Upcoming Events: Thursday, February 14 Valentine’s Day Readings of Love Poetry and Prose Library, Hayes Hall 2 – 3 pm Coordinated by the Honors Program Tuesday, February 26 Roald Dahl Reading Marathon Library, Hayes Hall 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Contact Steven Petersheim spetersh@iue.edu Spring Break Creative Writing events Wednesday, March 20 Trip to Butler University Reading by Jennifer Egan, author of Visit from the Goon Squad Contact Steven Petersheim spetersh@iue.edu Saturday & Sunday, March 23 and 24 Trip to IU Bloomington: Creative Editing expedition With Jen Luebbers, editor of Indiana Review Contact jeharper@iue.edu Thursday, April 11 Visiting Writer Barb Shoup, author of An American Tune Launch of Tributaries + Writing awards All-day events including Workshop, Reading, Book signing, and … Continued

Jean Harper, associate professor of English, will be a guest on the “Afternoon Show” on WIBC 93.1 FM in Indianapolis. Harper will talk about the 1968 Richmond explosion in relation to the gas explosion in this past weekend on the Southeast side of Indianapolis. The “Afternoon Show” is on the air from 4-7 p.m. Additionally, Harper was recently awarded The Florida Review Editors Award for her essay, “Colic.” The essay is a chapter from her book manuscript, Horses and Divorces. Harper’s essay will be published in the Winter 2012 issue of The Florida Review, making this the third chapter from the book to have been accepted for publication in 2012. The Florida Review is a literary journal published twice yearly … Continued

Frances Peacock, Senior Lecturer of English, will present “Writing in Cyberspace: IU East Alumni from Near and Far Share Their Stories about Online Writing in the Workplace”  at 4pm on October 25th in the Community Room. This presentation is free and open to the public.

Indiana University East and other community organizers are planning the second event in a yearlong writing series. The next community writing marathon will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 13, and focus on writing about art and place across the Indiana University East, Ivy Tech Community College, and Reid Hospital & Health Care Services campuses. The event will coincide with the Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition that features a lecture by this year’s juror, Barbara Tannenbaum, curator of Photography at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and an open judging of this year’s entries. “The event will provide a rich environment for writing,” said Katherine Frank, dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at IU East. “Not … Continued