha Sharma (M.F.A. '13) received a Kirkus starred review for her YA romcom My So-Called Bollywood Life, as well as mentions in Buzzfeed, Teen Vogue, Paste Magazine, NYPL, Publisher's Lunch Spring Buzz Books, MY SO-CALLED BOLLYWOOD LIFE NISHA SHARMA Hypable and more. She went on tour from May 15-20 and her final stop was on May 20 in Wilkes Barre, at the Barnes & Noble Arena Hub Plaza. The event included a discussion of her book with mentor Cecilia Galante.           Ronnie K. Stephens (M.F.A. '18) has recently joined At the Inkwell as a staff book reviewer, and he has already published reviews in non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. Working with Edelweiss and NetGalley, Stephens is working to establish himself as a steady reviewer of recent and forthcoming titles. On the creative front, Stephens finalized the cover of his debut novel, The Kaleidoscope Sisters, and set a publication date of August 21, 2018 with his publisher, Oddities KJB. Pamela Turchin (M.A. '17) presented a portion of her MFA thesis "Cut the Ending, Revise the Script, The Man of Her Dreams is a Girl: The Evolution of Lesbians in Literature From 1886-2018" at the 2018 �Women's and Gender Studies Conference at Wilkes University on April 10. Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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September 2018 M.A. and M.F.A. Creative Writing Graduates Don their Caps in Summer Commencement   Revise This! 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 Revise This! Archives From left to right: Aurora Bonner, Pamela Turchin, Andre Carter, Samantha Patterson, Samantha Stanich, Julie Yelen and Kristin Weller. We congratulate the graduates of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, who were awarded their diplomas at the summer commencement ceremony on Sunday afternoon, September 9, 2018, at Wilkes University: n 2018 n n �M.A. • Jack Butler • Michelle Chmielewski • Karla Erdman • Jessica Fisher • Michael Hoarty • Amanda Lance • Sally Lehman • Lori Mills • Iris Ouellette • Samantha M.F.A. • Aurora Bonner • Andre Carter • Bibiana Krall • Ann Miller • Pamela Turchin Patterson • Caterina So • Samantha Stanich • Cameron Thrall • Kristen Weller • Julie Yelen • Alan Yount Congratulations to each of these members of our Wilkes writing community, and welcome to the newest members of the Wilkes Alumni Association! PWC and the Norman Mailer Writers Colony at Wilkes �  • Andre: Andre Dubus III (The House of Sand and Fog) was the 2018 PWC keynote speaker. • Jackie: Jacquelyn Mitchard (The Deep End of the Ocean) taught a workshop on "leaning into the pain" at PWC18 and taught a 4-day fiction workshop as part of the Norman Mailer Summer Writers Colony. • Marita: Marita Golden (The Wide Circumference of Love) also taught fiction at the 2018 Norman Mailer Summer Writers Colony. The Pennsylvania Writers Conference is a yearly event hosted by the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. Writers near and far come together for two days of craft, pedagogy, workshop, performance and of course, writing. This year's conference was held on August 3-4, 2018 and featured keynote speaker Andre Dubus III (The House of Sand and Fog) along with Jacquelyn Mitchard (The Deep End of the Ocean). The two-day conference featured classes on publication, a pitch session, writing through chaos and rebirth, teaching with rubrics and office hours with a publishing house editor (Nicole Frail, Skyhorse Publishing). With nearly 100 writers in attendance, PWC was a success. In January of 2018, program co-founder Dr. Bonnie Culver worked with Lawrence Shiller of the Norman Mailer Center to bring the Norman Mailer Writers Colony to Wilkes University. Previously held at the Mailer house in Providence, RI, the Norman Mailer Writers Colony classes are weeklong workshops taught by distinguished members of the writing �community. This year, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Marita Golden (The Wide Circumference of Love) and faculty member Ross Klavan taught classes in fiction and screenwriting. The weeklong classes bookended PWC with Golden teaching during week 1 (July 29-August 3) while Mitchard and Klavan taught during week 2 (August 5-10). For more information on the Norman Mailer Writers Colony, please visit nmcenter.org. Sanding the Rough Edges: PWC and the Norman Mailer Writers Colony By Iris Ouellette (M.A. '18) The Pennsylvania Writers Conference took place during the first weekend in August, flanked by two weeks of workshops at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony. Featuring an engaging keynote address by Andre Dubus III, author of The House of Sand and Fog, PWC gave both regional and national writers the opportunity to interact with their peers and role models. The weekend, full of classes and comradery with fellow writers, instilled in me (and presumably in each of the attendees) a sense of community and belonging. The first PWC workshop I attended, on Historical Narrative, was taught by Joseph Kraus, one of the foremost experts on Jewish gangsters in Chicago. He spoke to us about weaving seemingly scattered pieces of history into a cohesive narrative, referencing the boxes and boxes of material he had to sort through to form the narratives of his first and second novels. Educators in attendance were treated to a workshop on teaching with rubrics that proved invaluable as I began my career as a professor in September. We were given sample rubrics and taught how to break them down into understandable terms for our students. As a new teacher, I was incredibly thankful for this opportunity because it's difficult to get hands-on experience with grading tools before being thrown into the classroom. Jacquelyn Mitchard, waylaid by weather, unfortunately missed the plenary session originally in the schedule. Fortunately, this meant that she led a workshop – one that ended up being the weekend's most memorable for me. Her workshop dealt with "leaning into" the pain we so often shy away from as writers. She stressed the importance of writing about our traumas and painful experiences and asked each person in attendance (there were at least twenty) to write down five topics about which we've never written. She then asked us to share one. What happened as a result was an intense sense of love and understanding within the room. People spoke about divorce, disease, abuse, mental health, family relationships, and more with unflinching �honesty and courage. On the final night of PWC, Andre and Jackie shared the stage, offering readings that left us in the audience perhaps teary but feeling whole. Following their readings, the two authors, both with books in Oprah's Book Club, offered a Q&A and engaged with the audience for nearly an hour. It was incredibly valuable to those of us in the audience who are unpublished to see two published authors describe their writing processes since they were so very different. Seeing established authors explain that they, too, experience self-doubt is a pleasant reminder that we're all right. That night, with the encouragement of Jackie, I was able to write about a topic I've avoided for years. Her workshop during PWC proved a successful audition for the class I took with her and three other people during the Norman Mailer Writers Colony. Jackie then led a four-day Mailer Colony class on story endings, during which four attendees shared the first 25 pages of our current projects and offered critiques. A successful writing workshop such as this one has the potential to sand the rough edges of our projects without killing the spirit that caused us to create in the first place. We were also given well-known first and last sentences of stories and novels and asked to mimic them, because as Jackie taught us, writing like the masters makes our own writing much better. The most valuable aspect of this class for me was my individual meeting with Jackie. We spoke, of course, about my project, but also about my overarching aspirations as a writer. She provided me with both encouragement and concrete tips for reaching my goals, as well as sharing more than a few laughs and tears. I cannot recommend the Pennsylvania Writers Conference and the Norman Mailer Writers Colony enough. If you are a writer in any sense of the word, you must surround yourself with like-minded individuals periodically, even if only once a year. It recharges your writerly batteries. It makes you feel less like an impostor. It reminds you of your purpose. �Mailer Conference returning in October The 16th annual Norman Mailer Society Conference will be held at the Macon City Center Marriott Hotel, in Macon, GA from Thursday October 25 to Saturday October 27, 2018. Mailer was the first founding advisory board member of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, and students and faculty from the CW program have read and performed his work for the last 15 years as part of the Wilkes U Readers Theatre. This year faculty, alums and students will read from a script based upon Mailer's Why Are We in Vietnam? The Norman Mailer Summer Writers Colony is now held at Wilkes University! We will once again be offering two weeks of craft, pedagogy and workshops with New York Times and members of our faculty. For more information about the Norman Mailer Writers Colony at Wilkes University, please visit this link.  Fall �ATTEND OUR CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS Adults of any age or education level are welcome! Registration is $65 for each series. Workshops take place on the campus of Wilkes University. Writing Our Environments 6 to 8 p.m. on Mondays Get Real! A Memoir Workshop 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays Sept. 10 to Oct. 22 Sept. 8 to Oct. 20 Instructor: Aurora Bonner Instructor: Rachael Hughes Generating from the Senses 6:30 to 8 p,m. on Fridays Jazz Poetry Workshop 1 to 3:30 p,m, on Saturdays Sept. 21 to Nov. 2 Sept. 29 to Oct. 27 Instructor: Virginia G(ove Instructor: Rashidah lsmaili Abubakr Workshops are spOltSOfedby the Maslow Graduate Crearive Writ/Ilg Program at Wilkes Ul'lilf&rS/ty.Follow your pauJon, write your story and learn to Qet published. Earnyour M.A. and M.F.A. Q11/me w,tli limited campvs v1s,ts. w WILKES UNIVERSITY REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.WILKES.EDU/CW Questions? Call us at (5701 408 4547 Community Workshops Sharpen your skills and jump into writing with our Fall Community Writing Workshops! Generating from the Senses With Diane Ackerman's A Natural History of the Senses as our guide, we will explore the common five senses: smell, touch, taste, hearing, and vision. This workshop for adults of all ages is meant to be generative in nature, enabling writers the option of composing in any genre they see fit for a given assignment. This workshop is appropriate for anyone looking to create a more regular space for writing, anyone looking to enrich an inprogress piece, and anyone wanting to learn more about themselves and how memory and our senses connect. Students will be expected to purchase a copy of A Natural History of the Senses and to complete readings within each of the five-sense sections, in addition to weekly writing assignments. Meetings: Fridays – 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Dates: September 21, 28, October 5, 12, 26 and November 2 (No meeting on October 19) Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Virginia Grove Get Real! A Memoir Workshop Want to write memoir but don't know where to start? Afraid to? Great. Join me on a six-week journey on opening up and facing the hard stuff that just needs to be told. The premise of most memoir is to write it out to �get past it, but to leave a trail of wisdom and comfort for your readers to follow you into your next creative work. This workshop for adults of all ages will rely on writing prompts, sharing of works, and tips and advice from someone in the field who's "been there and done that!" Another component of this will be to tear down the insecurities of being a writer who writes about sensitive material. It is my hope this workshop will empower you to share your story, so that you and your readers will benefit from your journey. Meetings: Saturdays – 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Dates: September 8, 15, 22, 29, October 13 and 20 (No meeting on October 6) Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Rachael Hughes Jazz Poetry Workshop This five-week workshop for adults of any age will be a combination of looking at the genre of Jazz Music as an eclectic way of being that permeates lifestyle, fashion, language, culture and poetry. The goals of the workshop are to increase the appreciation for and knowledge of this genre of music and the integration of poetry within that frame, to have basic information of the history of Jazz and the musicians who created this art form and the culture it spawned for over one hundred years. To look at the early poets who used the language, signature rhythms and styles to craft a new way of writing and seeing. To look at the performative aspects of Jazz Poetry as its own art form and appreciate the contributions of those early musicians and poets. To have each participant create a chapbook of Jazz poems. Using various techniques of poetry and oral recitation, participants will create and hone their poetic muscles into crafting Jazz Poems and at the same time critical skills to help write and listen to the music and poetry of this uniquely American art form. Selected music and poetry will be listened to in workshops. Handouts and a schedule of both works to be listened to, articles on the subject as well as in depth focus on stages of development of chapbook and rewrites as a result of the workshop process. Budding poets, closet poets and intimidated poets of all levels are welcome. Meetings: Saturdays – 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Dates: September 29, October 6, 13, 20 and 27 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series �Instructor: Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr To register for a community workshop, please visit wilkes.augusoft.net. Wilkes at AWP19 The 2019 AWP Conference & Bookfair will be held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon from March 27 – 30, 2018. Current students are invited to apply for an AWP19 registration waiver, which covers the cost of conference registration. Transportation and housing will be at your expense. Contact Associate Director Bill Schneider at bill.schneider@wilkes.edu for more information. In exchange for your conference waiver, students are required to spend a minimum of two hours each day working at the Wilkes/Etruscan booth. Working the booth is a great way to network with authors, publishers, and other graduate students from around the country while promoting the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing to potential students. The full AWP19 schedule will be released in October, and more information can be found at www.awpwriter.org. While you're in Portland, swing by these sessions and support the Wilkes CW family, including program partners Akashic Books and Etruscan Press: Etruscan Press Authors Kazim Ali (The Disappearance of Seth) • Fifty Years of FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics • Reinventing the Wheel: The Tradition of Innovation in Poetry Patti Horvath (All the Difference) • Rewriting History: Why It's Not Okay to Fictionalize Our Memories David Lazar (Who's Afraid of Helen of Troy: An Essay on Love) • Que savent-ils?: What Classic Essays Can Teach Contemporary Essayists Paul Lisicky (The Burning House) • Endings for the End Times? J. D. Schraffenberger (Saint Joe's Passion) • Changing of the Guard: Editors on Inclusion and Diversity in Literary Journals • Impact and Empathy: Service-Learning and Creative Writing �Tim Seibles (Fast Animal and One Turn Around the Sun) • How we need another soul to cling to: Writing Love Poems in Difficult Times • Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology Reading Shara McCallum (Poems and Their Making) • Boulevard 35th Anniversary & 100 Issues Reading Wilkes University Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing  Jason Carney and Bill Schneider (Wilkes University Alumni) • AWP Open Mic and Old School Slam Program Partners Ibrahim Ahmad (Akashic Books) • Can I Pick Your Brain? The Fine Line Between Giving Back and Getting Paid Faculty News Lenore Hart's short story, "Thirteen Ways of Living With a Wolf, appeared in the July issue of The Florida Review. It was a finalist for their 2017 Editors' Fiction Prize. Her poem "The Well-Shooter's Wake" was a finalist for the Charter Oak Prize for Historicals. That poem and another, "On Visiting the Castle of My Drawn and Quartered Ancestor", will be published in Alternating Current's Notes #4 this fall. Lenore was also invited to attend the annual gathering of the Connecticut Poetry Society in New Haven, CT. There, she gave a reading of "Struck By Light", which won the 2017 Connecticut River Review Poetry Prize. Lenore also was featured in The Horror Tree, which is a resource for both new and experienced writers. Ross Klavan's new noir novella, I Take Care of Myself, which is out in September, received a favorable review from Publisher's Weekly. Jean Klein published a new blog on Havescripts/Blue Moon Plays with mention of both Wilkes and Dr. Culver. Nancy McKinley's short story "Hand Against the Horn" is published in the Timberline Review Issue 7, with the theme of Rebirth, August 2018.  