-Flight- and -Rumble Strip- by Jason Tandon

Flight, a chapbook of poems written by Jason Tandon, is now available for pre-sale. This is a limited edition collection, and pre-publication sales will determine the press run, so please reserve your copy now! If you purchase the book before May 9th, shipping is free. Please note that the book will ship on June 8th.

To order, go to: finishinglinepress.com and click on New Releases. Please spread the word!

EDIT:
Jason Tandon is pleased to announce the release of Rumble Strip, a limited edition collection of poems published by sunnyoutside. To order, go to: http://www.sunnyoutside.com/releases/017/rumble_strip.html

Monday, April 9 at 7:00 p.m., Jason will be reading from Rumble Strip and Flight at Breaking New Grounds in Portsmouth. He is a featured reader for the Stone Pigeon Reading Series.

Thanks for your support and please spread the word!

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EGO conference: Help us out!

To all English graduate students,

EGO is currently in the initial planning phase for a spring 2008 graduate conference in English to be held at UNH. A potential theme is below. At this point, we're open to any and all ideas, so please respond to this post by suggesting additions or changes... or feel free to suggest entirely different ideas.

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We would like the theme to be broad enough to appeal to a wide range of interests, and we also wish to include graduate students from Literature, Rhetoric/Composition, and Creative Writing programs. The theme should not be so broad, however, that it is meaningless. Tell us what you think!

GRADUATE CONFERENCE
"What Happens Next?: Reading, Writing and Living the Future of English Studies"

As higher education struggles to maintain a sense of purpose while coping with the rapid changes of the 21st century, the role of English Studies in particular is a frequently discussed topic. Recent years have seen a shift in the way the language is both used and studied, which threatens to widen the gap between English departments and the world on which they comment. Scholarly interests in literature and composition are increasingly testing established theoretical, canonical and historiographic boundaries. Ethical considerations have arisen as the concepts of plagiarism and "intellectual property" have become more prominent. And practical matters have a greater impact than ever: the influences of vocationalism and standardized testing continue to exert pressure on English instruction at the college level, even among the areas of study that have traditionally ignored or resisted such pressure. Perhaps most importantly, these changes are mediated by new technology, a development that might seem frightening to a discipline that often seems best equipped to operate among books and essays.

Yet new scholarship continues to keep English Studies relevant, and the work of graduate students often takes the lead in disciplinary innovation. As we look toward the future of the discipline, we should seek to strengthen the connections among these scholars. The proposed conference seeks contributions from graduate students who are seriously engaged in the valuable work of aligning their profession with the new realities of the century in which they live.