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MONDAY-FRIDAY 19-23 OCTOBER-C WOW THEN & NOWhttp://www.wix.com/cartershannon/Commerce-Week-on-Writing A WEEK IN REVIEW

MONDAY 19HALLS OF POETRY

4:30-7:00 RM 203

Hall of Languages

TUESDAY 20Writing Local History:

Panel of Experts

1:00-2:00 at the

James G. Gee Library

Writing Center Open House and

Memoir Workshop 4:30-7:30

WEDNESDAY 21THE NORRIS COMMUNITY PROJECT

NCOW THEATER

4:30-7:00 RM 203

Hall of Languages

Don't Be Silent

Documentary 2:30-4:15

THURSDAY 22Literacy in the Lives of 3 PhD stu-

dents 12:30-2 RM 203

Hall of Languages

No Experience Necessary Workshop

Performing Arts Center

Open Mic for Kids 4:30-6

Commerce Public Li-brary

Open Mic hosted by the

Mayo Review 7:30-0

FRIDAY 23No Experience NecessaryPerformances

STORY SLAM

7:00-10:00 RM 203 THESpot

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When I first entered the room in the Hall of

Languages, there werent as many people as I

thought there would be, this being the first

meeting of Commerce Week on Writing and all.

I didnt see anyone I knew from English class,

so I just nestled myself into the center of a

middle row, allowing myself to see and hear a

majority of my surroundings. There was a lot of

chatter, only a few people came by themselves,

everyone seemed to know everyone else. I later

learned that a class was earning extra credit for

coming, so obviously they knew each other and

sat in little groups. As the program began, there

were clicks of cameras, chewing gum smacks,

quite a few rustlers, and a video camera zoom-

ing in and out. All around me were students

expressing their nervousness about readingtheir creative writings, partly because of ex-

pected judgment and peer pressure, partly

because of the video camera.

Among the topics of the readings were: 9/

11, resumes, ballads, vampires, acid trips, and

more. It wasnt all poetry even; there were ex-

cerpts of short stories and pieces of drama as

well. Some things I noticed while people were

reading aloud at the podium were that a major-

ity of those reading had no eye contact what-

soever with the audience, which I understand

what with the mentioned pressure and whatnot.

Because of this, the theatrical performances

got the most attention from the audience, such

as the drama or one of the comical short sto-

ries. The accompanying gestures and inflec-

tions in the voices of the readers caught peo-

ples attention, and received the most reactions

from the audience, mostly through laughter,

and the loudest applause.

This showed me a point to literacy that I

had never even thought about. I

read about how peo-

ples different

backgrounds

affect their

literacy, but

I never

thought of the

pre- senting side to

literacy. The way literacy is pre-

sented to an audience affects the audiences

comprehension of the text as well as its appre-

ciation for it. Reactions in the audience change

with each reader, illustrating the relationship

between the readers communication and the

text. The readers who spoke with the most con-

fidence and who had a certain casual presence

on the stage not only got the best reactions from

the audience, but they related the text to every

person there to where anyone could value it.

Even the atmosphere of the room changed be-

tween readers. For some, it was light and casua

as they breezed through their text and the room

got giggly and loud. For others, the room got so

quiet you could hear the silent flash of a camera

go off as the reader shifted uncomfortably at the

podium while reading softly.

This could also relate to the visual literacy

that Im researching, because one of the key

components to the gallerys exhibitions is the

composition of the space, or the presentation. Ifall of the art pieces were strewn together with-

out spacing or alignment, a sense of structure

and importance would be lost. The visual inter-

pretation of the actual piece wouldnt even mat-

ter anymore because of the distractions of the

mess. Also, within individual pieces, presenta-

tion is essentially what the piece is; presenta-

tions are visual depictions of a concept or idea,

otherwise known as art.

One of the more enthusiastic readings,

and definitely an obvious favorite of the group,

was a musician who wrote two original songs,and sang them accompanied by her guitar and

some sing-alongs from the crowd. By interpret-

ing the lyrics with ease, interrupting her own text

to talk to the audience, everyone in the room lit

up, tapping their hands on their laps, clapping,

and bobbing their heads.

Going to the first meeting of Commerce

Week on Writing was very beneficial to my

broadened understanding of the definition of

literacy. With every article I read or meeting I

attend, literacy is becoming clearer and clearer

to me.

