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On Editing Prose, The Gender Gap In Publishing, And Eating Alligator!: A Chat With Cara Blue Adams, Editor Of Southern Review, Cara Blue Adams, Katie Hunt 2020 Gonzaga University

On Editing Prose, The Gender Gap In Publishing, And Eating Alligator!: A Chat With Cara Blue Adams, Editor Of Southern Review, Cara Blue Adams, Katie Hunt

The Review Review

Cara Blue Adams's fiction has appeared in Narrative, The Kenyon Review, and The Sun, among other journals. She won the Kenyon Review Short Fiction Prize. She lives in Baton Rouge, where she is the fiction and nonfiction editor of The Southern Review.


Freedom Of Expression: A Chat With David Haglund, Editor Of Pen America, David Haglund, Becky Tuch 2020 Gonzaga University

Freedom Of Expression: A Chat With David Haglund, Editor Of Pen America, David Haglund, Becky Tuch

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David Haglund is the Managing Editor of PEN America, the literary magazine published by PEN American Center. He has written articles and reviews for Slate, The London Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, and other publications, and serves on the board of the National Book Critics Circle and as the poetry editor of Dialogue. He studied English and American literature at the University of Chicago and Oxford and he has taught literature and writing at Harvard, Oxford, and Hunter College.


Where Are The Female Lit Mag Editors? Here., Danielle Lazarin 2020 Gonzaga University

Where Are The Female Lit Mag Editors? Here., Danielle Lazarin

The Review Review

What has always stuck with me about the VIDA count isn’t the statistics themselves—horrid but not, if you’re from any underrepresented group, shocking—but the discussion, mostly anecdotal, of how women are not repeat submitters to literary magazines; men are more likely to send out again once they’ve been rejected. This was me: I have many kind rejections, years old, that say “please send again,” or “we’d like to see more work,” and yet, I didn’t.


Improving The State Of Society And Making Men Happy: Rhetorical Citizenship In Historical And Contemporary Vegetarian/Vegan Discourses, Kristin E. Kondrlik 2020 West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Improving The State Of Society And Making Men Happy: Rhetorical Citizenship In Historical And Contemporary Vegetarian/Vegan Discourses, Kristin E. Kondrlik

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

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Black Lives Matter, Armando Delgado 2020 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Black Lives Matter, Armando Delgado

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

The Black Lives Matter movement first started in 2013 by three strong African Americans women: Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi. The movement was created after black lives were being taken by police officers in shootings that could have been deescalated. The research project introduces on how the movement was started and the goal is for the readers to understand why the people are so angry, the reasons they are protesting and to fight for equality around the United States. Since this is still an accruing issue, I tried to get all the info I could get in as …


Wicked Problem In The Middle-Class, rebecca c. boyer 2020 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Wicked Problem In The Middle-Class, Rebecca C. Boyer

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

The middle-class has been decreasing in size for years, no one factor can cause this to happen. The economy won't be able to grow without Americans putting money into business, with high bills and debt Americans struggle financially. There are possible solutions to aid this wicked problem to assist Americans with proper financial funding and government oversight. Too many Americans struggle to make ends meet, this has been a continuing trend in America that has only gotten worse over recent years.


Is Feedback On Grammar Harmful Or Helpful? Questionable Answers And Unanswered Questions, Kristen di Gennaro, Monika Ekiert 2020 Pace University

Is Feedback On Grammar Harmful Or Helpful? Questionable Answers And Unanswered Questions, Kristen Di Gennaro, Monika Ekiert

Publications and Research

Current composition practice relies on a decades-old summary of research concluding that a focus on grammar in students’ writing is useless, or even harmful. Conversely, hundreds of recent studies from the fields of second-language writing and applied linguistics claim to provide evidence of the benefits to providing feedback on grammar in students’ writing. This article summarizes the arguments for and against such feedback and problematizes the results of previous research by describing a quasi-experimental study measuring the effects, both positive and negative, of providing students with grammar feedback on their writing. Results show that, while feedback on specific grammatical forms …


Our Greatest Weapon: The Rhetoric Of Invasion In Arrival And Independence Day, Emma G. Schilling 2020 Gettysburg College

Our Greatest Weapon: The Rhetoric Of Invasion In Arrival And Independence Day, Emma G. Schilling

Student Publications

Inside of every alien invasion story is a central ‘us vs. them’ mentality that carries the thematic and moral weight of the story. Because of this, alien invasion films can be viewed through a postcolonial lens that reveals the destructive implications of colonialism, including a fear of the foreign and the figure of the white savior. Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) and Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival (2016) are no exception to this. Although both films are about aliens coming to Earth, the perspectives they follow in telling the story, their depictions of the military and scientists, their commentary on the role …