Student/Alumni News Molly Barari (M.F.A. '17) has been chosen to speak about the �importance of life story writing for the 2018 Black Hills Aging Gracefully Expo in September. Randee Bretherick (M.F.A. '13) under the name Randee Green published her first mystery novel on July 1, 2018. CRIMINAL MISDEEDS is the first novel in the Carrie Shatner Mystery series. Janine P. Dubik (M.A. '17) is among the poets selected for the 2018 Poetry in Transit in conjunction with the Luzerne County Transportation Authority in the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, area. The 2018 theme is unbreakable, and Janine's poem is entitled "Touchstone." This is the third consecutive year that Janine has been part of Poetry in Transit. The six-line poems are displayed on illustrated panels that rotate among all LCTA bus routes for the next year. The official launch of the 2018 Poetry in Transit was held at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at the Wilkes University/King's College Barnes & Noble on South Main Street in downtown Wilkes-Barre.  Rachael Hughes (M.F.A. '13) will be 1lJ (iirCs My ~ "WitlimdJI 1ltffla launching her debut memoir Us Girls: My Life Without a Uterus at the Barnes & Noble Wilkes Kings Bookstore on September 22, 2018 at 7 p.m. Tara Lynn Marta (M.A. '18) had an essay "The Dream Lives On" included in the I Am Strength anthology, which was released on August 26th, in honor of Women's Equality Day. Tara read her essay at KGB Bar in NYC on August 29, 2018. Josh Penzone's (M.A. '13) short story "A Soldier's Story" appeared in the July issue of Blue Lake Review.    Donna Talarico (M.F.A. '15) coordinator and creator of Hippocamp, A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers was featured in the Living section of the Lancaster Paper. Donna's publishing �endeavor, Hippocampus Magazine and Books, was featured in LNP as well, along with an interview with Hippocampus Magazine and Books' flagship author Rebecca Fish Ewan.        Alyssa Waugh (M.F.A. '15) curated and edited an anthology titled I AM STRENGTH, which was released on August 26, 2018. I AM STRENGTH is a collection of true stories, poems, and art created by women from all walks of life, championing our everyday struggles and triumphs. Alan Yount (M.A. '18) had an essay, "Syllogisms" published by Not Your Mother's Breast Milk in June and "The Paddle" was published August's Hippocampus Magazine. Danie Watson (M.A. '18) began teaching at Lackawanna College as an adjunct instructor in August 2018. Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Online Nursing Make A Gift �Programs E.S. 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The Norman Mailer Society Conference, 2019 A Diferent Norman BY JASON MILLER  In The Spooky Art, his treatise on writing, Norman Mailer identifies 2017 2018 himself as a writer who changes his persona with every book he writes. Revise This! - As academics who study his work and as writers ourselves, it can be November 2019 difficult to find a means to access a man whose personality, and work, seem to be in constant flux. This year’s Norman Mailer Society Conference, which took place from Thursday, October 10 to Saturday, October 12 at Wilkes University, provided a multifaceted portrait of the artist, and the man, and allowed participants some access into his world. Over the three-day period, Mailer scholars from across the country, along with four of his children, facilitated or participated in panels exploring Mailer’s fondness for the theater, his little known (or widely forgotten) essay on graffiti, “The Faith of Graffiti,” his political aspirations, his attitudes on violence and war, as well as a discussion on how to promote academic study of Mailer’s work in classrooms, both now, and into the Revise This! Archives n 2018 n n �future. The first evening of the conference was capped with a tour of the newly christened Norman Mailer Room in the Wilkes University E. S. Farley Library, which features a recreation of Mailer’s studio in Provincetown, MA, where he completed his last work, The Castle in the Forest, a novel focusing on Hitler’s childhood. The Mailer collection also includes dozens of hand-written manuscripts presenting a unique view into how he worked, his reference library, as well as his own personal reading material. The room, and the conference itself, serve as a reminder that Mailer was more than just his public persona, more than just a novelist. Mailer was also an essayist; a journalist and co-founder of The Village Voice; a biographer; a playwright; a filmmaker and actor; an activist and politician. He was also a husband, married six times, and father to nine children. He was awarded two Pulitzer prizes and a National Book Award. He wrote about war, peace, violence, madness, forgiveness, and, apparently, graffiti. Mailer’s youngest daughter, the painter and sculptor Maggie Mailer, gave Saturday’s keynote speech. Ms. Mailer spoke about what she viewed as “the different Normans,” those experienced by her and her siblings, as well as his differing and ever-changing writing voice and public persona.  As I listened to a daughter speak about her father, I heard one artist speaking about another, and I came to the realization that Norman Mailer, proper, is a man for all seasons because he is a man of all seasons; a man whose legacy, and body of work, offers something for everyone because he was, at one time or another, a bit of everything. �The Norman Mailer Room The Pulitzer Prizewinning author, Norman Mailer, now has a permanent home at Wilkes University. The E.S. Farley library showcased a collection of Norman Mailer's works, a portrait-donated by his daughter Danielle, and his original writing desk. The room came into public view on October 10 to kick-off the Norman Mailer Society Conference, hosted by the Wilkes University Maslow Family Creative Writing Graduate Program. The room on the second floor of the Farley Library includes Mailer's desk from Provincetown, MA. In addition to his personal effects, the recreated studio holds Mailer’s research materials, drafts, notes, and other personal items. J. Michael Lennon, emeritus professor, and program co-founder, along with his wife Donna Lennon, have donated other personal items and Mailer's manuscripts. The room also contains the citations for Mailer's Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.  Please check out of this replica of literary history the next time you are on campus.  Maslow Family Creative Writing Collection Members of the Maslow Family Creative Writing Program community strive not only for individual success but also to be a part of a broader writing community. We are pleased to announce that all published works are now accessible through the E.S. Farley Library. Designated by the gold medallion, a search under "libguides" will provide �you with the entire catalog of published works including, 150 novels, poetry collections, or memoirs. Through this collection, alumni, faculty, and current students can now access the published works of the writers in their writing community.  Enjoy your reading! Call for submissions: The Maslow Family Creative Writing Collection includes all work received through April, 2017. If you are a member of our writing community and have had novel, poetry collection or memoir published, or play produced or screenplay developed, we welcome you to submit this work to the collection. Please send two copies (one can be autographed) to the following technical services librarian: Eddie Clem, Technical Services Librarian  E. S. Farley Library | Wilkes University 84 West South Street Wilkes Barre, PA 18777 Creative Writing Community Workshops at Wilkes University – Winter 2020   Playwriting: Playwriting 101  This six-week workshop will introduce students with the tools to write a short one-act (10 page) play, and further develop their playwriting skills. The first two classes will focus on writing prompts, exercises, and learning the basics of playwriting. The last four classes will give participants the opportunity to workshop their play-in-progress at a table �reading, with all participants providing feedback.  • Meetings: Wednesdays 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. • February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 4 and 11 • Cost: $65.00 for the entire series • Instructor: Crista Gaskill Writing Relatable YA Books: The Essential Elements of Storytelling  During this six-week workshop for adults of all ages, participants will focus on the different aspects of craft that will help create reliable and realistic characters young booklovers want to read. The focus of this workshop is to shape image, voice, character, setting and story in young adult books that are representative of the target audience. Workshop participants will study the works of successful young adult authors and engage in writing activities that start the scene. Workshopping each element will take place weekly with peers and the instructor. • • Meetings: Mondays 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. January 27, February 3, 10, 24, March 2 and 9 (no meeting on February 17) • Cost: $65.00 for the entire series • Instructor: Jennifer McLaughlin Screenwriting Master Class  In this six-week non-credit course, adults of all ages will be introduced to a new way of imagination and creativity, an entry into an alternative reality: media. This master class will provide participants with an overview of how to write for the screen. Any size screen. Through the use of narrative film and television as a model, participants will discover that learning to write requires learning to read. Participants will learn how to closely read what's on screen, how it got there and why. They will also read screenplays. The master class will be delivered organically, not in the traditional delivery of a series of formulas.  The master class outcome will be a three to four-page sequence of scenes that would act as the opening of either a feature length film or the pilot episode of a TV series. Participants will also craft a page or two on what the rest of the story would hold for the audience. At the conclusion of the master course, participants will have acquired or sharpened their ability to imagine and create in images, be skilled in how �stories are constructed and be able to put a story on the page, for the camera. • Online Master. Class • Six-week online master class begins February 3 and ends March 13 • Cost: $125.00 for the entire series • Instructor: Ross Klavan REQUIREMENTS FOR ONLINE MASTER CLASS Students must have a sincere interest in media, film and television and have a serious interest in knowing this world as a writer. Students must bring to the course an open, adult mindset and willingness to view screen narrative in its widest form: films viewed in class may include violence, sexual situations, strong language or be shot in black-and-white. Anyone offended by any of these factors should not take the course. You will be provided with the necessary handouts and scripts (as digital documents). You will have to provide on your own the following films: the pilot episode the TV series Mad Men, and the films The Birdcage, The Stepfather (original version), The Sweet Smell of Success, and Unforgiven.  These films are easily available on DVD, on Netflix or on Amazon Prime. They are inexpensive to rent.  Winter 2020 Workshops Announcements Faculty Jean Klein’s Generous Rivals, a full-length play in which Hester Thrale, Samuel Johnson, and James Boswell go head to head in a literary and romantic rivalry for Johnson's attention and for immortality received two productions. Produced by Zeider's American Dream Theater in June of 2019 (the first act) and October 2019 (the Festival version) for the Proteus Festival in Virginia Beach. Inside and Out, a short play about a mother and her autistic son, will be produced at a director's workshop at the University of North Carolina in December of 2019.  J. Michael Lennon shared an article from Deadline Hollywood about Norman Mailer: A Double Life, which is under consideration for a film or TV Series.  �PHOTO CREDIT: KATHY WILLENS/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK   NANCY McKINLEY Nancy McKinley is thrilled to announce the publication of St. Christopher on Pluto, a novelin-stories, West Virginia University Press, 2020. There will be a reading and launch during the Wilkes January 2020 Residency (on Thursday, January 9) with a signing of books hot-from-the-press.        David Poyer - In September, Galaktika magazine, from Budapest, published the novella-length version of Stepfather Bank translated into Hungarian, plus another of David Poyer's short stories, “The Unforgiving Minute,” plus a biographical article – in an official "D.C. Poyer" issue.   Alumni Molly Barari (MFA '17) was selected to present a memoir writing workshop at the 2019 South Dakota Festival of Books. The workshop-sponsored by the South Dakota Humanities Council--took place in October in Deadwood, SD. Maxwell Bauman (M.F.A.'15) has a literary magazine Door Is A Jar, that came out with its 12th issue early in October 2019. Additionally, CLASHBooks just published his new horror novella, The Mummy of Canaan.    �      Craig Czury (M.F.A.'18) received the Alexander the Great Gold Medal for Letters and Arts from UNESCO in Salamina, Greece in October. He was awarded Honorary Membership of P.E.N. Albania in June for his promotion of the Albanian language, literature, and culture in the world through his lectures, readings, workshops, and translations throughout Albania and the Albanian diaspora. His New & Selected Poems is forthcoming from NYQ Books. Wendy Decker (M.A. '16) has been hired as an Adjunct Professor at Middlesex County College and Ocean County College in New Jersey.   Patricia Florio (M.F.A. '11) and Donna Ferarra (M.F.A.'12) are reading contest submissions for their 2020 edition of American Writers Review from the founders of San Fedele Press. Both Florio and Ferarra had readings at Wilkes on June 14, 2019, as well as in August in Neptune, NJ, and in September in Los Angeles, CA. Another event is scheduled in December at the Jersey Shore Art Center in the 3rd-floor coffee bar on 66 South Main Street, Ocean Grove, NJ 07566.  Refreshments will be served, and books are available for purchase with a complimentary gift wrap.  Krista Harner's (M.F.A. '08) personal essay, "Square Peg, Round Hole," has been selected to appear in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix, which went on sale on November 5, 2019. Kristin Ivey (M.A.'18) recently had three poems published. “A Midsummers Cavatina” and “Let Me, Bee” were published in August 2019 through the Poetry in Transit contest, sponsored by Kings College. These poems will be displayed on the LANTA buses for the next year in the Scranton area. “Writing, in Parts of Speech,” was published in Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume IX, published September 19, 2019. This poem was first penned during CW-501R during her first week at Wilkes in 2016. Ivey is currently serving as The Write Life editor. �Marlon James (M.A.'06) was a finalist for the 2019 annual National Book Awards for his fantasy novel, Marlon James' fantasy novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf.         Maura Maros's (M.F.A.'18) poem, “A Mother's Guide to Getting By,” was published in the American Writers Review 2019 in May of 2019. Her short story, “Calling Mum...The home” was published in October 2019 on Mum Life Stories.  Leah Vernon (M.F.A. ’15) is currently on tour with her new book Unashamed: Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim, which is included in Michelle Obama’s “Twenty-One Books to Read After Becoming” (The Atlantic, November 13, 2019).           Current Students Jason Miller has accepted a position as a freelance reviewer with ForeWord Reviews. Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Make A Gift �DONATE TO THE WILKES FUND Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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Spring 2019 Revise This! 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 Revise This! Archives  Left to right: Dr. Patrick F. Leahy (President, Wilkes University), Mary Poth (M.A. student), Dr. Nancy McKinley (Faculty Member) The Faculty and Alumni Scholarship is Awarded At the closing banquet of the January 2019 Residency, Dr. Nancy McKinley, fiction and creative nonfiction writer and founding faculty member, presented Mary Poth with the program’s inaugural award of the annual Faculty and Alumni Scholarship. This newly established scholarship is awarded to one or more incoming students at the M.A. n 2018 n n �level of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing based on a writing sample and essay submitted as part of the application materials. The scholarship recipient is determined by a three-member faculty committee who recommends students to Dr. Bonnie Culver, program director and co-founder. This scholarship is funded entirely through the generous donations of faculty and alumni. Mary is pursuing her M.A. thesis in fiction with Dr. Robert Mooney as her mentor. She is from Lovettsville, VA and joined the Wilkes community in June, 2018. Congratulations Mary Poth! Marlon James Releases His Latest Novel Marlon James (M.A. ‘06) is having another amazing year. His latest release, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Riverhead Books, 2019), takes us on a fantastical ride with Tracker, a mercenary enlisted to search for a missing boy. The first novel in The Dark Star Trilogy, Black Leopard, Red Wolf has skyrocketed to the New York Times Bestseller List. James has also been featured in recent articles in The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. The critically acclaimed Wilkes alum is the author of three additional novels, including: A Brief History of Seven Killings (Riverhead Books, 2015), winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize; John Crow’s Devil (Akashic Books, 2005), National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; and The Book of Night Women (Riverhead Books, 2009). James teaches creative writing and is the writer in residence at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. 17th Annual Norman Mailer Society Conference The 17th Annual Norman Mailer Society Conference will take place at Wilkes University October 10-12, 2019 with the theme: Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture. The Norman Mailer Society calls for papers that address any of the above categories plus those that help celebrate the 40-year anniversary of The Executioner’s Song, the 50-year anniversary of Of a Fire on the Moon, and the 60-year anniversary of Advertisements of Myself. Conference highlights include: • Keynote speaker Maggie Mailer, youngest daughter of Norman Mailer • A reception to celebrate the opening of the Norman Mailer Room and Collection. This room, housed in the Farley Library, is a research/Mailer scholar’s dream. It is a replica of Mailer’s last studio in Provincetown that includes his private library, manuscripts and revisions, dating from 1984, and his studio furniture • A reading from The Time of Our Time • Screening of the film The Executioner’s Song �• And more…… To submit a proposal for the conference, please email the following to Maggie McKinley and Mike Lennon by June 1, 2019: 1. 50-word biographical statement 2. 150-200 word abstract of the proposed presentation 3. Indication of A/V Requirements Hotel accommodations will be at Genetti’s Best Western, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA at $89 per night (from October 9 through October 13). The hotel offers free shuttle from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton airport, hot buffet breakfast, parking, and is a two-block walk to campus. More details regarding hotel reservations and conference registration are forthcoming. Call for Submissions: The Norman Mailer Society Graduate Writing Award The Norman Mailer Society invites submissions for its first annual Graduate Writing Award, which recognizes high-quality graduate student work about or inspired by the work of Norman Mailer. Eligible entries include academic papers or creative pieces composed by current graduate students. Submissions should be 10-15 pages, doublespaced, in 12 point Times New Roman font, and should be sent to: Maggie McKinley, President of the Norman Mailer Society. THE DEADLINE IS JUNE 1, 2019 The winner of the Norman Mailer Society Graduate Writing Award receives: • a $500 cash award • a complimentary one-year membership in the Mailer Society, which includes that year’s issue of The Mailer Review • an opportunity to work with the editor of The Mailer Review to publish a revised version of the essay or creative piece Executive board members of the Norman Mailer Society will evaluate all entries and notify entrants of their decision. Graduate students are also welcome to submit proposals for the annual Norman Mailer Conference, which will be held at Wilkes University from October 10-12, 2019. Students who present at the conference will receive a $100 travel grant. Proposals for all presentations should be sent to Maggie McKinley. Faculty News �• Faculty member Greg Fletcher’s first YA novel, Other People’s Crazy, has finished pre-production at Northampton House Press against a publication date of June, 2019. In a high school in suburban Arizona, the biggest kid in his sophomore class is being bullied by the smallest. With no dad, best friend, or girlfriend, Brandon’s life feels like pure hopeless chaos. But thanks to his crazy single mom, a stray dog, a bronco-busting hairdresser, a random left turn, and boomerang karma from the Universe, Brandon has a chance to turn his life in a new direction. Chaos, or Choice? They’re both in the mix of crazy at Mesa Verde High. Look for it on the sale table at Barnes & Noble at this summer’s residency! • Beverly Donofrio is thrilled that her personal essay “Meanness,” which appeared in Brevity has been nominated for inclusion in the Best Essays of SPACE  by Brevity for 2018 Best American Essays and will be included in the Best of Brevity anthology. Her personal essay “Bad Memorial Day,” which appeared in Cagibi, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  • Jean Klein is pleased to announce that Blue Moon has licensed two productions from members of the Wilkes family so far this year. Distant Survivors, a play based on the Holocaust poetry of William Heyen (Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Advisory Board Member), adapted by June Prager, ran for eleven performances in February at Zeider’s American Dream Theater in Virginia Beach to responsive crowds. Royal Tea, a play by Cindy Dlugolecki (M.A. ‘13) will be performed at St. Peter the Apostle High School in Alberta, Canada. (Dates TBA) • J. Michael Lennon will have a review-essay on the first four novels of Pottsville, PA novelist, John O’Hara, coming out in the (London) Times Literary Supplement next month. O’Hara wrote perhaps the finest novel of Southeast, Pennsylvania, Appointment in Samarra, in 1935. A classic. Also, he has a review of Philip Brady’s Phantom Signs: The Muse in Universe City forthcoming in Hippocampus. • Nancy McKinley’s novel-in-stories, St. Christopher on Pluto, has been accepted by West Virginia University Press, with publication slated in 2020.   • Lenore Hart was recently awarded an international writing Fellowship at the Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus in Germany. Along with a composer and two visual artists, she will be spending six weeks as 2019’s Writing Fellow in a studio and apartment on the grounds of the residential palace built in 1890. The palace is also a museum, concert and lecture hall, and theater. The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts �offers an annual exchange residency for the four varied types of artists. Lenore will arrive on June 1 and stay until July 15, working on the proposed project they accepted; a collection of contemporary short stories based on the darker original versions of German fairy tales and Greek myths. There will be an open house at the Oberpfalzer museum and their studios in the Kunstlerhaus on June 30. She is really looking forward to this total-immersion experience in a foreign setting and already desperately trying to improve her language skills! Alumni and Student News • Robert Antinozzi (M.F.A. ‘14) and Alyssa Waugh (M.F.A. ‘14) started their own publishing company: Blind Faith Books. Their first anthology is entitled I AM STRENGTH: True Stories of Everyday Superwomen. Two thirds of the book's proceeds benefit No Means No Worldwide and Girls Inc. The book includes essays, poems, and art by many Wilkes alums as well as other women from all over the U.S. The second book Blind Faith published, Drowning Back to Life, a collection of poetry by Elise Emersyn, tells a story through poetry of falling in love with herself and breaking toxic cycles. They are currently accepting submissions for the next anthology: I Am More Than my Addiction. In additional news, Alyssa’s book, Hell's Laughter and Other Spooky Tales, is out in paperback and available on Amazon and her poem, "Sure" was also recently published on Writing in a Woman's Voice. • Aurora Bonner (M.F.A ’18) had an essay published through Assay: Journal of Nonfiction Studies in October, 2018. Additionally, she published two book reviews, one through the Colorado Review on The Jaws of Life by Laura Leigh Morris and one through Brevity Magazine on Dig: A Personal Prehistoric Journey, by Sam Chiarelli (M.F.A. ’16). • Caryn DeVincenti (M.F.A ’16), aka Dana Ross (pen name) had her first book, Full Girlfriend Experience, a romantic suspense novel birthed through her M.F.A classes at Wilkes, released through The Wild Rose Press on February 18, 2019. Readers can purchase it on Amazon and Barnes & Noble (online). • Brian Fanelli's (M.F.A. ‘10) essay, "Rethinking Early Horror Cinema: Gender, Female Empowerment, and Sexuality in Nosferatu, Frankenstein, and Bride of Frankenstein," appeared in the fall issue of Schuylkill Valley Journal, both print and online. Additionally, his interview, "Channeling the Dark Muse: An Interview with Eric Morago, Editor of Dark Ink," was published in January by the website Horror Homeroom. He also has published and forthcoming poetry in Evening Street Review, Italian Americana, and The Paterson Literary Review. �• Patricia Florio (M.F.A. ’11) of San Fedele Press and American Writers Review was featured in an interview in the August, 2018 issue of Boston Voyager. She will also have copies of the 2018 literary anthology of American Writers Review at the NewPages table, along with information on taking 2019 submissions at the AWP Conference in Portland, Oregon. • Gerald J. Gurka (M.A. ’07) had his article, “Second Sunday of Lent,” published in King’s College Lenten Reflection Series Calendarfor Sunday, March 17, 2019. He is also the author and director of a new play entitled, A Holy Land Tour of the Passion, to be performed on Friday, April 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in St. John’s Church, 126 Nesbitt Street, Larksville, PA. The performance is open to the public. He is currently writing “Freddie Foodmore’s Menu of Unsavory Events,” a Young Readers Story for Northampton Press. • Anne Henry (M.F.A ‘11) is thrilled to report that her story, “That’s It, That’s the News,” will be included in Air: A Radio Anthology published by Books by Hippocampus (coming Spring 2019). True stories from radio in its heyday! Pre-orders accepted on the website. She is also happy to announce that her story, “The Cold War,” was accepted for publication in the next issue of American Writers Review (Summer, 2019). • Joshua Horwitz (M.A. ‘16) has formed a media company CellCinema that helps movie makers, documentarians and activists make cinema quality productions using current model cell phones with high end audio and specialized lenses. They are currently accepting interns for the Spring/Summer. • Jennifer Jenkins (M.F.A. ‘17) has published "The Secret Door" in the Winter 2019 edition of Up North Lit. It is a chapter from her forthcoming novel, American Bourbon. • Nichole Kanney (M.F.A. '15) ran a screenwriting workshop in February to support Readathon, a fundraiser that promotes literacy for the students at Richmond Friends School. She also participated in Warp and Woof, a storytelling event for Wayne County Indiana. Nichole has joined the Wayne Writes committee, which hosts an annual weekend writing conference in the summer. Stay tuned for more! • Bibiana Krall (M.F.A ‘18) is among the poets chosen for the 2019 Poetry Leaves Exhibition that will be displayed on buildings, inside City Hall, and in the library during the month of May all across Waterford Twp., Michigan. The exhibition was launched in 2014 as a �way to celebrate National Poetry Month. A grant from the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs funded the project in the beginning. Bibiana’s poem “Little Universe” will also be published in an anthology later on this year. She’s just wrapped up a Writing Fellowship with Deep Center in Savannah, Georgia as a mentor in The Young Author Project where she taught Creative Writing to an incredible group of inner-city teens (Go Team Hess!) with a focus on diversity and empowerment. • Ginger Marcinkowski, (M.F.A. ‘11) has been chosen by Kingsbrae International Residence for the Arts (KIRA) for a month-long August residency in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. She will have the opportunity to write on the seaside property of Kingsbrae Gardens. Visiting artists are required to engage with the community and partner with Kingsbrae Garden which is located steps away from the residence and studio. Applications were open to a range of disciplines and types of artists including, the visual arts, music/composition, new media, and interdisciplinary arts. Artists from all levels in their career who exhibited a strong professional work ethic and a collaborative attitude were considered for this very competitive honor. Marcinkowski will be working on a new collection of linked short stories during her residency. • Vicki Mayk’s (M.F.A. ‘13) nonfiction book, The Friends of Owen Thomas (working title) will be published by Beacon Press in 2020. Her personal essay, “Dayparts,” will be included in the anthology Air, publishing in March, 2019 from Books by Hippocampus.   • Sara Pisak (M.A. Student) was named a Staff Reviewer for Glass: A Journal of Poetry. Sara's review of Sonia Greenfield's chapbook, American Parable appeared online January 17 and her review of Adrienne Novy's chapbook, Crowd Surfing With God, was published in the magazine's March issue as well as online. Sara's review of Anne Graue's poetry collection, Fig Tree in Winter: Found Poetry From Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, was also featured in the Litstyle section of Five:2:One Magazine. Sara's work can also be found in the sixteenth issue of Boston Accent for a poetry/art collaborative feature entitled, "20/20" and "Prints." • Oliver Reilly (M.F.A. ‘13) was recently hired by Lehigh Carbon Community College as an instructor of Literature and Composition. • Joseph Schwartzburt’s (M.F.A. ’13) non-fiction piece entitled “Gavin and the Paci Pirate” was published in Akashic Books’ Terrible Twosdays Online Series on January 8, 2019.   �• Nisha Sharma (M.F.A. ’13) received a Library Journal starred review for The Takeover Effect, a contemporary romance releasing on April 2, 2019. The Takeover Effect is the first in a trilogy published by Avon Impulse. • Melanie Simms (M.A. Student) is promoting her third book, Life Signs and Fortune Cookies, published by Sunbury Press out of Mechanicsburg, PA, released in the winter of 2018. She appeared on a WVIA in an interview with Mindy Cronk on February 28, which will go out on the next Art Scene program in March. In addition, she recently appeared on ABC 27 in Harrisburg for the Author Spotlight and with Tory Gates Brown Posey Press Show. She was also selected as one of the judges in the poetry category for the Pennwriters. • Ora Smith (M.A. ’17) is pleased to announce the November 2018 release of her children’s picture book, A Christmas Story of Light. She will write a blog about her amazing experience writing and illustrating the book for the pre-holiday issue of The Write Life. • Alan N. Yount (M.A. ’18) will be part of the Tenth Anniversary Story Slam at the Woodstock Bookfest on Thursday, March 28, 2019. The theme of the Story Slam is “it’s about time,” and Alan will answer that burning question…How do you know when it’s about time to leave a sex club? AWP 2019 The 2019 AWP Conference & Bookfair will be held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon from March 27 – 30, 2018. In Portland, swing by these sessions and support the Wilkes CW family, including program partners Akashic Books and Etruscan Press: Ibrahim Ahmad (Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing and Akashic Books) Can I Pick Your Brain? The Fine Line Between Giving Back and Getting Paid Friday, March 29, 2018 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. B117-119 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 The right connections in publishing can jumpstart your career and make the journey more enjoyable. But there is a fine line when asking for a favor (or a freebie) and networking. This panel looks at how emerging �writers can gracefully navigate the art of "the ask" and how established authors can balance their time and effort and meaningful connections. Five publishing insiders share secrets of effective networking without looking self-interested—and when to say no without looking unsupportive. Kazim Ali (The Disappearance of Seth, Etruscan Press) Reinventing the Wheel: The Tradition of Innovation in Poetry Friday, March 29, 2019 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Portland Ballroom 256 Oregon Convention Center Level 2 Sidney famously writes, "And others' feet still seemed but strangers in my way" ("Astrophel and Stella"). However, one would only need to read Homer, Virgil, and Dante, the letters between Wordsworth and Coleridge or Moore and Bishop, to recognize the long tradition of poets mentoring and inspiring other poets. The poets will challenge the notion that tradition and innovation are at odds by revealing how specific poems influenced them and led them to better understand different poetic elements. Kazim Ali (The Disappearance of Seth, Etruscan Press) Fifty Years of FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics Saturday, March 30, 2019 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. B115 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 Since 1969, FIELD Magazine has been known as one of the country's leading journals of contemporary poetry and poetics. In 2019, FIELD will publish its 100th and final issue. This panel, featuring two founding editors and three later additions, will discuss the magazine's history and values, including its annual symposium of essays on the work of a major poet, its commitment to translation, and its openness to a wide variety of voices, both established and emerging. Laurie Jean Cannady (Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul, Etruscan Press) and Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Faculty) #MeToo, Girlhood:Writing and Subverting Childhood Sexual Violence Narratives Thursday, March 28, 2019 �3 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. E145 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 Writers discuss creating narratives of girlhood sexual trauma, share influences and craft advice, and offer strategies for overcoming the challenges of writing these stories. The writers on this panel create works that subvert common victim narratives—via humor, style, non-linearity, narrator agency, lack of disclosure, and more—as well as examine the intersections of gender, race, class, inherited trauma, and sexual identity on narratives of sexual violence. Laurie Jean Cannady (Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul, Etruscan Press) and Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Faculty) Author Signing Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. Booth 3031 – AWP Bookfair Robert Eastwood (Romer, Etruscan Press) Author Signing Friday, March 29, 2019 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Booth 3031 – AWP Bookfair Stanton Hancock (M.F.A. ‘12) AWP Open Mic and Old School Slam Thursday, March 28, 2019 and Friday, March 29, 2018 B113 10 p.m. to 12 Midnight Oregon Convention Center Level 1 AWP welcomes students to return to the roots of Slam! Open mic special guests and then undergraduate and graduate students partake in a hardcore-break-your-heart-strut-out-the-good-stuff slam competition. Students are welcome to sign up to participate on Friday, March 29, 2019 and Thursday, March 28, 2019 at the Wilkes University/Etruscan Press booth and read original pieces (three minutes or less with no props) at the Slam later that night. Sponsors: Wilkes University and Etruscan Press. Patricia Horvath (All the Diference, Etruscan Press) �Rewriting History: Why It's Not Okay to Fictionalize Our Memories Friday, March 29, 2019 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. B114 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 Every so often, literary scandals seem to surface, particularly when it comes to memoirs. Is there an unspoken code of ethics that exists for memoirists and essayists? Or is it something deeper, something psychological that gives birth to the betrayal we feel upon discovering that a nonfiction writer has invented a character, setting, or memory? In this panel, nonfiction writers discuss the difficulty in cultivating memories while managing this genre's ethical demands and expectations. Patricia Horvath (All the Diference, Etruscan Press) Author Signing Friday, March 29, 2019 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Booth 3031 – AWP Bookfair David Lazar (Who's Afraid of Helen of Troy: An Essay on Love, Etruscan Press) Que savent-ils?: What Classic Essays Can Teach Contemporary Essayists Thursday, March 28, 2019 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. B114 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 When's the last time you sat down with an essay by Lamb? Or cracked open The Rambler? Maybe not recently enough. With so many exciting new modes of the essay being written today, it can be easy to forget those of the past, but writers like Montaigne, Rousseau, Hazlitt, and Woolf have more bearing on contemporary essayists than you might think. This diverse panel of essayists writing in a variety of sub-genres shows how the "classics" inspire them—as perhaps they will inspire you, too. Paul Lisicky (The Burning House, Etruscan Press) Endings for the End Times? Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Portland Ballroom 255 Oregon Convention Center �Level 2 As we reach the concluding lines of our own works, current ailments in the body politic may bend us toward chaos and despair. At the same time, ever-present narrative and commercial pressures may drive us toward neatly resolved, even uplifting, endings. How do we craft final notes that imply light and dark, open and closed, emotional and intellectual complexity? We discuss struggles and strategies for endings that feel satisfying for readers, and yet true to the work, the moment, and ourselves. Paul Lisicky (The Burning House, Etruscan Press) Am I Really Going to Do This Until I Die? Friday, March 29, 2019 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Portland Ballroom 256 Oregon Convention Center Level 2 The longer a person teaches workshop, the more prone he or she is to burn out; after all, instructors tend to use the same format semester after semester, and students tend to need the same advice. How can instructors keep workshops feeling relevant and energized? Are there new models that might reinvigorate our students and ourselves? This panel, featuring undergraduate and graduate writing instructors, will address strategies to keep everyone engaged, down to the most exhausted teacher. Shara McCallum (Poems and Their Making, Etruscan Press) Boulevard 35th Anniversary & 100 Issues Reading Saturday, March 30, 2019 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. B116 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 Founded in 1984, Boulevard magazine celebrates 100 issues and thirtyfive years of continuously publishing the finest in contemporary voices in fiction, poetry, and definitive essays on the arts and culture. Featuring writers from across our thirty-five years, this reading reflects Boulevard's mission to present a variegated yet coherent ensemble of creative and critical writing by both emerging and established writers. J. D. Schrafenberger (Saint Joe's Passion, Etruscan Press) Impact and Empathy: Service-Learning and Creative Writing Friday, March 29, 2019 �10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. D139-140 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 Service-learning and community engagement not only provide student writers with real-world experiences, applied skills, and opportunities for personal growth, but their empathy and perspectives are expanded in ways that transform the creative process. Teachers from various backgrounds and institutions discuss the practical challenges and unique benefits of service-learning in the creative writing classroom, including work with veterans, oceanographers, food co-ops, and refugee organizations. J. D. Schrafenberger (Saint Joe's Passion, Etruscan Press) Changing of the Guard: Editors on Inclusion and Diversity in Literary Journals Saturday, March 30, 2019 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Portland Ballroom 255 Oregon Convention Center Level 2 The VIDA Count is an indispensable measure of gender diversity in literary journal publications. While the numbers layout disparities within this community, the question remains: how can we increase contributor and staff diversity in areas such as race, sexual identity/orientation, and disability? Where is the line between diversity and tokenism? This panel of literary journal editors will share their strides, missteps, and questions on inclusive staff and contributor practices. Tim Seibles (Fast Animal and One Turn Around the Sun, Etruscan Press) and Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Program Advisory Board Member) Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology Reading Thursday, March 28, 2019 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Portland Ballroom 256 Oregon Convention Center Level 2 Eco-justice poetry embodies justice, culture, and the environment. It is poetry born of ecological and social crisis, poetry that holds memory, fed by a wealth of cultural traditions, urgent in our time. Come listen to contributing poets read from and discuss the ground-breaking Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology, as each discusses their approach to writing in these troubled times and the traditions that feed their work. �Tim Seibles (Fast Animal and One Turn Around the Sun, Etruscan Press) and Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Program Advisory Board Member) How we need another soul to cling to: Writing Love Poems in Difficult Times Saturday, March 30, 2019 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. D139-140 Oregon Convention Center Level 1 When the news feels like a daily onslaught, it's hard to believe writing a poem can matter—let alone a love poem. Here, five poets will share their own love poems and discuss how writing about love also allows them to explore everything from racism to climate change to queerness to personal grief, then offer strategies of how others might do the same. For how better to know why resistance is worth it? In this panel, we'll discuss not just what we're fighting against but what we're fighting for. Ronnie K. Stephens (M.F.A. ’18)(The Kaleidoscope Sisters, Kaylie Jones Books) Author Signing Thursday, March 28, 2019 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Booth 3031 – AWP Bookfair Daneen Wardrop (Silk Road, Etruscan Press) Author Signing Friday, March 29, 2019 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Booth 3031 – AWP Bookfair For the full AWP19 schedule, visit the AWP Conference Schedule. Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Make A Gift �Online Nursing Programs E.S. 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Summer 2019 Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series at Wilkes University Scheduled for June 16-20, 2019 All events are free and open to the public Programs at the door include biographies. A book fair, sponsored by Barnes & Noble, features books for purchase by the authors. All readings Revise This! 2017 2018 Revise This! November 2019 are free and open to the public except Sunday, June 16. Sunday, June 16, 2019: RC Theaters 14, 24 E Northampton Street 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. FILM NIGHT Michael Mailer Films presents: The Second Sun With producer, Michael Mailer; star, John Buffalo Mailer; and director Jennifer Gelfer as guests. Followed by Q & A  Revise This! Archives n 2018 n n �Monday, June 17, 2019: Dorothy Dickson Darte Center 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Maslow Foundation Evening Reading Series  POETRY, FICTION AND NONFICTION SAMPLER Bill Schneider, Lenore Hart, Kevin Oderman, Donna Talarico, David Poyer, Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr, Jeff Talarigo, Mike Lennon  Tuesday, June 18, 2019: Dorothy Dickson Darte Center 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series  POETRY, FICTION AND NONFICTION SAMPLER Laurie Loewenstein, Christine Gelineau, Kaylie Jones, Taylor Polites, Beverly Donofrio, Robert Mooney, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Phil Brady, H. L. Hix  Wednesday, June 19, 2019: Dorothy Dickson Darte Center 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.  PLAYWRIGHTS NIGHT Group S.O.S. by Bonnie Culver Readers: TBA  PLAYWRITING FACULTY Bonnie Culver, Gregory Fletcher, Jean Klein, Jan Quackenbush, Juanita Rockwell  Thursday, June 20, 2019: Dorothy Dickson Darte Center 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Maslow Foundation Evening Reading Series Special Reading of alums, faculty, and special guests Alums: Richard Fellinger and Leah Vernon Faculty: Nancy McKinley, Ross Klavan, Gregory Fletcher Special Guest: Maureen Corrigan  M.A. and M.F.A. Creative Writing Graduates Don their Caps in Spring Commencement �Left to right: Janine Dubik, Patricia Naumann, Sarah Bedford and Danielle Watson Congratulations to the graduates of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing who were awarded their diplomas at the May 18, 2019 spring commencement ceremony at Wilkes University: MA • Sarah Bedford – Fiction • • • Todd Conatser – Screenwriting Patricia Naumann – Creative Nonfiction Lindsey Wotanis – Creative Nonfiction MFA • Jeremiah Blue • • Janine Dubik • • Camika Spencer Karley Stasko Danielle Watson Congratulations to each of these members of our Wilkes writing community, and welcome to the newest members of the Wilkes Alumni Association! Summer Community Workshops Be sure to check out the two non-credit community workshops offered this summer on the Wilkes University campus for adult learners of any �age. Advance registration for these community workshops is available at wilkes.augusoft.net Character Development:Plumping Up Flat Stanley or Stella Flat Stanley may be perfect for traveling along in your suitcase; however, a protagonist who is flat is not one who readers will spend their free time with. To help keep the reader's interest, we'll explore ways to take Stanley or Stella from flat to rounded. We'll review five ways writers can plump up their characters—through image, voice, action, thought, and author's interpretation. We'll spend the six-week workshop for adults of all ages creating a new character or developing a character who's been in the back of our heads waiting to come alive. • Meetings: Tuesdays – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. • Dates: July 9, 16, 23, 30, August 6 and 13 • Cost: $65.00 for the entire series • Instructor: Janine Dubik Writing for Social Media: How to Plan, Market and Earn In this six-week non-credit course, adults of all ages will learn the language of social media, how to market their own work/selves and how to earn money working as a social media marketer. Participants will leave the class with an assessment of their own social media habits, understanding of blog writing, website copy and how to use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for marketing purposes. • Meetings: Wednesdays – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. • Dates: July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7 and 14 • Cost: $65.00 for the entire series • Instructor: Danielle Watson Mailer Conference Returning in October The 17thAnnual Norman Mailer Society Conference returns to Wilkes University October 10-12, 2019 with the theme:Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture. The Norman Mailer Society call for papers that address any of the above categories plus those that help celebrate the 40-year anniversary ofThe Executioner’s Song,the 50-year anniversary ofOf a Fire on the Moon,and the 60-year anniversary ofAdvertisements of Myself. Conference highlights include: • Keynote speaker Maggie Mailer, youngest daughter of Norman Mailer �• A reception to celebrate the opening of the Norman Mailer Room and Collection. This room, housed in the Farley Library, is a research/Mailer scholar’s dream. It is a replica of Mailer’s last studio in Provincetown that includes his private library, manuscripts and revisions, dating from 1984, and his studio furniture • A reading from The Time of Our Time • Screening of the film The Executioner’s Song • And more… To be part of the reading of The Time of Our Time, contact Dr. Culver. To submit a proposal for the conference, please email the following toMaggie McKinley andMike Lennonby June 1, 2019: • 50-word biographical statement • 150-200 word abstract of the proposed presentation • Indication of A/V Requirements Graduate students are also welcome to submit proposals. Students who present at the conference will receive a $100 travel grant. Hotel accommodations will be at Genetti’s Best Western, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA at $89 per night (from October 9 through October 13). The hotel offers free shuttle service from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton airport, hot buffet breakfast, parking, and is a two-block walk to campus. The Norman Mailer Society Graduate Writing Award The Norman Mailer Society invites submissions for its first annual Graduate Writing Award, which recognizes high-quality graduate student work about or inspired by the work of Norman Mailer. Eligible entries include academic papers or creative pieces composed by current graduate students. Submissions should be 10-15 pages, doublespaced, in 12 point Times New Roman font, and should be sent to:Maggie McKinley, President of the Norman Mailer Society. The deadline is June 1, 2019 The winner of the Norman Mailer Society Graduate Writing Award receives: • a $500 cash award • a complimentary one-year membership in the Mailer Society, which includes that year’s issue of The Mailer Review �• an opportunity to work with the editor of The Mailer Review to publish a revised version of the essay or creative piece Executive board members of the Norman Mailer Society will evaluate all entries and notify entrants of their decision. FACULTY NEWS • Gregory Fletcheris pleased to announce the publication of his first YA novel, Other People’s Crazy (Overdue Books, an imprint of Northampton House Press), and Tom and Huck—Breakin’ the Law (Blue Moon Plays), a full-length play. • Jean Klein will present a fully staged reading of the first act of her latest play, Generous Rivals, June 13and 14 at Zeider’s American Dream Theater, Virginia Beach, VA. • Blue Moon Plays recently publishedN, by Adrienne Pender (M.F.A. ‘11), a full-length explosive drama about Charles Gilpin, in which the noted African-American actor clashes with Eugene O’Neill. • Check out Mike Lennon’s review of Philip Brady’s new book, Phantom Signs: The Muse in Universe City (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2019) for the May/June 2019 Issue of Hippocampus Magazine (#94) and of John O’Hara: Four Novels of the 1930s, edited by Steven Goldleaf. • David Poyer is pleased to announce the April 2019 publication of Robert P. Arthur, Selected Works (Northampton House Press). Poet of national renown and former Wilkes Creative Writing faculty member, Robert P. Arthur is a virtuoso practitioner of a wide variety of forms. His work displays an acute feel for drama and a vivid sense of place. This collection includes the best of hundreds of poems written by Arthur over a forty-year career, including “The Arrow,” “The Poetess of Blue Streak Grill,” and more. In addition, Poyer’s upcoming novel, Heroes of Annapolis is due for release July 2019.Over the last ten years, Poyer has spent thousands of hours researching for Shipmate, the U.S. Naval Academy’s magazine. The extraordinary personal stories of adventure and courage he’s collected span American history from the Civil War to the War on Terror.Heroes of Annapolis shines light into corners of history that still affect us today. STUDENTS/ALUMNI NEWS • Amye Archer's (M.F.A. ’11) anthology: If I Don't Make It, I Love You: Survivors in the Aftermath of School Shootings will be released September 3, 2019 from Skyhorse Publishing. Amye's co-editor on this project was Loren Kleinman. • Jeffrey Alves (M.A. ’18) was recently recognized by The International Council of Small Business (ICSB) as Professor Emeritus Jeffrey R. Alves, a Global Leader, and named editor of the Journal of the International Council for Small Business (JICSB). JICSB will focus �on policies and practices that will help micro, small and medium sized enterprises elevate their communities to a better standard of living. • Austin Grant Bennett (MFA ’15) reviewed What Does Not Return by poet Tami Haaland for Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts (Volume 21, Issues 1 & 2, Spring 2019), with a reprint at www.losthorsepress.org/catalog/what-does-not-return/. In addition, he served on the judging panel for the Poetry Out Loud Regional Final held at Montana State University Billings in February. • Cindy Dlugolecki, (M.A. ’11), was a semi-finalist with her play The Bombcatchers in a contest sponsored by the Theatre on the Lake in Deep Creek, MD. Her play Royal Tea was produced by students in St. Peter the Apostle Catholic High School, Alberta, Canada, in an April one-act-play festival. Cindy's short play, Birthday Surprise, will have a staged reading in Oyster Mill Playhouse, Camp Hill, PA, as part of the "Not-Run-of-the Mill Plays" Festival during Father's Day Weekend. • Patricia Florio (M.F.A. ’11) is in the thick of proofing the Summer 2019 issue of American Writers Review. She is sending galleys to the writers from the UK, Scotland, Australia, and across the USA, incorporating a dynamic mix of seasoned Wilkes writers and others whose work will be published for the first time. The anthology shows off Pat’s photography as well as that of Jeff Talarigo. Christine Gelineau, Dr. J. Michael Lennon, and Alyssa Waugh(M.F.A. ’14) are the judges for the summer issue. She looks forward to introducing this edition in the month of June and is hopeful to have a reading at Words Bookstore in Brooklyn. She has also taken on two new editorial staff members: Kristin Florio and Dale Louise Mervine (M.A ’16). On Friday, June 14 several alums will read from the latest issue to open the June 2019 residency. • Tara Lynn Marta (M.A. ’18) is pleased to announce that her first novel, Look Back to Yesterday, will be published by Adelaide Books in May of 2020. • Ann Lee Miller (M.F.A. ’18) was chosen English Adjunct of the Year 2018-19 at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ where she teaches English Composition I & II. • Dawn Leas (M.F.A. ’09) and Vicki Mayk (M.F.A. ‘13) are partnering to offer Words in the Sand, a writing retreat September 13-15 in Ocean Grove, NJ It is the second year that they are offering the retreat, which this year will include a session on creating a hybrid work combining creative non-fiction and poetry and another using hands-on materials, such as Legos, Play-Doh and colored pencils, to stimulate the writing process. Dawn's website is www.thehammockwriter.com and you can catch up with Vicki at www.vickimayk.com. • Patti Naumann (M.A. ’19) was accepted into the Trinity College Dublin Sancho Panza Society Literary Conference Summer Workshop to be held June 4 - 14 and the Kettle Pond Creative NonFiction Manuscript Workshop held at Paul Smith's College in the �Adirondacks June 22 - 29. Suzanne Ohlmann’s (M.F.A. ’17) essay, “Hallelujah,” will be published in the Spring 2019 issue of Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, a literary journal produced by Columbia University. Sara Pisak (M.A. Student) was promoted to Visual Poetry Editor at Helen: A Literary Magazine. Sara's review of Jennifer Patterson’s debut poetry collection, A Beautiful Unraveling, appeared online April 22 at Mookychick in the U.K. Two of Sara's erasure poems, “Spark of Existence” and, “Wafted the Sound of Voices” are slated to be published this summer in the fifth issue of Moonchild Magazine. Joseph Schwartzburt (M.F.A. ’13) will emcee the Second Annual Muster of Peacocks reading at the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home in Savannah, GA on May 19, 2019. The reading will feature eight members of the Peacock Guild Writers' Salon, a bi-monthly writers' group. Joseph has been a member of the group since 2010 and has led the salon sessions for the last 3 years. In August the Salon celebrates its 10th year and will be toasting it's most esteemed alum, Zach Powers, as his first novel, First Cosmic Velocity, is released by G.P. Putnam and Sons (imprint of Penguin). Melanie Simms (M.A. Student) was featured in an April 29 interview with Mindy Cronk on WVIA Public Media. A reading from her book, Life Signs & Fortune Cookies: Stories & Poems of a Strange but Beautiful Life (Brown Posey//Sunbury Press) is included with the interview. Danie Watson (M.F.A. ’19) recently accepted a job at Volunteers of America as an Employment Instructor where she is assisting members of the Wilkes-Barre community with their resumes, cover letters and applications. Watson is also integrating creative writing prompts into her class. 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 Make A Gift �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 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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Title A name given to the resource Revise This! | 2019-06.pdf Creative Writing Maslow Maslow Family Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Revise This Writing https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/922e8662e03a1025f1013ab1ceec9826.pdf 4754918b7a6990a737d043da61d16f3b PDF Text Text Search... 