Communications Center

Please join the Creative Writing program in the Department of English for two back-to-back nights of literary excitement called The In Print Festival of First Books.

This annual event is in its 16th year at Ball State. 

Readings
TC 120 at 7 PM

The first night will feature short readings by three authors who have just published their first books.

• Poet Ananda Lima, Mother/land
• Fiction writer Dionne Irving, Quint
• Nonfiction writer (and Ball State alum) J.R. Jamison, Hillbilly Queer

Panel
TC 121 at 7 PM 

On the second night, the authors are joined by an editor for a panel on the publishing process.

This year, that editor is:

• Poet & editor Abigail Cloud (Editor in Chief of Mid-American Review).

Questions about this event?

• Contact the Director of Creative Writing, Prof. Silas Hansen at schansen@bsu.edu.