What's New

Major Novelist to Return to UAHuntsville

Enrollment in Naslund’s class, EH 412/512: Form of Fiction, is limited to fifteen students, including both undergraduate and graduate students, and requires submission of a writing sample by October 15 to the UAH English Department. The course combines analytic and creative writing.  In the first part of the course, students study the unity of subject, structure, and style in modern and contemporary fiction. While the elements of subject, structure, and style combine to give any artistic entity its distinctive identity, the class will also explore the interrelatedness of additional aspects of fiction—plot, character, theme, setting, atmosphere, point of view, tone, and pace. In response to the assigned reading of published fiction, students may write either critical essays or their own creative fiction, or some of each. Student writing will be discussed in workshop sessions.

The Elephant Engine High Dive Revival
(more info here)
"THE ULTIMATE SPOKEN WORD UPLIFT PARTY EXPERIENCE!"
Featuring: Anis Mojgani, Derrick Brown, Shappy Seasholtz, and Shira Erlichman
Coming October 23, 2009 to the UC Exhibit Hall 102 @ 7:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE!!!
Also, you can check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at UAH October 23
Elephant Engine High Dive Revival, a nationally recognized troupe of performance poets, will be at UAH on Friday, October 23 for a lecture at 3:30 p.m. and a performance at 7. The topic of their talk is “The Business of Art”---what it means to be a professional poet, touring and publishing poetry. This is their third year touring this show, and some of them have appeared on The Tonight Show and on the HBO series “Def Poetry.”

Their show is not exactly a poetry slam (but they are slam poets and spoken word professionals), not exactly comedy (though there is humor), and probably not like anything you’ve ever seen before. It’s been described as a "rock concert, improv show, dance party and poetry reading all rolled into one." Members of the group include Anis Mojgani (a two-time Individual National Poetry Slam Champion), Derrick Brown (opening artist for The White Stripes and the  Cold War Kids),  Shappy Seasholtz (another National Poetry Slam Champion), and Shira Erlichman (Pushcart Prize nominee and one-woman band). Derrick Brown is also the founder of Write Bloody Publishing, an independent press based in Murfreesboro, TN. You can see video of these and other slam poets associated with EEHDR on their My Space page (linked above, or at,) http://www.myspace.com/2009elephant_revival_tour.

Both events are at the University Center Exhibit Hall and are free and open to the public. These events are produced by the UAHuntsville English Dept, Theatre Arts, and Women’s Studies, with major support from UAH Student Affairs. The UAH Humanities Center and Poetry Out Loud are sponsoring the lecture. For further information, call 824-6320 or see uah.edu/english/whatsnew.

Shakespeare Plays
February 10-12, 2010

The American Shakespeare Center on Tour (formerly Blackfriars Shakespeare, and before that Shenandoah Shakespeare Express) will perform three plays in the UAH University Center Exhibit Hall in February, all at 7:30 p.m. (pre-show lectures at 6:30 each night):

All's Well That Ends Well, Wednesday, Feb 10 (pre-show lecturer: Dr. Angela Balla)
Romeo and Juliet, Thursday, Feb 11 (pre-show lecturer: Dr. Jerry Mebane)
The Knight of the Burning Pestle, by Beaumont and Fletcher, Friday, February 12 (pre-show lecturer: Dr. Jeffrey Nelson)

These are sponsored by the Huntsville Literary Association and the English honor society Sigma Tau Delta.

Ticket prices:
Students: $12
HLA members: $15
Seniors (65 and older): $15
General Public: $20

Tickets will be general admission and seating will be limited to 350 per night.
Tickets wiill be available to schools on November 1st and to the general public on January 11th at the Coffee Tree, the Arts Council, and the UAHuntsville English Department (Morton Hall 222; 256-824-6320).

Upcoming STC Workshops
Sponsored By: H-NA Society for Technical Communication (STC) and the UAH English Department

Location and cost for all 3-hour workshops is the same.
Location: UAH Salmon Library Computer Lab, Room 211
Half day workshops: $20 students, $30 STC members and UAH English Dept. faculty/staff, $50 non-members.
All day workshops: $40 students, $60 STC members and UAH faculty/staff, 
$100 non-members. 
Payment by cash or check only.

Important: Pre-registration is required in order to arrange for computer logins and passwords. If you miss the pre-registration deadline but are a UAH student or can bring a laptop with the appropriate software, you may be able to attend.

Creating and Editing Graphics with PhotoShop CS2: Beginners
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: 9:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Registration:  9:00 A.M.- 9:25 A.M.
Presented By: Sue Barbara
Reservation (Required): E-mail Cindi Brasher, brasherc@uah.edu by Wednesday, November 11
Program:  We will cover the basic Photoshop tools, especially Move, Magic Wand, Lasso, Crop, Paintbrush, Filling with  color, Type, Sample and Zoom. Although some files will be provided, the class will be more meaningful if members bring their own images to practice with, preferably on a jump drive.
For more information or to discuss individual interests or needs, email Sue Barbara at bee58@mac.com.

Creating and Editing Graphics with PhotoShop CS2: Intermediate
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: 2:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M.
Registration: 1:30-1:55 P.M.
Presented By: Sue Barbara
Reservation (Required): E-mail Cindi Brasher, brasherc@uah.edu by Wednesday, November 11
Program:  This assumes basic knowledge of PhotoShop (see Beginners list above).  We will cover use of the Navigator, History, Layers, Clone Stamp, Healing Brush, Quick Mask, Layer Style for images and text.  If an attendee has a special request not listed above, please email with specifics.  Although some files will be provided, the class will be more meaningful if members bring their own images to practice with, preferably on a jump drive.
For more information or to discuss individual interests or needs, email Sue Barbara at bee58@mac.com.

For additional information, see www.stc-na.org or contact the UAHuntsville English Department, 824-6321.

Dr. Alanna Frost is our new Director of Composition, succeeding Dr. Laurel Bollinger.

The English Department Welcomes New Writing Center Director, Dr. Sandra Shattuck