Editing America:
The Second Annual CALS Spring Symposium
March 29-30, 2012
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CALS Director and symposium organizer Sean Goudie (far right) with the participants in the “Editing America” symposium.

For more pictures from the “Editing America” symposium, see here . . .

"Grim Reaper" Writing Contest:
Sponsored by Centre County Reads, with the Support of the Center for American Literary Studies
Deadline: February 24, 2012.

We were excited to receive a great number of entries to the CALS/CCR "Grim Reaper" Writing Contest. The judges appreciate the entrants' enthusiasm for the contest and the opportunity to read their work. Final decisions were difficult to arrive at, a testament to the overall quality of the entries.

Without further ado, here are the winners:

Grand Prize Winner: Kathleen Miller, "Forgetting" (short fiction)
Best Short Fiction: L. E. Archer, "MADA the REAPER"
Best Poem: Randi Anderson, "Santa Muerte"
Best Parody: Andrew Marks, "D.O.D."
Best under-18 entry: Alicia Lai, "Natural Disaster" (a poem)

The winning entries may be accessed by clicking on the links to each above. They will also be on display at the Schlow Centre Region Library downtown.

Many thanks, once more, to all who sent in their work for the judges' consideration, and congratulations to all the winners!

"Young Adult" Literature?
A Panel Discussion
February 21, 2012, 4 PM, Foster Auditorium
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  Erin Clarke, Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, and Benjamin Schreier comment on the porous boundaries between "young adult" and "adult" fiction categories.
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  Erin Clarke delivers her opening remarks.
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  Ben Schreier responds to an audience member's question.

Provoking, Invoking History:
Interdisciplinary Encounters among History, Fiction, and Visual Art
November 5, 2011, Palmer Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.
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