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! Revise This – September 2019 Norman Mailer Society Annual Conference This year’s conference will be held at Wilkes University, in WilkesBarre, PA, from Thursday, October 10 through Saturday, October 12, 2019. Thursday and Friday will be full days of panels and events; panels will continue on Saturday morning and the conference will conclude with our Saturday luncheon and keynote address. This year, we are happy to announce that the keynote will be delivered by Norman's youngest daughter, Maggie Mailer, a New York-based painter. You can find more information about Maggie's work at www.maggiemailer.com. Susan Mailer will be reading from her new release, In Another Place With and Without My Revise This! n 2018 n n �Father, Norman Mailer, followed by a book signing on Thursday, October 10 at 4:30 p.m. The conference will also feature a screening of the 1982 film The Executioner’s Song (based on Mailer’s Pulitzer Prize winning true-crime novel published in 1979) on Friday, October 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center. (The screening is free and open to the public.) On Saturday, October 12, a reading of selections from Mailer’s 1998 anthology, The Time of our Time, will be presented by The Wilkes Readers Theatre, featuring students, alum, and faculty of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University.    Hotel Accommodations Hotel accommodations will be provided by Genetti's Best Western, just a few blocks from the Wilkes University campus. You can reserve your room one of two ways (in both cases, making sure to mention you will be there for the Norman Mailer Conference; the room block is under "Wilkes Creative Writing/Norman Mailer Conference"): 1) By email: frontdesk@genetti.com 2) By phone: 1-570-823-6152 Transportation If you are booking a flight to the conference, the closest airport is the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP). From there, it is about a 20-minute cab/Uber/Lyft ride to Genetti's Best Western. The Best Western also offers a free airport shuttle; however, you will need to call the hotel 24 hours in advance of your arrival to arrange for airport pickup. �For those driving to the conference, or flying into a different airport and renting a car, the hotel does provide free parking for guests. Registration Registration fees for the 2019 conference are as follows: • 2019 Individual Registration Fee: $150 • 2019 Student Registration Fee: $75 • 2019 Guest Fee: $50 Each presenter, moderator, or individual attendee may bring one guest who must pay the Guest Registration Fee of $50. The guest does not have to be a member of the Norman Mailer Society. If someone is NOT a presenter or moderator but attends the conference, that person must be a member, must pay the respective registration fee, and may still bring only one guest. Registration fees can be paid at https://www.paypal.me/normanmailer. Fall Writing Workshop The Maslow Family Creative Writing Program will be offering a Introduction to Fiction community workshop to interested students this Fall: Introduction to Fiction: The Elements of Story An introductory workshop in fiction writing. Adults of all ages and all experience levels and genres are welcome. Each week, an element of story (image, voice, character, setting, and story) will be explored through lecture, discussion and writing exercises. At the end of each workshop session, a writing prompt will be assigned. Students will craft a one to two-page piece of fiction and return the following week with these assignments, to be delivered during the workshop. Participants will complete a portfolio of fiction writing samples during this workshop series. Meetings: Tuesdays 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Cohen Science Center, Room 102 September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15 and 22 Cost: $65.00 for the entire series Instructor: Bill Schneider June 2019 Residency Scholarship Award Winners �Sara Pisak of Sugarloaf, Pa., was awarded The Norris Church Mailer Scholarship on June 21, 2019. Pisak completed her M.A. in Creative Writing - Creative Nonfiction and is pursuing her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. Photo credit: Shawn Hatten The Norris Church Mailer Scholarship is awarded to a student with demonstrated talent, need and a commitment to serving the writing community. Created by Norman Mailer, it is given in honor of Norris Church Mailer, a writer and board member in her own right. Awarded annually, faculty members nominate students who are already in the program. Julianna Evans of Jim Thorpe, Pa., was awarded The Jennifer Diskin Scholarship on June 21, 2019. Evans is pursuing her M.A. in Creative Writing - Poetry at Wilkes University.   Julianna Evans (right) is presented The Jennifer Diskin Scholarship by Dr. Bonnie Culver (left), co-founder and director of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. Photo credit: Bill Schneider �The Jennifer Diskin Scholarship is awarded to a student with demonstrated need and talent and a commitment to studying poetry. It is given in honor of alumna Jennifer Diskin, who passed away after a brave struggle with cancer. Started by her family, poetry faculty members nominate students who are already in the program. Congratulations to the New Editorial Team of River and South Review! • Managing Editor - Amanda Cino • CNF Editor - Jennifer Tarr • Fiction Editor - James "Jake" Cannington • Poetry Editor - Caitlin Downs • Production and Design Editor - Danah Lassiter • Readers - Wayne Benson, Tyler Miles, Ely Reyes-Viruet • Proofreader - Toni-Lyn Sorger This literary review will continue to be produced by current students in the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing Program. River and South Review seeks to be a home for work that evokes a visceral reaction, encourages continued conversation, captures the adventures of life, and spurs its readers to go find their own adventures to write about. Announcements Faculty J. Michael Lennon recently published a review in the Times Literary Supplement (July 12) of Douglas Brinkley’s new book, American Moonshot: JFK and the Great Space Race. Please click on the following link to access the review: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/cold-war-trophy/ Alumni Randee Bretherick, M.F.A. ’13. The Kindle version of Randee’s second novel, Criminal Chokehold (published under the name Randee Green) was released on July 16, 2019. The paperback version will be available on September 10, 2019. Randee was also a featured speaker at the Gaithersburg Book Festival in May. Cindy Dlugolecki, M.A. ‘11, was one of eight playwrights with a short play included in the Cicada Festival at Mt Gretna, Pa, on August 30. Boxed In had its premier in an evening of staged readings with the theme “Sanity Takes a Holiday.” �Janine P. Dubik, M.F.A. ’19, taught a six-week community writing workshop on character development at Wilkes University this summer. Her poem “My heart” is part of the 2019 Poetry in Transit program with the Luzerne County Transportation Authority. This is the fourth consecutive year her work is being displayed in LCTA buses. “Self” and “Alphabet,” two of her poems, are published in Issue 16, 2019, of Word Fountain, the Osterhout Free Library literary magazine. The literary magazine is being released this month. Richard Fellinger, M.F.A. ‘10, published an excerpt from his novel, Summer of '85, in the 2019 edition of Seven Hills Review (Volume 24). The excerpt from the unpublished novel won the journal's Novel Excerpt Contest. Richard also published a pair of op-eds on national politics in Lancaster's LNP newspaper. His July 14, 2019 op-ed is titled "In defense of the seemingly lost art of the apology," and his June 14, 2019 op-ed is titled "About Joe Biden's frontrunner problem." Cooper Gorelick, M.A. ’17, showcased three of his ten-minute plays being produced as part of the Third Annual One-Act Play Festival Act 1 Scene 1 at the Village Playbox in Haddon Heights, New Jersey (September 12-14). Margaret McCaffrey, M.A. ’15. Her story “Winter in America” was broadcast on Vision Australia Radio this July. The Cover to Cover program featured members of Elwood Writers (Elwoodwriters.com) who curated stories and poems around the theme of Winter. Ginger Marcinkowski, M.F.A. ’11, was chosen as a recipient for a fiveday residency for the Nancy Zafris Short Story Fellowship at The Porches in Norwood, Virginia which she attended in July 2019. Nancy Zafris is the series editor of the Flannery O’Connor award for short fiction and was for nine years the fiction editor of The Kenyon Review. Ginger was also chosen from over 300 applicants to attend the Kingsbrae International Residency for the Arts (KIRA) in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada for the month of August 2019. Nisha Sharma, M.F.A. ’14, received the RITA award for best YA novel of 2018 from the Romance Writers of America Organization. Pamela Turchin, M.F.A. ’18, was selected to read a piece of short fiction at OutWrite, Washington DC’s annual LGBTQ literary festival on August 3, 2019. Current Students Tyler Miles shorty story“A Change in the Winds” was recently published by the online fantasy and science fiction magazine Collective Realms. �Jason Miller’s flash fiction piece "We All Scream" has been accepted by the online journal Prometheus Dreaming (www.prometheusdreaming.com). Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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February 2020 January 2020 Residency Scholarship Recipients The Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing Program presented three About Our Students Get Social with scholarships to five students during the closing residency banquet on Creative Writing January 10, 2020. Revise This! Revise This! The Wilkes University Archives Faculty and Alumni Scholarship was awarded to Frances River & South Review Reilly of Beacon, N.Y. Testimonials She is currently working on her Apply Online creative nonfiction Request More thesis with memoirist Information Beverly Donofrio. The Faculty and Alumni Scholarship is January 2020 Scholarship Awards. Left to right: Frances Reilly; Monique Franz; Jasmine g �awarded annually to one or more incoming Griffin; Justin Sciandra; and Taylor Polites (MFA '10 and Wilkes Creative Writing faculty students at the M.A. member) level of the Wilkes creative writing program based on financial need and a writing sample submitted as part of the application materials. The scholarship recipient(s) will be determined by a three-member faculty committee who will recommend the student(s) to the program director. This scholarship was started to offer a scholarship opportunity to students who are new to the program and was funded through taxdeductible gifts from faculty and alumni. The Bergman Family Foundation Scholarship was awarded to both Jasmine Griffin of Amelia, OH, and Justin Sciandra of Exeter, Pa. Griffin completed her master of arts fiction thesis with Lenore Hart. Sciandra is currently working on his poetry thesis with Phil Brady. The Bergman Family Foundation Award is awarded annually to students who demonstrate great need and ability. Students may nominate themselves for this award by writing a letter to the Bergman family when called for by the program director. The Beverly Hiscox Scholarship was awarded to both Juliette Dunn of King of Prussia, Pa., and Monique Franz of Rochester, N.Y. Hiscox Scholarship: Left to right: Harry Hiscox; Monique Franz; Juliette Dunn; and Beverly Hiscox Dunn is working on her playwriting thesis with Juanita Rockwell, while Franz is working on her fiction thesis with Taylor Polites. The Beverly Hiscox Scholarship is awarded annually to a non-traditional student who is returning to school while supporting a family. The award is based upon need and demonstrated writing talent. It is given in honor of Beverly Hiscox, a Wilkes University Board of Trustees member and longtime supporter of our program. Awarded annually, faculty members nominate students who are already in the Creative Writing program. We offer our condolences to the Hiscox family over the passing of David Hiscox, son of Beverly and Harry Hiscox. Donations in memory of David can be made at https://www.donationline.com/multiplemyelomaresearch/ �An Interview with Founding Faculty Member Nancy McKinley NANCY McKINLEY Read the News@Wilkes story about our very own Nancy McKinley, her career at Wilkes University and the ways she makes time to write. Read More → Year of the Vote To celebrate the Year of the Vote, the Sordoni Art Gallery will bring art and activism to the Wilkes community. Facilitated by alum Karley Stasko, M.F.A. ’19, an Open Mic night will honor the literary arts. All writers, actors, and audiences are invited. The event will be held on the last Thursday of each month beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Sordoni Art Gallery in the Karembelas Media Center. The first Open Mic event will be held on February 27. The Sordoni Art Gallery staff will provide some event-themed texts for those who prefer oral interpretation. There is a 10-minute maximum time limit for all readings. More information→ Marlon James to Host Literary Podcast Marlon James, M.A.’06 and winner of several awards, including The Man Booker Prize, is hosting a new podcast with his editor, Jake Morrissey. The podcast is titled “Marlon and Jake Read Dead People.” More information (via the New York Times) → �Spring Creative Writing Community Workshops The Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing Program will be offering two Community Workshops to interested community participants in the spring. Both workshops will be offered through the Wilkes University Center of Continued Learning, and each workshop series is $65. Nonfction Essentials from Personal Essays to Book Reviewing This workshop will help adult writers of any age develop ways to write themselves as characters in their own personal essays, craft characters closest to the writer, and promote works the writer admires (including their own work) through review writing. This workshop will help writers develop an understanding of generating and revising new work. Meetings: Wednesdays – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.  