“It Doesn’T Feel Like A Conversation”: Digital Field Experiences And Preservice Teachers’ Conceptions Of Writing Response, Alison Heron-Hruby, James S. Chisholm, Andrea R. Olinger 2020 Morehead State University

“It Doesn’T Feel Like A Conversation”: Digital Field Experiences And Preservice Teachers’ Conceptions Of Writing Response, Alison Heron-Hruby, James S. Chisholm, Andrea R. Olinger

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Research shows that preservice English teachers (PSETs) lack opportunities to respond to student writing and that they may view student writing through a deficit lens. To address this need, the authors developed the Writing Mentors (WM) program, a digital field placement that gave PSETs experience providing feedback to high school writers. In this analysis, we examine how PSETs’ views of response were shaped by their digital interactions with high school writers. The challenges of interacting asynchronously created opportunities for PSETs to identify limitations in the mode of communication, propose approaches to providing feedback, and reflect on how teacher feedback can …


50 Anos De Evolução Nos Estudos Linguísticos Transculturais: Da Retórica Contrastiva À Retórica Intercultural, David Sánchez-Jiménez 2020 CUNY New York City College of Technology

50 Anos De Evolução Nos Estudos Linguísticos Transculturais: Da Retórica Contrastiva À Retórica Intercultural, David Sánchez-Jiménez

Publications and Research

Este trabalho apresenta um panorama histórico dos estudos linguísticos transculturais, discorrendo sobre o surgimento da retórica contrastiva por meio do trabalho seminal de Robert Kaplan em 1966 e as contribuições de Ulla Connor ao rebatizar tais estudos como retórica intercultural. Explana-se também sobre as críticas endereçadas à retórica contrastiva feitas durante os anos 1980, 1990 e 2000 e de que maneira tais críticas redefiniram o quadro teórico-metodológico e o objeto de estudo da disciplina. Conclui-se com exposição de uma crítica à homogeneização das distintas culturas retóricas causada pela globalização e internacionalização do inglês no âmbito acadêmico e nas atividades profissionais.


Teaching Humanities Research In Under-Resourced Carceral Environments, Kevin J. Windhauser 2020 Columbia University

Teaching Humanities Research In Under-Resourced Carceral Environments, Kevin J. Windhauser

Journal of Prison Education and Reentry (2014-2023)

Humanities courses make up a large portion of higher education courses offered in United States carceral facilities. However, many of these facilities lack the academic resources necessary to support the research assignments traditionally assigned in a humanities course, from research papers common in introductory courses to the undergraduate theses completed by many humanities majors. This paper outlines a case study in adapting a humanities research assignment to function in a prison lacking digital and physical research resources, with particular attention to the assignment’s potential to promote student confidence, independent learning, and autonomy. The author surveys the instructor’s role in promoting …


"Making Every Word Count": A Chat With David Galef, Author Of Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook, David Galef, Chuck Augello 2020 Gonzaga University

"Making Every Word Count": A Chat With David Galef, Author Of Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook, David Galef, Chuck Augello

The Review Review

The first draft of this Introduction had reached 300 words when I remembered I was writing about a book titled Brevity, proof enough that shorter forms can be just as challenging as longer works. An entertaining mix of instruction, exercises, and fiction from a diverse slate of writers, Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook is a much-needed guide to writing flash fiction. David Galef, who directs the Creative Writing Program at Montclair State University, has written an insightful and useful new book for teachers and writers of flash. Galef shared his thoughts in a recent interview.


From Pen To Print: 8 Tips For Getting Published In Literary Magazines, Becky Tuch 2020 Gonzaga University

From Pen To Print: 8 Tips For Getting Published In Literary Magazines, Becky Tuch

The Review Review

1. Be professional. You have done the first part of your homework by visiting this site. Next, take the time to visit the individual sites of lit mags that you are interested in. Read their guidelines. For some reason, people often consider themselves exempt from rules. You're not. You must play by the rules like everyone else. It doesn't make you boring. It makes your writing accessible.


"Where Emerging Talent Knows They Can Find A Home": A Chat With Briony Bax, Editor Of Ambit, Briony Bax, Euan Monaghan 2020 Gonzaga University

"Where Emerging Talent Knows They Can Find A Home": A Chat With Briony Bax, Editor Of Ambit, Briony Bax, Euan Monaghan

The Review Review

Ambit is a quarterly literary and arts magazine created in London, published in the UK, and read internationally. It’s available by subscription, and in bookstores and libraries worldwide. Despite having published such luminaries as J.G. Ballard, Carol-Ann Duffy, Fleur Adcock and David Hockney since it was founded in 1959, the magazine’s website states, “We look at everything that is sent to us, and give no preference to well-known writers over the newest artistic talents."


