Monday, August 31, 2009

Week One Agenda

1. Introductions and Expectations
2. Discuss Kyoko Mori assignment for next time
3. SIR web page re-design colors
4. Email a brief bio (and photo, if you have one)
5. Claim your lit mag:

o Mallory: Black Warrior Review (http://www.bwr.ua.edu/)

o Jenni: Crab Orchard Review (http://craborchardreview.siuc.edu/)

o Brandi: The Gettysburg Review (http://public.gettysburg.edu/academics/gettysburg_review)

o Jennifer: Glimmer Train (http://www.glimmertrain.com/)

o Josh L: Indiana Review (http://indianareview.org/)

o Breck: The Kenyon Review (http://www.kenyonreview.org/)

o Casey: McSweeneys (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/)

o Jason: The Missouri Review (http://www.missourireview.org/)

o Unclaimed: The Mid-American Review (http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview)

o Jamie: New England Review (http://cat.middlebury.edu/~nereview)

o Kara: The Paris Review (http://www.parisreview.com/)

o Roger: Ploughshares (http://www.pshares.org/)

o Teri: Poetry (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/index.html)

o Unclaimed: Prairie Schooner (http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/)

o Josh: Shenandoah (http://www.wlu.edu/x31904.xml)

o Sara: Tin House (http://www.tinhouse.com/index.html)

o Natalie: The Virginia Quarterly Review (http://www.vqronline.org/)

o Kristen: Zoetrope: All Story (http://www.all-story.com/)


English 459 Weekly Schedule

Week 1
-08/31: Introductions and expectations

Week 2
-09/07: Labor Day

Week 3
-09/14: SIR nonfiction & interview (Kyoko Mori); Quark software intro

Week 4
-09/21: SIR poetry; RW Reading Series flyers; Lee Martin flyer draft due
-09/24: Lee Martin RopeWalk reading

Week 5
-09/28: SIR fiction; RW Reading Series programs; Brett Ralph flyer draft due

Week 6
-10/05: RopeWalk Press chapbook Casa Marina; Brett Ralph flyer & program draft due

Week 7
-10/12: RopeWalk Press chapbook Max; Brett Ralph program due; Eccentric Women flyer draft due
-10/15: Brett Ralph RopeWalk reading

Week 8
-10/19: Individual versions of Max due; Eccentric Women flyer & program draft due; Lili Wright flyer draft due

Week 9
-10/26: Individual lit-mag presentations begin; Eccentric Women program due; Lili Wright flyer due
-10/29: Eccentric Women RopeWalk reading

Week 10
-11/02: Individual lit-mag presentations conclude; Lili Wright program draft due; Max cover due

Week 11
-11/09: Literary magazine analysis paper due; Lili Wright program due; service-learning project proposal due
-11/12: Lili Wright RopeWalk Reading

Week 12
-11/16: Service-learning project draft due; final project assigned

Week 13
-11/23: Service-learning project presentations/peer review; service-learning project due

Week 14
-11/30: Final project draft due

Week 15
-12/07: Final project presentations/peer review

Week 16 (Finals Week)
-12/14: Final project due