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The Books That Shaped Them

With "Banned Books Week" celebrated last week and "Teen Read Week" coming up Oct.18-24, exploring the world through literature seems to always be in season. For professors at the University of Kentucky, books have impacted their lives and careers in surprising ways.

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Defining Borders: Social Theory Graduate Course

Every spring the Committee on Social Theory offers the team-taught seminar—always with four professors. Previous course themes/names for the seminar have included “Law, Sex, and Family” “Autobiography,” and “Security.” But previous seminars may not have spoken so directly to the professors’ personal backgrounds as “Transnational Lives” does with this team of four.

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New Master's in Creative Writing and Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies Created
The Board of Trustees greatly enhanced the education of its liberal arts students yesterday with two programs that will greatly impact their communication skills.
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UK English Department Accepting Entries for Poetry & Fiction Contests
A $250 prize will be awarded in each category.
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Word Games with Friends Night- Sigma Tau Delta sgwa222
Do you dominate at Scrabble? Do you know how to perfectly fit nouns and adjectives together in Apples to Apples to form hilarious pairs? Do you have a secret passion for Bananagrams? 
 
If you do (and even if you don't), you are invited to Sigma Tau Delta's Word Games with Friends Night this Saturday (3/8/14) from 6-8 PM in the Cats Den! Bring your favorite word games to play with others while enjoying some snacks and drinks.
 
See the attached flyer for more information--we hope to see you there!
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James Baker Hall Inducted into Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame
Deceased English department member inducted into Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame
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Shale Earns Honorable Mention in Outstanding Literary Arts Journal Awards
Shale is an on-campus literary journal that features poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, world language pieces and art submitted by UK students.
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They Are Here - Christina Williams and Rachael Hoy nrsa222

By Victoria Dekle and Brian Connors Manke

Rachael Hoy might be a graduate student in English, but right now her brain is more focused on mapping than sentence fragments.

Writing Culture: English 205 in Costa Rica with Steve Alvarez

In May 2013, ten students will go to Costa Rica to do ethnographic writing for English 205: Advanced Composition. Steve Alvarez of WRD is taking the group to the town of Heredia for four weeks.

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The History of Hip: Thomas Marksbury

The words “hip” and “hipster” carry around a lot of baggage. Often, due to misconceptions, "hipster" is used as an insult meant to suggest some sort of failed or inauthentic attempt at being "hip." But what if that isn’t what “hip” is? What if “hip” isn’t some obsession with the fleeting but a more permanent state?

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