News from Baker Hall 117
>>>	In response to many requests for a department newsletter, we proudly announce the first issue of English at UNI, our new online magazine for everyone interested in what we're up to here in "English at UNI"! Click here to download your own PDF copy. Enjoy! Congratulations and many thanks to the staff of English at UNI, led by student Deidre Cave (managing editor) and Professor Adrienne Lamberti (faculty advisor). They would welcome your feedback at EnglishAtUNI@uni.edu. For more background on the magazine, click here.
>>>	The English department has a Facebook! Click on the following links to access our Facebook sites. English Language and Literature, U of Northern Iowa University of Northern Iowa Professional Writing Program UNI Creative Writers - Past, Present, & Future English at UNI Magazine If you are not a member of Facebook, you will need to join in order to see these sites . . . or ask a Facebooker to show you.
>>>	Professor Adrienne Lamberti recently published her first book, Talking the Talk: Revolution in Agricultural Communication (Nova Science Publishers). This publication is the result of a study of an Iowa State Extension program, the Beginning Farmer Center, and the publications the Center produced over a two-year span. Talking the Talk fuses ethnographic research in professional communication with narratives by members of agrarian communities throughout Iowa. Click here for Talking the Talk on Facebook.
>>>	Professor Vince Gotera's third poetry collection, Fighting Kite, was recently published by Pecan Grove Press in San Antonio, Texas. This collection is Vince's second book with Pecan Grove Press; the first was Dragonfly, also a book of poems. Annie Finch says, "The skillfully interwoven lines in Vince Gotera's Fighting Kite — tightly gripping couplets, wryly sprawling sestinas, eerie terza rima — stay ever alert to the echoes and dashes of language. Subtle in musc and vivid in imagery, these poems spin honest tales that spell out hard and important truths of the pain and pride between father and son." Click here for Fighting Kite on Facebook.
>>>	Professor Jeffrey S. Copeland, head of the English Department, recently published Inman's War: A Soldier's Story of Life in a Colored Battalion in WWII (Paragon House). In the Introduction to the book, Dick Gregory calls Inman's War a "magnificent slice of [American] history." Noted author Sally Walker says, "Jeffrey Copeland discovered hidden treasure when he found a suitcase full of letters written during WWII. Inman's War, which is based on those letters, is a wonderful read, filled with laughter, tears, anger, love, and friendship."
>>>	Professor Grant Tracey's book Playing Mac: A Novella in Two Acts And Other Scenes recently appeared from Pocol Press in Virginia. This collection of fiction, Tracey's second, joins his previous collection, Parallel Lines and the Hockey Universe, also from Pocol Press. Robert McBrearty praises Playing Mac: "Stan Traicheff steps onto the stage, a flawed but well-meaning, memorable, and engaging character who has the courage to turn away from the dead end life awaiting him. Grant Tracey is a compelling, honest, and compassionate writer."
>>>	We are happy to announce the publication of Notes from the Flyover, a Festschrift in honor of Professor Barbara Lounsberry, who recently retired. The book, published by the North American Review Press, anthologizes creative nonfiction, fiction, literary criticism, and poetry by Lounsberry's former students and colleagues, including Salma Akbar, John Bresland, Grace Ann and Theodore Hovet, Nancy Price, Alice Swensen, Gay Talese, and others. Notes from the Flyover is edited by English professors Grant Tracey and Scott Cawelti as well as Ron Sandvik, Managing Editor of the North American Review. The book may be purchased for $13.95 at local bookstores as well as directly from the North American Review . . . by e-mail at <nar@uni.edu> or by phone at (319) 273-6455.
>>>	A Parent's Guide to Harry Potter by Gina Burkart, an adjunct professor in the English department, has been receiving considerable international attention. Here in Iowa, Christy Vilsack (former First Lady) contacted Gina about the book; through Ms. Vilsack's work, it is featured at the state library and links appear on websites across the state. For more about the book, check out the website of InterVarsity Press.
>>>	The Iowa Writing Project — a summer program for teachers — is alive and well at the University of Northern Iowa. For further information, please consult our Iowa Writing Project website. We look forward to your joining us this summer!
>>>	Students: want to learn about finding a job and career? Check out UNI Career Services' webpage titled Job Search Guides for Educators.
>>>	Applying for graduate school? For some helpful advice, look at Professor Vince Gotera's online articles on this subject:         o   How to Get Great Recommendations         o   How to Write a Great Statement of Purpose         o   The Grad School Letter Arrives ... Now What? Are there other topics you would like addressed in similar articles? Click here to let Professor Gotera know. Thanks!

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Department of English Language and Literature
117 Baker Hall
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls IA 50614-0502
Telephone: (319) 273-2821
Fax: (319) 273-5807
E-mail: english@sunny.uni.edu
Last Updated: 13-May-2008