MISCELLANY – November 1, 2022

MFA Endowed Chair in Creative Writing Kali Fajardo-Anstine appeared on Good Morning America last month. Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s book, Woman of Light, was featured as a ‘GMA’ Buzz Pick. You can view the appearance here:   https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/video/woman-light-kali-fajardo-anstine-weeks-gma-buzz-91157322

Chris Dayley’s article, “Increasing Inclusion in Technical Communication Academic Programs,” has been accepted for publication in the February 2023 issue of Technical Communication.  Chris (with Dr. Isidore K. Dorpenyo of George Mason University) is editing a special issue of Technical Communication titled, “Practices, Reflections, and Methodologies: What Is Successful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Technical Communication Workplace,” which will be published in August 2023.

Debra Monroe was recently featured in the Houston Chronicle, where she discussed her latest book, It Takes a Worried Woman. You can read the article here:  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/renew-houston/wellness/article/In-It-Takes-a-Worried-Woman-Texas-author-Debra-17515367.php?fbclid=IwAR2BLRfpvhWOT2Qtm7Yxo054vKuM2udCUuOYC0yb4IanmXm-XcXKy64vTjM

Tom Grimes’s new novel, Uncertainty is the Problem, has been excerpted in Narrative Magazine. An earlier excerpt can be found at: https://www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/fall-2016/fiction/dynamics-faith-tom-grimes

According to the most recent “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators,” Rob Tally was among the Top 2% of most cited authors in the field of Literary Studies worldwide in 2021.

MFA Creative Writing graduate and Lecturer Jessica Martinez’s nonfiction essay, “The Anatomy of a Powerlifter,” was recently published in Identity Theory.

Katie Kapurch was asked to weigh in on Madonna’s recent TikTok controversy for The Guardian. Her interview appears in “Madonna on TikTok: she’s recycling ‘the shock value of her heyday’,” published on October 24, 2022.

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