2015 AWP Writers Conference Panel Presentation and Bookfair
2015 AWP Writers Conference Panel Presentation and Bookfair
Academic Year:
2014 - 2015 (June 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015)
Funding Requested:
$2,000.00
Project Dates:
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Applicant(s):
Overview of the Project:
To attend the 2015 AWP Writers Conference as a presenter on the panel "God Made Flyover States: Writing the Rural Midwest," which relates directly to and will help inform my continued teaching of Midwestern, Michigan, and Rust Belt Literatures in the English Department at the University of Michigan, as well as to participate in the bookfair as the Editor-in-Chief of Fiction Writers Review, an online literary journal founded by University of Michigan alumni. I also hope to attend a number of talks and panels focused on the teaching of writing in general and the pedagogy of creative writing in particular, with special attention to issues related to teaching genre literature, integrating new media and digital publishing in the classroom, and effectively interacting with student writing as a critical respondent.