Hi Everyone -- We'll be adjusting our schedule just a bit this week. On Tuesday, Sept. 20, we'll be going to PH 117 to hear visiting writer/poet Ross Gay speak in Professor Vollmer's poetry class. You'll be writing a spot-news report about the event. You'll need the 5ws/1 H, of course, plus at least one quote from the event. (The quote should come from the most relevant source for the story.)
For background, here's Ross Gay's bio:
Ross Gay is an American poet and professor. He is the author of two collections of poetry, Against Which (CavanKerry Press, 2006) and Bringing the Shovel Down (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011). His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Columbia: A Journal of Poetry and Art, Margie: The American Journal of Poetry and Atlanta Review, and in anthologies including From the Fishouse (Persea Books, 2009). His honors include being a Cave Canem Workshop fellow and a Bread Loaf Writers Conference Tuition Scholar, and he received a grant from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts.
Ross Gay was born August 1, 1974 in Youngstown, Ohio and grew up outside of Philadelphia. He received his B.A. from Lafayette College, his MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, and his Ph.D. in American Literature from Temple University. He is a basketball coach, an occasional demolition man and a painter. He has taught poetry, art and literature at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. and Montclair State University in New Jersey. He now teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and in the low-residency MFA in poetry program at Drew University.
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On Thursday, we'll revisit your news briefs, edit any ones we didn't get to last week, and review this spot reportage.
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