The English Department is hosting a reading via Zoom on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 7 PM CST in collaboration with Moon City Press. Author Andrew Bertaina will be reading from his collection One Person Away From You. About Andrew Bertaina Andrew Bertaina's short story collection One Person Away From You won the Moon City Press Short Fiction Award in 2020. His work has … [Read more...] about Upcoming Reading: Andrew Bertaina
All students will have food memories, so this presentation will guide students through sensory description of a food memory. First, students must understand the definition of a food memory and why they are so powerful as well as how food description connects readers to the description; students will learn about sensory description (taste groups [sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and … [Read more...] about “Doesn’t That Smell Good? Writing about Food Memories” by Tracy Dalton
The music we listen to can influence us in many different ways. In this demonstration, I’d like to take that a step further and talk about the way you can use music to create your writing piece. The writing that you are doing can be influenced by the lyrics, the tempo, and the beat in the music. Let’s practice writing with different genres of music and see what kind of products … [Read more...] about Mixing Modalities: “The Musicality of Writing” by Tiffany Taylor
Learning to use a few, universal copymarking symbols can help writers to quickly edit their own and others’ writings. During this presentation, students will use copymarks along with the presenter to edit two short sections of text. The copymarking demonstration will be videotaped as part of a PowerPoint presentation. While students edit along with the presenter, they will also … [Read more...] about “Copymarks: Shortcuts to Editing Your Writing” by Tracy Dalton
Listen and watch a diverse group of Missouri State University students from ENG 222: Writing for Social Change discuss their reservations, limitations, and ultimate rewards in creating and conducting conversations about social change and social justice issues via podcasting. Viewers will be inspired and instructed in strategies for approaching podcasting on topics most of us … [Read more...] about “Going There: Having Difficult Conversations via Podcasting” – MSU Student Podcasting Panel Discussion