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Author Ladette Randolph Discusses Writing

Ladette Randolph, associate director and humanities editor at University of Nebraska Press, delivers readings and discusses her writing Dec. 8 at 8:00 p.m. in the Anderson Reading Area of the Alma College library. Her reading is free and open to the public.

Randolph is the author of the short story collection This Is Not the Tropics and editor of the anthology A Different Plain: Contemporary Nebraska Fiction Writers. The recipient of a Rona Jaffe Award and a Virginia Faulkner Award from Prairie Schooner, her work has been reprinted in the Pushcart Prize volume and Best New American Voices.

Her short fiction and essays have been published in numerous literary journals including Prairie Schooner, Fourth Genre, The Clackamas Literary Review, and Connecticut Review. A graduate of University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., she has been an editor at UNP since 1999. Prior to that she was managing editor of Prairie Schooner magazine.

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Alma College students report levels of educational experiences and faculty interaction that exceed the national norms by significant amounts, according to the findings of the 2007 National Survey of Student Engagement. In the 2006 study, Alma students reported a level of interaction with faculty that ranked among the top five percent in the nation.

 

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Elizabeth Heitsch

Elizabeth Heitsch
Graduation: 2008
Major: History
From: St. Louis, Michigan
Interests: Reading, Music

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