April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and May 6 Instructor: Sara Pisak Register Intro to Screenwriting This six-week workshop for adults of any age will explore writing for the big screen, with an introduction to the tools and techniques screenwriters use to tell effective stories. We’ll cover screenplay genre, format and structure. Students will write a short or begin a feature-length screenplay. The workshop will end with a table read of each writer’s work during the final session. Meetings: Thursdays – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7 Instructor: Kelly Clisham Register Announcements �Faculty • Jean Klein recently published three blog posts on her publishing site that reference material by Wilkes faculty and alums recently published by Blue Moon Plays. The New Role of Poetry in Contemporary Theatre: https://havescripts.com/verse-on-stage-poets-fight-back/ https://havescripts.com/what-in-the-heck-is-a-poem-play/ The need for Playwrights to write diverse casts rather than relying on color-blind casting to create diversity on stage: https://havescripts.com/crossing-the-racial-divide-on-the-greatwhite-way/ • David Poyer noted that the new Northern Appalachia Review is accepting submissions for its first issue. He serves on its advisory board. Deadline is April 1. (No, this is not an April Fool’s joke.) Guidelines below: https://northernappalachiareview.wpcomstaging.com/home/submissions/   Alumni • Amye Archer, M.F.A.’11, will host a reading of her new book, If I Don't Make It, I Love You: Survivors in the Aftermath of School Shootings, and a Q&A with parents and survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, to commemorate the anniversary of the shooting. Amye will also be presenting a panel at AWP 2020 titled "Documenting Trauma Narratives: Survivors in the Aftermath of Gun Violence." • Austin Bennett, M.F.A.’15, is the recipient of a $100,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Community College Initiatives Grant (2019) to strengthen the humanities within the general education core at Montana State University Billings City College. His 2015 internship with Etruscan Press was critical in providing him with the tools and courage to pursue grant writing. Austen also Reviewed: 2019 High Plains Book Award non-fiction award winner, An African in Imperial London: The Indomitable Life of A.B.C. Merriman-Labor by Danell Jones, for the Billings Gazette, October 2, Print. And finally, Bennett presented “Identities in Flux: The Fiction of Alistair MacLeod” (presentation), Fall 2019 International Language Week Conference, Billings, MT; and “The Book Review: Where Writers, Critics, and Readers Unite” (panel), Fall 2019 Montana Book Festival, Missoula, MT. • Lauren Carey, M.F.A.’11, was nominated for the Oustanding Adjunct Teaching Award at the University of North Florida as a member of the English Department and Writing Program faculty. The award winner(s) will be announced at the Spring Convocation in April 2020. • �Craig Czury, M.F.A.’18, received a 2020 Fulbright Fellowship to Chile. His new book, Postcards & Ancient Texts, is forthcoming from FootHills Publishing this spring. • Gerald Gurka, M.F.A.’07, wrote and directed his latest Christmas play, Two Babies in a Manger, performed on Christmas Eve in 2019 at St. John the Baptist Church, Larksville, PA. He is currently writing and casting a new Easter play, Witness Portraits of the Passion, to be presented on Friday, April 3, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Church, Larksville, PA. Gurka is nearing completion on a Young Adult novel for Northampton House Press entitled Freddie Foodmore's Menu of Unsavory Events. • Mark Levy, M.A.’08 has published the humorous essays he had written and broadcast on the public radio show, Weekend Radio. The set of essays appeared in Trophy Envy and They're Only Words, available on his web site, www.trophyenvy.net and from Amazon respectively at:  https://www.amazon.com/Trophy-Heard-Public-RadioWeekend/dp/1717235751/ https://www.amazon.com/Theyre-Only-Words-Public-Weekendebook/dp/B081LJB521/ • Lori A. May, M.F.A.’13, has a new lyric essay published in the latest issue of untethered. She was a featured reader during the January 2020 launch party in Toronto for untethered. Lori also read during the recent Seattle Lit Crawl series and will make an appearance at the Bloomsbury booth during AWP20 in San Antonio. She has an upcoming craft article in The Write Life, and a travel piece forthcoming in The Seattle Times. • Tara Marta, M.A.’18, hosted a discussion at Lackawanna College about her upcoming debut novel, Look Back to Yesterday, and her path to becoming a writer. • Josh Penzone, M.A.’13, had a story collection, The Court of Vintage Woods, published by Brown Posey Press. • Sara Pisak, M.A.’19, reviewed Kai Coggin’s poetry collection, Wingspan which appeared in the December issue of Glass Poetry. Sara’s list of the top five books she read in 2019 was featured in The Poetry Question’s “Top Five” on January 20, 2020. Two of Sara’s poems, “Pulse of the Nation” and “Mercury,” are slated to be published this spring in the Northeast Poetry Review. • Ronnie K. Stephens, M.F.A.’18, wrote a guest blog for Dyslexia Awareness Month published by Teen Librarian Toolbox, a School Library Journal blog. He also recently presented an essay, “Professional Distance: Maintaining an Active Presence in Creative Disciplines as a Community College Professor,” at the Midwest Modern Language Association Conference. In March, he will present “Who Put This Song On?: How Playing it Safe Norms the Conservative White Experience“ at the Conference for College Teachers of English and “Ebony Stewart: Transforming Lived Experiences into Award-Winning Literature” at the Texas College �English Association Conference. In December 2019, Stephens reviewed How We Fight for Our Lives for Hippocampus Magazine, as well as several titles for The Poetry Question. Douglas James Troxell, M.A.’13, is tickled pink to announce that his debut novel, Trumptopia! The United States of Walmart, will be released in March 2020. This dystopian comedy started as one of his thesis projects during his time at Wilkes. Current Students   Juliette Dunn wrote a play called The Puzzle. The play is being developed by Shiner and Rowe in partnership with National Disability Theater. More information. Jason Miller has been accepted to Binghamton University's English Literature Ph.D. program starting in the fall. Quick Links Career Development Campus Safety and Internships Centers & Institutes Online Programs Programs E.S. 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This year, more than most, has been a year of lasts…and firsts. CoFounder and Program Director, Dr. Bonnie Culver, celebrated her last About Our Students Get Social with term before retirement. The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing Creative Writing hosted its first online Residency. Associate Director Bill Revise This! Schneider accepted another position in the airline industry, and Joyce Anzalone orchestrated her last groups of cohorts, as she too retired. And, Revise This! for the first time in program history, the Wilkes creative writing community Archives welcomes its new director, Dr. David Hicks. River & South Review In this edition of Revise This!, Bill Schneider shares his tale of transition in Onward and Upward. Vicki Mayk (M.F.A. ’13) shares news of her debut book, Growing Up on the Gridiron (September 2020). You can read our interview about her Wilkes experience, her pathway to publication, and her advice for worried writers still wrestling with the first-draft process. Best-selling author and recent Wilkes alum Jennifer McLaughlin explores how her Wilkes writing life continues on, even after graduation. Finally, three current students reveal how a virtual residency compares to a traditional one. Testimonials Apply Online Request More Information g �Program Updates • The January 2021 Residency will take place online, from January 816.  • Morgan M.X. Shulz of Wilmington, NC is this year’s winner of the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, a $10,000 prize. Jessie Roy of Chicago, IL is the runner-up ($1000). • Michael Mailer (Film) and Nina Solomon (Fiction) have decided not to teach for our program any longer. We thank them for their superb teaching and wish them all the best. • Beginning next fall, we will be offering online Master Classes (CW 698: Post-Graduate Project Revision) in every genre for graduates of MA/MFA programs like ours. In this six-credit class, students will receive expert guidance on how to advance a manuscript to its final version and how to submit it to agents and editors. • Also beginning next fall, we will offer online 15-week versions of our Foundations classes as part of a “4+1” (a combined BA/MA) class at several universities, as well as to adults interested in an introduction to creative writing. • The MFA “Letter of Intent,” for all students in the MA program who would like to continue to the MFA program, is due November 1. Onward and Upward Refections from Bill Schneider (M.F.A.’14) Thursday, June 4, 2020 More than 1.8 million cases and over 101,000 deaths related to COVID19 in the United States were reported today by the CDC. Today is my first day of retirement following my seven-year affiliation with Wilkes University where I served as a graduate assistant in Marketing Communications, Managing Editor for Etruscan Press and Associate Program Director for the Creative Writing Program. I had hoped today would be the start of a new life chapter: traveling all around the world while I savor the cocktail hour of my life journey, similar to The Life of Riley. Boy was I wrong! �Since being quarantined on March 17th, I got a head start on being home full-time as life dramatically changed. Program alum and Wilkes University’s Executive Director of Communications and Graduate Marketing — Gabrielle D’Amico M.F.A.’17 — said it best of all in a recent email: “I'm sorry your final weeks at Wilkes feel like the Twilight Zone.” Earlier this year, I accepted an offer to be a consultant with my former employer from the 1970s. This new opportunity is based in Chicago, the headquarters and a major gateway for United Airlines, where I will have access and resources to produce video segments about airline employees and retirees and their travel experiences. With nearly 100,000 employees on the United team, storytelling is integral to the culture of this legacy airline. The stories I will share through the company’s intranet portal have a common theme: heartache and hope. My commitment is to bring light to the United community, especially because too much darkness clouds the horizon. Preparing for the transition Working with co-founder and program director Bonnie Culver since January, when I announced my retirement, we focused on developing a handbook to provide the new program director with a road map for the day-to-day activities to support the Maslow Family Creative Writing Graduate Program. To provide some context, Bonnie and I were retiring at the same time as Joyce Anzalone who oversees administration of our program. Ross Klavan says, “Between Bonnie, Bill and Joyce, the entire knowledge of how the program works is in their hands … each of them connecting/networking, and talking the faculty in and out of corners.”  By mid-March, our focus shifted. We began to prepare for the June residency to be delivered entirely online. This tireless effort required all hands-on-deck while each day brought more grim news about the pandemic.  Preparing for a virtual residency Bonnie immediately reached out to the entire faculty to begin discussions, brainstorm, and conceptualize online residency modules. The transition from face-to-face teaching to a virtual Zoom platform provided Bonnie and the faculty with the perfect opportunity for the program to re-emerge as the first-class program it is. This seamless transition evolved because of one component: the sense of community that permeates throughout the Wilkes Creative Writing Program. I think of this as harmony and grace, the ingredient that first attracted me to the Wilkes program in 2011. A major challenge in rolling out the June residency as a virtual experience was how to replicate that special ingredient that creates �community. As I prepared to retire from Wilkes, the world began to change as the pandemic closed international borders. Throughout the country, cities and states continued to escalate self-quarantine mandates. The entire world was on lock-down.  As Memorial Day arrived, the June residency was about to begin. The community of writers that comes together twice a year to share work and renew friendship continues to be the fabric of a tapestry woven from the spirit of our remarkable faculty. Friday, June 5, 2020 The stay-at-home order was lifted today for Pennsylvania residents in Luzerne County. This release from home confinement was conditional because I still do not have the freedom to travel anywhere in the world. There is no longer a welcome mat for Americans in many other countries, and most domestic travel requires a 14-day quarantine upon arrival. Flying for a weekend getaway is something from the past. Fortunately, I am a writer and an editor, both of which require solitary confinement. Instead of packing for my move to the Windy City, today is the day my movers notified me they will not travel to Illinois because of the high number of COVID-19 cases. Tuesday, September 1, 2020 More than six million cases and over 183,000 deaths related to COVID19 in the United States were reported today by the CDC. It has been 13 weeks since my retirement began. Every day it has been buns on the bench. I have focused on my writing and the never-ending connection to the Wilkes Creative Writing community. This is the connective tissue that keeps me grounded, hopeful, and confident. As coffee percolates, or later in the day, a martini shakes, I recall the advice offered by my Wilkes mentors. One of the most resonate suggestions came from Dr. Nancy McKinley during my first CW-501 workshop. The writing prompt, about the beauty of Wilkes-Barre in the middle of winter, forced me to look beyond the potholes. Writing is about doing the best you can and making the most with what you have.  What is certain about tomorrow is that it will be a better day than today. Bill Schneider (MFA’14) is the managing editor of Etruscan Press. He served as the associate program director of the Wilkes University Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing Program from 2015 through 2020. His �previous experience includes a three-decade long career in the music industry accompanied by extensive travel throughout six continents. Interview with Vicki Mayk (M.F.A. ’13) For any bibliophiles that get the opportunity to sit down with their favorite authors for a Q&A, one of the questions that is bound to come up is something along the lines of “Where do you get your inspiration, your ideas?” While this might be a fascination topic to dig into, what I find more fascinating is learning, as a writer, how the story chooses you. I recently had the opportunity to work with Vicki Mayk on her Write Life post, “When the Story Chooses You.” We were discussing her writing experiences as a student at Wilkes and her pathway to publishing Growing up on the Gridiron: Football, Friendship, and the Tragic Life of Owen Thomas, published and released by Beacon Press in September. Our phone conversation stretched from one hour to two and her story about learning how to tell someone else’s true story emerged, along with several challenges unique to the nonfiction genre. I invite you to sit in on part of our conversation about the art of research and the craft of creative nonfiction. Who or what drew you in to the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing? I had always wanted to earn an MFA in writing. I actually had entered a program at the University of Pittsburgh back in the 1970s (yes, I’m that old), but that was before there were low-residency programs. Unable to go to school and work full-time, I put the dream on hold after one semester. Fast forward to 2009: When I was hired by Wilkes University, I realized that I could finally earn the master’s degree I had always wanted. I had worked as a writer for my entire career – but the program changed my life, opening up new ways to tell a story. You have some exciting news...a recently published on book! Can you �tell us a little bit about that project? What is this book about? Growing Up On The Gridiron: Football, Friendship and the Tragic Life of Owen Thomas is about University of Pennsylvania football player Owen Thomas who died by suicide in 2010. After his death, he was found to be the youngest amateur player at that time found to have the traumatic brain injury CTE – which was being found in former pro players and was linked to playing football. The book is about his short but remarkable life and about young men’s FOOTBALL, ANO TIIE FRIENOSI-IIP TRAGIC OWEN VICKI LIFE OF THOMAS MAYK love affair with the game for football.  