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RJ Jacobs is known for his ability to write compelling mystery books. In his most recent novel, This Is How We End Things, Jacobs tells the story of a group of college students who are studying the psychology of lying. One of the students is found dead, and the rest of the students find out […]
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Some people fascinate others in the first moments of an encounter and some teachers grab their students’ attention at the very first lecture. One such person is Dr. Manon Ehrlich, assistant professor of English at PVCC. Her unique style and friendly French approach to helping students succeed in her class is one which fosters a […]
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Almost every PVCC student has taken ENG 111. Many of them have written a narrative assignment. Not many of them have had their narrative assignment published in a renowned children’s magazine, but Linda White has. Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Kathy May read her narrative, a story about White’s childhood in 1980s South Korea, and […]
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Many articles published by The Forum (this one included) began as assignments for ENG 121: Introduction to Journalism, which teaches students the principles of reading, writing, and editing articles. In the coming semester, Introduction to Journalism will be a 16-week course, meeting twice a week in the Writing Center Lab (M627) on Tuesdays and Thursdays […]
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Interested in getting your creative work seen? Consider submitting it to PVCC’s student-run literary journal. The Fall Line has been publishing student creative writing and art for 14 years and is still going strong, curating a selection of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, comics, and visual art for a yearly issue every spring. Past issues are […]
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I have always loved writing. Since I was a child, I wrote poems, short stories, and pieces of creative fiction. Even before that I would play games with my sister making up stories and strange lands together. However, for a long time I thought writing as a career was only for authors lucky enough to […]
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The Virginia Festival of the Book presented “Keep it Concise: Microfiction & Short Stories,” a discussion about the art of writing short stories on March 16 from 6-7 p.m. over Zoom. The event hosted three authors who talked about their new books and the craft of writing short stories. The authors included Kim Fu, a […]
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On March 20 from 11 a.m. to noon, both Georgann Eubanks and Kat Maier stressed the importance of preserving and using different native plants. They stressed this in not only what they said, but what they wrote. They spoke at the Virginia Festival of the Book event that took place at the Riverview Farm in […]
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Many people discard a book if they are not drawn in by the first chapter or an article if the first couple of paragraphs are boring. Those first words stalking across the page are what sets the tone for the rest of the piece and what draws the reader in or makes them sigh and […]
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When I first started attending classes at PVCC in 2019, I was originally part of the Engineering program, so a class like ENG 121 – Introduction to Journalism would not have been something on my radar. After the COVID-19 lockdown, I began reconsidering my career and degree options and decided to switch my major to […]
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