Burstein Review in Latest Bookslut

Tovah "The Granite Stater" Burstein

Proud New Hampshire native, and current MFA Non-fiction candidate, Tovah Burstein, has had an awesome semester! "How did she have an awesome semester?" You might ask. Well, first of all, thanks for asking! And if you must know, her review of the book, "Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal" by Jeffrey J. Kripal, has been published in this month's Bookslut!

Bookslut is a monthly web magazine dedicated to those who love to read! They are a constant supply of literary news, reviews, commentary, and insight! Check out their submission page to see how you can submit a review or article!

A published review is not the only reason it's been an awesome semester for Tovah! She has just completed her Fall Internship for Roosevelt's Oyez Review (look for Volume 39 this spring!)! AND she's managed to juggle a variety of jobs on top of that! Including (but not limited to) tutoring at Roosevelt's Writing Center and working with a great reading program called WITS!

WITS (Working in the Schools) is a literacy organization that seeks to increase the reading proficiency and learning capacity of low-income and minority students in Chicago Public Schools! WITS brings together committed and cheerful volunteers to give consistent tutoring and mentoring services to students in need! It's a rewarding program, one that Tovah has spent a lot of time working with! Check out their many different programs and talk with Tovah if you want to volunteer! And then congratulate her on her published review and for her amazingly awesome semester!

Undergraduate Reading Gives Us a Peek...Into the FUTURE

Do you sometimes wonder what the FUTURE holds for humanity? Will we live in a giant bio domes? Travel in flying cars? Will we look onto a sky with two gleaming suns?

Will we love?

Will we know what love is?

Also: what type of writers will there be?

We can answer at least two of these questions, this Monday, April 18th, at 3:00pm. Come to Rm 811 in the Auditorium Building and be amazed by the talented undergraduate creative writers who will someday blossom and change the writing world...forever! The Future will be awesome!

Stahl to Infuse Awesomeness Into Your Personal Statement

Esley Stahl, MFA Creative Non-Fiction Candidate and Queen of Awesome, will be hosting a Personal Statement Workshop in the Roosevelt University Writing Center this coming Tuesday, April 12th, and Wednesday, April 13th. The center is at the Auditorium Building, Rm 650, and will start at 3:00 pm.  

Worried that you have nothing to write about yourself? Worried that you haven't tussled with enough rattlesnakes or climbed enough volcanoes? Esley says, "Don't worry!" Because this workshop, open to all students, will teach you how to write a compelling and strong personal statement and find the awesomeness in your everyday life!

Stop by next Tuesday or Wednesday, with a pen, some paper, and your own unique and personal story!