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Writ ing Local History:Panel of Experts The head of the Special Collection Department, Dr. Jim Conrad, has organizedpanel of local history experts for the National Week on Writing. The event willtake place on October 20th from 1:00-2:00 at the James G. Gee Library.

John Hanners has been chosen to be among the panelists. Mr. Hanners haspublished articles on local history in the Commerce Journal, and has conducteresearch on the famous trial of Commerce resident, Velma Patterson, who wasconvicted of the murder of her daughter during the mid 1930s.

Otho Spencer will also serve as a panelist during the National Week on WritingMr. Spencer is a retired photography and journalism professor from Texas A&University Commerce. He has also published local history articles in theCommerce Journal for three years.

Jim Conrad will be the moderator during the meeting. Dr. Conrad currentlypublishes the weekly Blackland column in the Herald Banner, and is the authof the book, "Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Age of JimCrow."

Another panelist will be appointed from the Silver Leos, an organization whichmainly consists of retired faculty.

Each panelist will have the opportunity to read one of their memoirs forapproximately ten minutes. The audience will then have the opportunity to askquestions and discuss local history.


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Sitting in front of the audience

was a panel of 4 people. There

were introduced by a tall man

who spoke with a very clear slow-

paced voice. 1st speaker- This

man tells interesting stories, one

of the reasons I recognized him-

he spoke previously in a collo-

quium class I am in. I love how he

asks the question- Why do people

do what they do? That is the exact

question I had in one of my writ-

ing assignments this year. Be-cause of that I felt like I could re-

late to why he would research about people, especially criminals.

I like how criminals are his focus because even though they dont

truly deserve attention, they need to be understood. Besides, too

much time is spent on studying heroes anyways. While speaking

he had a very focused intent look about him and I really liked his

point on how we are all connected through the space we live in.

4th speaker- This woman is the newest of the panel members to

writing and publishing books. She seemed truly glad to be there

and was the most excited about writing. She told us a lot about

the new Silver Leo Writing Club and the audience really seemed

to key into that. I really enjoyed her reading part of her memoir

to us. She chose the section of her memoir that focuses on her pet

pig, Grunter, and it was a cute story. She encouraged everyone to

not write to get things published, but to write because you like to.

What disturbed me? This girl walked in after it started. That

wasnt so bad. I figured she came right after she got out of class.

Then she decides to answer her cell phone while the 4th speaker

was reading her memoir excerptand then hold a WHOLE CON-

VERSATION! It was so bad that it made me want to knock some

serious sense into her!

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As I took my seat in between

Arielle and Jessica I noticed

that Spencer started a light

conversation with Tim

Ainsworth. This caught me

completely by surprise, becauseup until this point I never con-

sidered the fact that the panel

members might actually have

met outside of this particular

instance before. Their conver-

sation consisted mostly of

Spencers inquiries of

Ainsworths new book, which

he later detailed for us, and its

release. Again it was just a bitof a shocker to me to see these

people less as historical writers

and more as actual people. I

noticed that while Spencer was

speaking he possessed a very

unique accent that made his

speech seem rather slow. Quick

flashes of one of my little

brothers BETA friends, Ten-

penny, ran through my mind.Tenpeeny, too, was gifted with a

slightly slower accent and he

learned to utilize this as a form

of entertainment when he

sought to win votes for BETA

President. As one o clock rolls

around a Mr. Jim Conrad makes

his way across the panel ex-

plaining the format that was to

dictate the

nature of the

short meet-

ing, and

without a

second to

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Dr. Spencer, who deals with Journalism

and Photography, said something I found pro-

found. We are our stories. He talked about

microhistory (everyday people, small scale, that

do extraordinary things) and its importance,

how he is motivated by individuals, and how we

occupy the spaces that people before us have.

He creates bibliographical snapshots people

and their stories. I loved his talk because it was

so pertinent towards my own project and how I

need to approach my research. Bibliographica

snapshots that contribute to the larger whole of

the songwriters subculture. I found it amusing

that he kept mentioning how he was intrigued by

outlaws and their stroies, social villians as he put

it. He even researched his own family history to

find interesting stories, like his grandpa who

rode with some outlaws. He wants to find those

stories, and I loved that.

Halfway through the session, some girlsphone went off and she talked on it, distracting

everybody, and not even thinking to leave. She

just lowered her voice to what she apparently

thought was a discreet level and kept talking,

annoying those around her. I thought that rude

and out of place at an academic event, espe-

cially an optional academic event.

