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Everyday English Majors: Eryn Stilwell
Eryn Stilwell (They/Them) is completing their bachelor’s degree in Theatre with a minor in creative writing here at Western Illinois University (WIU).…
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English 328 Students Write and Bind Commonplace Books
“. . . you made a book of your own, one stamped with your personality.” – Darnton Robert Dr. Banash’s fall 2024…
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DEAR WIU: A Day of Sharing the Passion of Reading
On Friday, October 11th of 2024, Marcy Bialeschki, award-winning bestselling romance-thriller novelist spoke at Western Illinois University (WIU). A 1988 graduate of…
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Why Write? Questions for M&L’s Own Lydia Quattrochi
These interview questions were posed to me by a student named Riley, the friend of a friend from the community college I…
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Unpacking My Library: Andrew Cripe
Andrew Cripe is an English Grad Student at Western Illinois Univerisity; his thesis is about trauma representation in storytelling and whether it’s…
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From Bonfires to Institutional Curation: Understanding American Book Bans
The subject of banned books seems to be on many people’s minds lately. There is a widely held belief that these prohibited…
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Febos: Endings to Inspire
On September 11, 2024, established memoirist Melissa Febos arrived at Western Illinois University (WIU). Febos is the author of bestselling memoirs Whip…
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Everyday English Majors: Donovan Williams
Donovan Williams is a theater major, with a creative writing minor at Western Illinois University (WIU). He often assists WIU play production…
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Goodman Gets Crafty
(This article was originally published in Spring 2024) Juliana Goodman, author of The Black Girls Left Standing, visited WIU’s Art Gallery on…
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Everyday English Majors: Lydia Quattrochi
Lydia Quattrochi transferred to Western Illinois University (WIU) in the fall of 2024 at the beginning of her junior year. Prior to…
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