Mark Spitzer, assistant professor of writing, was a semi-finalist in the novel category of the 2007 William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. His review/essay “Towards a Less Bogus Definition of Creative Nonfiction ? la Apocrypha” was recently accepted for publication in Projected Letters.
Stephanie Vanderslice, also an associate professor of writing, has, with her frequent collaborator Dr. Kelly Ritter of Southern Connecticut State University, been named a guest editor of College English, a leading professional journal for the college scholar and teacher. College English publishes articles about literature, rhetoric-composition, critical theory, creative writing theory, linguistics, literacy, reading theory, and professional issues related to the teaching of English.
The special issue Dr. Vanderslice will be editing, titled “Creative Writing in the Twenty-First Century,” will appear in 2009.
