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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would suggest as well considering any
cross-listed English class dealing with media that Toby Miller offers. He is
brilliant, amazingly prolific and incredibly approachable. I’m biased because I’ve
worked as his assistant for the last three years, but I think enough of him
that he is on my thesis committee. You will definitely have the opportunity to
work on a research paper in his classes, but will find that you share the class
with graduates in a variety of departments and that the information is relevant
to your work. (shouldn’t we be talking about this on the grad student only list?
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best!<br>
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Rebecca <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> cwgrad-announcements-bounces@lists.ucr.edu
[mailto:cwgrad-announcements-bounces@lists.ucr.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Carly Kimmel<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:25
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Mary Copeland<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re:
[Cwgrad-announcements] (no subject)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I agree 100% Mary.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>It's crazy to think that we would even want to
graduate with a Master's having never written a conference or research paper.
It's challenging, but that's what we're here for right?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>On May 10, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Mary Copeland wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I thought I would share my thoughts regarding courses we are
required to take outside the Creative Writing Dept., i.e. English Seminars – I
know some of you are working on an intro for new MFA’s for next year.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>While it is true some English professors will allow you to
write a “creative” piece instead of an academic paper for English seminars, I
would like to suggest that some of you might consider taking up the challenge
of writing an academic piece for whatever English seminar you choose. I
believe we are required to take these classes for a reason—to stretch our
range, and hopefully be more prepared should we enter the teaching field.
After all, many of us are going to need some sort of income while we
continue to write. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>That said, I’m sure there are some professors that are more
helpful in this area than others. Speaking from experience, I took Dr.
Steven Axelrod’s English Seminar on “The Poetry of Grief and Sadness in the
Cold War Era.” It was informative, and opened my eyes to new works and
new ways of thinking about poetry. He was also very helpful and
supportive and gave a lot of input into my academic paper and put me at ease,
even though I was in a class with several Ph.D. candidates (who often seemed to
speak in a different language </span></font><font size=2 face=Wingdings><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> ). If
you feel you simply can’t do it, then of course, approach your professor about
writing a creative work – but we certainly get a lot of that in our workshops
and other classes, don’t we? I encourage everyone to challenge themselves
and make the most of your time here at UCR. It goes by all too fast.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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