What was it about this story that sunk its hooks into you and drew you into this commitment to another long form project? This was a case of “the story chose me.”  What really drew me in was Owen Thomas, the young man who is at the center of my book. When he died by suicide in April 2010, I was invited to join a private memorial page that friends set up for him on Facebook. The way that everyone talked about him – from his teammates at his high school near Allentown, PA, and on the University of Pennsylvania Quakers team to friends, former teachers, casual acquaintances – haunted me. They told stories about him being a warrior on the field and one of the kindest humans off the field. One girl in his high school said Owen changed the energy when he entered a room. I wanted to answer the question: Who was Owen Thomas and how did his life come to this tragic end? When it emerged that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, what we know as CTE, that added another important dimension to the story.  The path to publication is unique for every author. Can you tell us a little about your path to publication? What kinds of challenges did you fnd your way around with this project? Because I had a full-time day job, the interviewing and research for this book had to be done at night and on weekends. What I had originally envisioned as a two- to three-year project actually took nearly eight years �from the time I started interviews and research to a finished draft. (And we all know that there is always more revision ahead.) I was dragging my heels, so I took an independent study with Mike Lennon and was able to complete a draft. He urged me to submit to agents and I was signed by one in 2018. But I was far from done. Everyone who had seen the manuscript – me, Mike and my agent– envisioned a significant revision. I worked with my agent to create a book proposal that outlined a slightly different direction for the book. The book was actually sold on the basis of that proposal – not on the manuscript. When I began working with my editor at Beacon Press, Joanna Green, she and I had a similar vision for the book. It involved developing the stories of Owen’s friends and required me to do some additional research and interviews. Yes, more research after nearly eight years of working on the book.  I completely revised the existing manuscript in about six months in 2019. What did you learn about yourself as a writer through the many stages of creation, revision, and release?  I learned that it was a good thing that I had a long career making my living as a writer who was required to meet deadlines. (I’m laughing as I answer this.) All joking aside, I now see that all those years of writing on deadline have made me a slave to deadlines. If I have a deadline, I will meet it. That is why I finally took an independent study to finish the book. The deadline forced me to do it. I was able to revise it in six months because my editor was holding me to specific deadlines. Even after all these years as a writer, I’m trying to figure out how to create a structure that puts me in the deadline mindset – even when there’s no “real” deadline. I guess that’s a challenge we all face About craft? The biggest takeaway about craft was that we always have something to learn. I had been a journalist for years before entering the program, but in writing this book, I realized that I was able to write it because of what I learned studying creative nonfiction in the program. Day-to-day journalism can fall into a “just the facts” approach. The craft elements that I learned at Wilkes – to use the techniques of fiction to tell a true story -allowed me to do things in the book I might not have attempted earlier in my career. It includes things like recreating scenes and dialogue.  If you could offer a few words of wisdom or a piece of advice that has served you well through the rough parts of the writing process, what would you most like to gift to other �writers hitting those rough patches? Don’t doubt yourself: it’s really easy to fall prey to impostor syndrome. You’ll hear your inner critic asking, “Who do you think you are to write this book?” While working on my book, I came across a quote from LinManuel Miranda, who wrote “Hamilton.” He said, “You have to live with the notion of, ‘If I don’t write this, no one’s going to write it. If I die, this idea dies with me.’” Remember that you have a story that only you can tell. How have the members of our Wilkes community supported you as a writer? Is there anyone you would like to give a shout-out to? Perhaps a few key people? I received so much encouragement from so many people in our creative writing community. If you read the  ments in my book, I call Mike Lennon my “literary godfather.” I think there were times I kept going because I couldn’t stand the idea of disappointing Mike. I also received sound advice from Bev Donofrio, Kevin Oderman, Kaylie Jones and Jeff Talarigo. Dawn D’Aries Zera was the person who first told Mike about my book and she insisted I talk to him about it. And my writing group was an important source of support. They are all Wilkes alums from many different cohorts: Aurora Bonner, Kelly Clisham, Jennifer Jenkins and Francisco Tutella. The book title came out of a brainstorming session with them. Wilkes and the Afterlife By Jen McLaughlin A lot of people (or, at least, I’m assuming a lot of people) think that once you leave the Wilkes University Maslow Family Graduate Program…it’s game over. You never speak to your faculty again, never see your cohort, forget all your friends, and cry into an endless eternity of deadlines and graded papers. I’m here to tell you… YOU’RE WRONG! That’s right, I said it. You’re wrong.  Now, you might be thinking to yourself, “Who is this Jen girl anyway? Who is she to tell me what I know and what I don’t know?” Well, I’m you. Or, I was you, depending on where you are in the program. Whether you are entering it now, considering entering it, in it, or recently graduated, I’m here to tell you that what you’re getting from the program isn’t just some fancy letters or some sharpened writing tools…though those are �pretty amazing, too. What you’re getting is a community. Friends. A family. You see, my cohort (arguably the best cohort EVER…just ask anyone on the faculty—especially Nancy McKinley) graduated with our M.A. in September 2019, and those of us who went on to earn our MFA will graduate this September (in 2020, the cursed year that will forever live on in infamy). Though some of my cohort has been done for over a year, guess what? We are still friends. We still write together. Not even a pandemic stopped us. Let that sink in for a minute. I’ll wait. While the world was begging for us to stop writing, to lose our creativity because who the heck could create anything among chaos and pain and fear…we did it. We created, we supported one another, and we didn’t give up.  Because we’re family. Sure, we did it via Zoom once a week (something we will be continuing once we all return to the classrooms to teach and learn), and sure, we talked about a lot more than just our work, but you know what? It kept me going, kept me thinking, and most importantly? My cohort/friends/family kept me writing. The writing life is so valuable to us as writers and artists, and when you lose that, you lose a piece of yourself. Well, fear not. When you enter this program, and when you leave it, you will maintain a strong bond to those who went through those residencies with you, who poured over your words as if they were your own, and who cheered you on as you read your work out loud for a room full of people…and so will the faculty.  My mentor, the amazing and indestructible Nancy McKinley, never stopped having my back, or offering me opportunities, and quite frankly, I truly hope my time in the program, though officially finished, never ends. Rather, I hope it expands in many other ways, and that I can take the knowledge this program and my forty-nine published books have given me, and I can continue to build that community, friendships, and family the program gave me. My only remaining question to you, if you’re not with us yet, is… What’s holding you back, besides perhaps yourself? About Jen McLaughlin Jen McLaughlin is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many genres and types. The Unforgiven Kingdom came to life when she couldn’t find her daughter’s bedtime story, and by the end of the "bedtime story" she realized she �had the first chapter of a book. As a lover of adventure and chaos, she strives to tell tales of strong female leads that take readers to unseen worlds. Jen was mentioned in Forbes alongside E. L. James as one of the breakout independent authors to dominate the bestselling lists. Jen resides in Pennsylvania with her husband, four kids, one dog, and five cats. She spends her time writing, and teaching high school and college students how to write creatively. Jen earned her MFA in Creative Writing at Wilkes University and is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Education. She is represented by Louise Fury at The Bent Agency. Faculty News • Gregory Fletcher’s short story “Ismene in Venice” is included in the new anthology The Night Bazaar: Venice, published by Northampton House Press. • Lenore Hart is pleased to announce a new volume in The Night Bazaar series, Northampton House Press' fantastic fiction anthologies. Volume two is entitled The Night Bazaar Venice: Thirteen Tales of Forbidden Wishes and Dangerous Desires. Hart is the series editor and contributor of the story, "Plenty of Fish in the Sea". Short stories by Wilkes alums Dana Miller, Corinne Nulton, Frances Williams (writing as Aphrodite Anagnost), and Carol MacAllister, along with faculty members Kaylie Jones and Gregory Fletcher, are featured as well. Additionally, Hart has published two poems, "Looking Into the Eyes of a Woman I Must Tell She's a Writer" and "Hypatia in the Library" in AMERICAN WRITERS REVIEW 2020 (San Fedele Press). Two Poems, "The Well-Shooter's Wake" and "On Visiting the Castle of My Drawn and Quartered Ancestor" were published in *FOOTNOTE 4: A LITERARY JOURNAL OF HISTORY (Alternating Current Press). • Ross Klavan has a new novella due to be published in October by Down & Out books. It's another in a series of noir crime stories, this one entitled, “Cut Loose All Those Who Drag You Down”. It is part of a compilation– three authors, three crime novellas– the book is called Third Degree. • David Poyer via Northampton House Press announced the publication of the trade paper edition of Susan Mailer's memoir In Another Place; With and Without My Father, Norman Mailer, available worldwide beginning September 1. The 2019 hardcover was critically praised, and the new edition contains all the text and photos of the original $27.95 edition. It is also available in e-book format. �Additionally, Poyer also published a short story in the latest edition a dark fantasy anthology entitled The Night Bazaar Venice: Thirteen Tales of Forbidden Wishes and Dangerous Desires. Set in 1348, the year the Black Plague arrived in Italy, "The Thousand Injuries of Fortunato" prequels Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" in explaining exactly why Fortunato richly deserved to be bricked up in Montresor's catacombs. Alumni News • Jennifer Bokal (M.A. 2010) will release her eleventh novel, Colton's Secret History, in September 2020 and her twelfth novel, Agent's Mountain Rescue, in November 2020. Both are being released by Harlequin Romantic Suspense. This fall, Jennifer will be teaching online workshops at Broome Community College; Painless Novel Writing and Solving the Publishing Puzzle. Jennifer is currently president of RWA's newest chapter, Aged to Perfection Seasoned Romance Writers of America--where they believe that love is timeless. • Todd Conner (M.A. 2019) launched an audio podcast called The Cariorker in December 2019.  For Season One he translated, produced and performed 13 short stories by Machado de Assis, Brazil’s most renowned literary son. Season One was cut short by the pandemic, but Season Two is slated to begin in November on location from Rio de Janeiro, when he will deconstruct and interpret the early classics of Samba and Choro for American ears. The Cariorker is available on major podcast platforms and at www.thecariorker.com. • Two poems by Caitlin Downs (M.A. 2020) were included in the anthology Erase the Patriarchy published by University of Hell Press, which is available for purchase (August, 2020). She was awarded a new contract and faculty status at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and will be establishing the new writing center this fall. • Cooper Gorelick (M.A. 2017) wrote a one-act play titled "A Fragment of the Day" (which was specifically written for "drive-by" theater). His play is set to be produced in early October in Cherry Hill, NJ. • Tara Marta (M.A. 2018) had her first novel, Look Back to Yesterday, published in June. She was recently interviewed about her book on PA Live and VIA Radio. On Thursday, August 27th she offered a virtual reading and Q&A for the Abington Community Library. • Bill Schneider (M.F.A. 2014) announced his retirement as assistant program director of the Maslow Family Creative Writing Graduate Program at Wilkes University. • Ora Smith (M.A. 2017) is pleased to announce her book, The Pulse of His Soul: The Story of John Lothropp, a Forgotten Forefather was released on September 8, 2020. This is Ora's first historical novel to be published. Previously, she has illustrated and written a children's picture book titled A Christmas Story of Light released in 2018. • �Michael Soloway (M.F.A. 2014) founded a digital magazine in June at AuthenticityMags.com. The goal is to publish articles with unique voices from authentic people, so others can find their authentic selves. Their motto is: For the People. By the People. They have several Wilkes alumni contributing, but they always need more. Please reach out via michael@authenticitymags.com! He would love your feedback and participation! Student News Andree Catalfamo won Honorable Mention for her poem, "Expendable", in the annual Passager Journal poetry contest. The poem was published in September 2020. She also had a short story, "Blooms," published in June 2020 in Yellow Arrow Journal. Tonya Chadi’s poem Lately was accepted for publication by IndolentBooks.com What Rough Beast. It was posted 7/11/20. 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