Yes, having heard all of this I'm inclined to go ahead with it for one
more year, with the date pushed back a little. We'll discuss at bowling.
Have fun at the retreat. Keith
On 2/14/12 5:21 PM, "Luongo, Margaret M. Ms." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>So, we're down one novella reader in the fall. That doesn't seem
>impossible.
>
>
>Margaret Luongo
>Associate Professor, Creative Writing
>Department of English
>356 Bachelor Hall
>Oxford, OH 45056
>513-529-5221
>________________________________________
>From: Miami University Creative Writing Faculty
>[[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tuma, Keith W.
>[[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 3:54 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Bowling for Writers
>
>I think I can probably make bowling on Thursday evening if it goes
>forward, deadlines be damned.
>
>On a separate note, I need to be reassured very soon and by more than one
>of you that we are collectively prepared and able to support the MU Press
>novella contest next year, as we'll want to be printing something for AWP
>very soon if so. Last I heard Margaret was heroically willing to serve
>again as final judge if we go ahead with the contest, and when I mentioned
>that it didn't seem like anyone wanted to arm wrestle her for a turn. So
>speak up now or forever hold your bowling elbow. If we do go ahead I think
>we might want to move the deadline for submission back a little, perhaps
>to mid-November, and do the reading at a slightly more leisurely pace that
>uses the break and part of January: I'd like to hear your views about this
>too. I'm thinking this because our schedule has been pushed back a little
>this year thanks to the Peter Manson/Mallarmé book due in a few weeks and
>our work on the Freedom Summer monument book, which makes for an extra
>project thrown into our mix. The Men Beware Women novella that Margaret
>picked as a winner and is now editing will likely be printed first thing
>in September, though the work on it should mostly be completed by the time
>Dana ends her year in June. I hope that the Freedom Summer book will then
>be published in late November or early December. I have very tentative
>plans(have had preliminary discussions) for the next poetry collection,
>which if things go well will be an anthology of recent British & Irish
>poetry edited by three people in the UK. I have a range of backup options
>if this plan falls apart, as it might.The time frame for the next poetry
>publication is open and will depend on the fate of these conversations.
>
>One reason I ask about continuing the novella contest or taking a year off
>is the fact that several of you have leaves scheduled for next year, which
>means fewer faculty readers, and David is stepping into a new role. I am
>also a little fuzzy about the date of short form conference--whether
>that's next year or the year after. If it is next year and we want to do a
>book out of it that one or possibly two of you will edit, I think we might
>do best to plug that book into the novella slot.
>
>It goes without saying that the flier for the conference that cris was
>working on also needs to be ready for AWP.
>
>Cheers,
>Earl Anthony
>
>
>On 2/13/12 2:53 PM, "Goodman, Eric" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>Braindeadedness is well-known to increase bowling scores by an average of
>>2.9%
>>
>>On 2/13/12 2:48 PM, "Luongo, Margaret M. Ms." <[log in to unmask]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I am free to bowl, to my limited abilities, this Thursday. I suspect
>>>I'll
>>>be brain dead, but I don't think that will affect my bowling one way or
>>>another.
>>>
>>>
>>>Margaret Luongo
>>>Associate Professor, Creative Writing
>>>Department of English
>>>356 Bachelor Hall
>>>Oxford, OH 45056
>>>513-529-5221
>>>________________________________________
>>>From: Miami University Creative Writing Faculty
>>>[[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Goodman, Eric
>>>[[log in to unmask]]
>>>Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 2:20 PM
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: Bowling for Writers
>>>
>>>Writers,
>>>
>>> There was some chatter this week about wanting to get in another
>>>Writers Bowling Night (WBN) before spring break.
>>>
>>> Since Dana is reading on the 23rd, that would mean our only
>>>opportunity would be this Thursday, the 16th.
>>>
>>>What say you?
>>>
>>> Eric
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