"Nigerian Literature Is A Very Important Part Of World Literature": A Chat With Wale Owoade, Editor Of Expound, Wale Osoade, Sanjeev Sethi 2020 Gonzaga University

"Nigerian Literature Is A Very Important Part Of World Literature": A Chat With Wale Owoade, Editor Of Expound, Wale Osoade, Sanjeev Sethi

The Review Review

Wale Owoade’s energy and enthusiasm percolates to every segment of EXPOUND Magazine. He has a gifted team that sharpens his vision and helps him curate a first-rate literary journal. In its short run, the journal has caught the attention of poets, writers and serious contributors the world over who look forward to its juried issues.


The New Yorker Rejects Itself: A Quasi-Scientific Analysis Of Slush Piles, David Cameron 2020 Gonzaga University

The New Yorker Rejects Itself: A Quasi-Scientific Analysis Of Slush Piles, David Cameron

The Review Review

It began as the kind of logical argument that seems airtight to anyone who has never studied logic. If the New Yorker is the most desirable literary magazine in the world, and if the New Yorker can have any short story the New Yorker wants, then whatever story the New Yorker gets would—logically—be so intrinsically desirable that all lesser literary pubs (e.g., everyone) would pine for it. Just like the prettiest girl at the dance: the guy she picks is the guy chicks dig. Basic deduction 101.


"We’Ll Always Publish A Good Story": A Chat With Grant Faulkner, Editor Of 100 Word Story, Grant Faulkner, Leslie Cauldwell 2020 Gonzaga University

"We’Ll Always Publish A Good Story": A Chat With Grant Faulkner, Editor Of 100 Word Story, Grant Faulkner, Leslie Cauldwell

The Review Review

For writers who need a warm-up exercise, Grant Faulkner’s got a challenge for you: In 100 words, try to capture a “frisson, a shard, and a tiny moment.” Officially, Grant Faulkner is a recent runner-up for The Southwest Review's 2010 David Nathan Meyerson Fiction Prize. His stories have appeared in The Southwest Review, The Rumpus, Gargoyle, The Berkeley Fiction Review, Word Riot, The Big Ugly Review, Used Furniture Review, Ink, and Transfer. He's currently the managing editor at the National Writing Project and founding editor of 100 Word Story. He's …


The Submitter's Dilemma: Choosing The Right Literary Magazine For Your Work, Becky Tuch 2020 Gonzaga University

The Submitter's Dilemma: Choosing The Right Literary Magazine For Your Work, Becky Tuch

The Review Review

There are over 600 print and online literary magazines today, not to mention dozens of new journals starting up all the time. If you are new to submitting your work, the sheer quantity of literary magazines can be quite terrifying. How do you even begin to sort through the wealth of offerings? How do you know a prestigious journal from a less established one? How do you find the journals that feature the sort of work you like to write? What are your odds of being accepted in one journal over another? Do literary agents read literary magazines, and if …


"Stories Can Offer A Reader A Very Good Time": A Chat With April Gray Wilder, Editor Of Flock, April Gray Wilder, Noah Friedman 2020 Gonzaga University

"Stories Can Offer A Reader A Very Good Time": A Chat With April Gray Wilder, Editor Of Flock, April Gray Wilder, Noah Friedman

The Review Review

Flock was founded by author, musician, artist, and UNF faculty member Mark Ari, and UNF students in 2002. The journal seeks to publish all varieties of fiction (traditional, experimental, and everything in between) and is based on the premise of literature as an addictive experience. Since its inception, the journal has been a part of a growing literary community in North East Florida and has attracted authors from across the United States and world. Flock is used in UNF literature courses, has showcased author readings, and has hosted its own workshops. Current editor April Gray Wilder was kind enough to …


The Seven Habits Of Successful Writers, Leslie Greffenius 2020 Gonzaga University

The Seven Habits Of Successful Writers, Leslie Greffenius

The Review Review

One of the thrilling but daunting tasks of becoming a better writer is that you have to design your own curriculum. Sure, you can participate in helpful writing workshops taught by admired authors or read various experts' books on craft, but you still have to choose for yourself which courses to take and what books to read. Even if you attend an MFA program, you have to decide what to write and how, whether or not to outline, how to undertake revisions, when and where to submit your work and so on. In many ways, writers are their own teachers, …


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