Community News & Updates November 2014

ALUMNI Erin Lyn Bodin (Fiction S'14) published the title essay of her thesis, "Art of Being Light," in Kindred Magazine's Fall 2014 Issue: Gather. Erin is also thrilled to announce that she's been granted a 2015 A Room of Her Own Foundation Fellowship and will attend the Waves Discussion Series/2015 Retreat: Writing Against the Current. …

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Community News & Updates March 2014

ALUMNI The young adult novel Being Henry David by Cal Armistead (Fiction, W'07) has been chosen as one of the books for the annual "Illinois Reads" program. Under the auspices of the Illinois Reading Council, this project was created to promote reading for all Illinois citizens, from birth to adult. Thirty-six titles were chosen (Being …

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Community News & Updates December 2013

ALUMNI Sheila Boneham (Creative Nonfiction/Cross Genre, S'13) answered author Sherman Alexie's challenge to fellow writers to support local bookstores by playing "bookseller for a day." She spent Small Business Saturday (the independent business response to Black Friday) by volunteering at Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, NC. Sheila recommends the experience highly---you don't have to wait until …

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Community News & Updates July 2013

ALUMNI Adam Kreutz Gallardo (Popular Fiction, S'12) is pleased to announce that he has signed a two-book deal with Kensignton Teen, a division of Kensington Publishing. His debut novel, Zomburbia, will be released in Spring 2014 and its sequel will be released the following year. The deal was facilitated by Ann Collette of the Rees …

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Community News & Updates April 2013

ALUMNI NEWS Sarah Slagle Arnold's (Creative Nonfiction, S'05) memoir, Faith and Madness: A Spiritual and Psychological Journey, was published August 1, 2012, by Wipf & Stock's Cascade Books imprint. The story of growing up with a manic-depressive father and Sarah's own major depression at age 19 takes place in the Depression years of the 30s …

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Community News & Updates February 2013

ALUMNI NEWS Cal Armistead's (Fiction, W'07) debut young adult novel, Being Henry David, will be released by Albert Whitman & Co. on March 1, 2013. Cal's novel has already received a starred Kirkus review! For more, see http://www.calarmistead.com. Eric's Hysterics is proud to present Love Hurts, an anthology edited by Eric M. Bosarge (Popular Fiction, W'12) …

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