Project #2 Outline

For my second project for Writing for the Web, I plan to do a follow-up piece on the article I wrote on English Society and the UMass undergraduate literary journal "Jabberwocky." The article is going to focus on the selection and publication process of the journal. Although it is early in the year for an annual publication, I'm going to ask Soo Bee Murray and some of the other returning members to outline the events that are being planned to fundraise and what it will take to actually put the journal together. At this Thursday's meeting, I am going to bring my camera which also records video to take photos. I am going to use the video to interview some of the members and ask what the selection process is like for them as individuals and how they think English Society works as a whole.

It should be fun, I'm going to talk to Soo Bee about it after class on Wednesday. Maybe it will motivate ES to really get moving!

Home, Finally

So, I'm going to be headed home for Thanksgiving break. The first time since I left for the school year. I'm pretty excited, mostly because I might be able to crash some of the community's artsyfartsy happenings around town and maybe even blog about them...get kind of an island perspective on what I've been writing about all semester. Who knows what the high school and the theater community are up to at the moment. It will be fun to drop in on my old haunting grounds and look at it with a completely different eye.

Back here on campus, English Society is going as well as can be expected. It's fun to go to those meetings, because everyone wants to go to the readings that happen afterwards every Thursday. But it's also frustrating, because there are so many submissions to go through and we never have enough time. I realize Jabberwocky is an annual publication so we do have the rest of the year, but it worries me that the selection process is taking so long. Ah well...

The Visiting Writers Series is really fascinating this year. I think it's because I'm looking at it as a collective whole now instead of just a few random events that happen on this vast campus. The English Department is really on top of things. I think they could do a better job publicizing these events, because I kind of have to hunt for the dates and times and often miss some readings all together, but the calendar line-up is so full it almost doesn't matter. Almost.

Sorry for the Minor Hiatus

The past two weeks have sadly been devoid of too many literary happenings around campus. I did recently attend a performance in the Concert Hall by Bill T. Jones and the Zane Dance company which incorporated a lot of text into the production. I'll be reviewing that shortly, hopefully to be posted onto Masslive.

English Society has been taking a break as well...the past three Thursdays meetings have been cancelled. It's not only inconvenient for my beat, but it's also disappointing because I really enjoy my time spent there. It's always fascinating for me to read my peers' work and hear what my fellow Jabberwocky staff have to say about it. This Thursday a whole lot of literary stuff will be going on. English Society will finally start meeting again, and there will be an author speaking at 8:00 PM in Memorial Hall.

As a part of the Visiting Writer's Series, Gillian Conoley will come to campus to discuss her upcoming novel and read from her past work. Novels will be on sale from Amherst Books at the end of the reading, so if I like what I hear maybe I'll pick one up and be able to write a legitimate review for Masslive.

Sorry about the lack of posts on UVoices lately, Scott. Things will be picking up shortly though!