From left to right: Gary Dop, Tish Jones, and Bao Phi

Five Reasons to Get Excited

by Felicia Jean Steele 2016 Convention Chair As I finish up this blog post, the Sigma Tau Delta 2016 International Convention is 40 days away! We’ve finalized our schedule of sessions, we’re preparing the program for the printer, and we’ve entered the last stage of convention preparations. Likely you all are in the first weeks […]

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Should I Submit to the 2016 Minneapolis Convention?

by Diane Steinberg 2016 Convention Chair “Of course you should submit!” is the short answer to that question, and this blog post is the long answer to that question. Any Sigma Tau Delta member who can come to convention ought to come to convention. Convention is a great English nerd festival, with literature lovers from […]

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Common Reader Description: Charles Baxter, The Soul Thief

by Diane Steinberg 2016 Convention Chair Charles Baxter’s novel, The Soul Thief, asks its readers a central question: what makes us who we are? Is it our possessions, our name, our ideas, our home, or our work? What do we do when we find our identity challenged? Publishers’ Weekly describes The Soul Thief as an […]

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