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October 22, 2003
Volume 6.10		  

Photo of Carl DennisEnglish Symposium to Feature Pulitzer Prize Winner Carl Dennis
Carl Dennis was awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Practical Gods. He has authored nine poetry collections, including Poetry as Persuasion (2001) and Ranking the Wishes (1997). This Artist in Residence and Professor of English at the State University of New York at Buffalo has received several significant awards for his poetry: the 2000 Ruth Lilly Prize from Poetry Magazine and the Modern Poetry Association and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. New and Selected Poems by Dennis will be published by Penguin in April 2004.

Dennis will read from his poems - including poems from Practical Gods - and answer questions at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art on Thursday, October 23 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm (located at South College Street and Woodfield Drive, between the AU main campus and Interstate 85). Admission to the reading is free; admission is charged only for visitors who tour the galleries. Dennis' reading for this year's second English Symposium will also complement the English department's annual Haley Center Poetry Project.

The following table lists the times and topics of additional activities:

Time Topic
9:00 - 10:00 General meeting of faculty and students in 9030 Haley Center
10:00 - 11:30 Dennis introduced at the Haley Center Poetry Project in the Haley Center East courtyard (outside the AU Bookstore)
11:30 - 1:30 Lunch with faculty and students at Hamilton's
2:00 - 3:00 Meet with students at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
3:00 - 4:30 Poetry reading and question & answer session at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
6:30 Dinner with faculty and students

Haley Center Poetry Project logoThe Third Annual Haley Center Poetry Project - Today and Tomorrow - 10:00 am to 2:00 pm - Haley Center East Courtyard
All students and faculty are warmly encouraged to attend the Haley Center Poetry Project, which will take place today, October 22, and tomorrow, October 23, from about 10:00 am to 2:00 pm each day. Readings will be held outdoors, near the AU Bookstore tent in the East courtyard of Haley Center. Tomorrow's audience will have the privilege of hearing Pulitzer Prize winning poet Carl Dennis read from his work.

The Haley Center Poetry Project is open to the public and showcases the poetry of students, faculty, staff, and other distinguished writers. Several dozen readers are slated to participate over the two days, and faculty are invited to consider bringing classes to attend the Poetry Project on either day. Weather reports predict sunny skies for both days, as is traditional for the Poetry Project.

The Haley Center Poetry Project is sponsored by the Department of English, Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, the English Club, and the AU Bookstore. For more information about the Poetry Project, contact Professor Jim Ryan.

New Publication by Katherine Perry
Katherine Perry's poem "Playing Gender" has been accepted for publication at Claremont University's Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. The poem will appear in early 2004.

Graduate Faculty Meeting - Today - 3:00 pm - 3104 Haley Center

Stephen Corey, Noted Poet and Editor, to Read at Pebble Hill - Today - 4:00 pm
Stephen Corey, associate editor of The Georgia Review, will read from his new collection, There Is No Finished World, at 4:00 pm today at Auburn University's Pebble Hill.

The author of ten collections of poetry, Corey has published poems in The American Poetry Review, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, The New Republic, and Yellow Silk, among other periodicals. Some three dozen anthologies, including The Poetry Anthology, 1912-2002, have reprinted Corey's poems and essays.

Well known as a literary editor, Corey has conducted numerous writing and editing workshops across the country. He is also the co-editor of the recently published Spreading the World: Editors on Poetry.

Stephen Corey's reading is free and open to the public. Copies of some of Corey's poetry collections will be available for purchase. A reception will follow.

Great Flicks - Tonight - 7:30 pm - 1203 Haley Center
Of Mice and Men (Gary Sinise, 1992)
Faithful adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel. With John Malkovich as Lenny.

See the fall schedule for the Great Flicks series.

Spring '04 Course Descriptions Available
Course descriptions for Spring 2004 are available. Links to the course descriptions - including Great Books course topics - are found on the English Department homepage.

Applications for Humanities Grants Due Friday, October 24
Fall semester applications for Humanities Grants for research and conference travel will be due on Friday, October 24. The proposals should be turned in to Tony Carey, Associate Dean, 2046 Haley Center, College of Liberal Arts.

Find descriptions of the program and guidelines for proposals. Please email Tony Carey or call him at 844-2182 if you have questions or need help with your proposal.

Southern Gothic Dinner - Thursday, October 30 - 6:00 pm - Pebble Hill
Come join Auburn University students and faculty for a traditional potluck dinner! The event, which is sponsored by the AU English Club and Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, will take place on Thursday, October 30 at 6:00 pm, at Pebble Hill.

Feel free to come dressed up in your best southern gothic costume, with a chilling ghost story to share.

For more information, please email Professor Jim Ryan or call him at 844-9031.

Kansas State University's Literary Journal Accepting Submissions
Touchstone, Kansas State University's annual literary journal, is now accepting submissions for its 2004 issue. Submissions are accepted in the following genres:

Fiction - 15 pages per story, 2 stories per person
Poetry - 3-5 poems per submission
Non-fiction - limit 15 pages per work, 2 works per person

Submitting writers must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at the time of submission and should include a cover letter with their work. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your manuscript returned to you.

General submissions are accepted and work of a social or political nature is encouraged. Cash prizes will be awarded for top ranking submissions. Submissions must be post-marked no later than December 1, 2003.

Submissions may be sent to:

Touchstone
 Shannon Draper, Editor-in-Chief
Kansas State University
Department of English, Denison Hall
Manhattan, KS 66502

Florida International University Offers Summer Seminars
The African New World Studies Program of Florida International University announces a Four-week International Graduate Summer Seminar to be offered during the summer of 2004, 2005, and 2006 for Master's and Doctoral students.

Significant funding is available for all of those admitted. Learn more about this opportunity.

University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture Accepting Submissions
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi is compiling the Mississippi Encyclopedia, a large scholarly reference book that the University Press of Mississippi plans to publish in 2006.

The University of Mississippi encourages anyone who might be interested in volunteering to write articles to email Professor Ted Ownby, email Managing Editor Andrea Odom, or consult their website for topics and information for the Encyclopedia.

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