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Panelist, Mr. Ainsworths story of how he

didnt listen to his fathers story about the fifty

year old biscuits was much like a warning to me.

In my family, preserving our history is very im-portant. So when Mr. Ainsworth talked about

how he lost a part of his father when his dad

died because he didnt know the story that was

obviously important to his dad. His warning

being that we must listen to stories that people

take them time to tell because they are telling

them for a reason. I loved Ainsworth quote that

people libraries burn down with them when

they die. I had never thought about peoples

memories as being like libraries, but it is so

true. Memories are stories, and stories live in

books; books live in libraries.

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All of the speakers were introduced in the

beginning and I found it interesting that they

were introduced in what appeared to be a ran-

dom order rather than starting at one side of the

table and going down the line.After the intro-ductions, the first man to speak was Otha

Spencer. He seemed to be a dear old(er) manwho reminded me much of my late

great-grandfather. In his first few sentences heused the powerful statement, You are the

author of your own life story. I found it interest-ing that he said he primarily wrote for genera-

tions to come. Otha, as he was called, haswritten quite a few books. Much of his writingdealt with being a combat air pilot. He left hisyounger audience with these words of wisdom,

If you write a book, get an editor. His wife was

incharge of checking all of his facts in his

books.As he finished he told another speaker,Dr. Hanners, that he wanted someone to write a

musical in Texas that would compare to Okla-

homa.

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Out of all 4 speakers, I liked Bobbe Perty

the most. She was the so-called baby of thegroup and seemed to me to be the mostengaging. She spoke with clarity and was theonly one within the panel to read some of her

texts. This is not to say that I didnt appreciatethe other panels views, but I was more easily

acquainted with hers. It was astonishing hear-ing her family history through the friendship of

her granddaughter and a baby big. She paintedpictures in my mind of her family working hard

on the farm and the strong

relationships within

it. She pre-sented afamily situa-

tion that

could help

explain the be-

liefs that she holds about

reading and writing and how it affects the

world on grander scales (economics for

example. I have to come back to that in someway you know ). She is a member of the SilverLeos, an established group of 50 year old sen-

iors and upper retirees who took part in the

academic environment of Texas A&M University-

Commerce when it was known as East Texas. Iplan to go to the memoir workshop and see any

additional members, in addition to Bobbe

herself. Hopefully, she and others can provideme with a first-hand account of past school

practices and traditions.

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I was surprised by my own

eagerness to listen. I was

attentive during each spee

and introduction. Aside fr

my own personal reasons, I

was also surprised by howdeeply rooted these histo

authors are with their wo

Not only do the authors hav

a background with Texas A&M

Commerce or the surroundin

area, but their lives and

much of their income, Im

sure, revolves around that

fact. It was incredible to

me, and I was proud to liv

in Commerce.
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NCow Theatre

NCow Theatre is a film festival about writing organized by Dr.

Shannon Carter and Luca Morrazzano. The event will feature a se-

lection of videos essays from universities across the country. The

festivities will begin at 2:30 in the Gee Library at Texas A&M

University-Commerce. While

many of the videos are oriented

toward students and teachers,

anyone with an interest in writing

and education is welcome. The

videos will deal with a host of

writing issues, ranging from

pedagogical issues

to students experi-

ences with writingin high school and

college. Many of

the videos will dis-

cuss concerns in

contemporary liter-

acy, including ob-

servations about

the impact culture

and class have on

reading and writ-

ing. The goal is to

broaden contempo-

rary beliefs about

literacy in America

and stimulate a

productive conver-

sation about liter-acy issues.

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WEDNESDAY

21ST

The Norris Community

Wednesday, October the

21st from 12.30 to 1.45,

The Commerce Week on

Writing will celebrate The

Norris Community.

Oral stories and memories

will be told by members of

a small community raised

on the wrong side of the

track. Through a discus-

sion with archivists, re-

searchers and other ex-

perts we will share the

past and the present of a

small, lively community of

Commerce.

The event is organized by

Dr Lavelle Hendricks, Dr

Shannon Carter and Dr

Donna Dunbar-Odom

Film

Line-up

Every-

ones a

Writer

(Texas

A&M-Commerce)

Who is a Writer? What Writers Tell Us(DePaul University)

What They Bring with Them to College:

High School Writers Talk about Writing

(York College of Pennsylvania)

Whats So Basic About Writing, Anyway?

(Texas A&M-Commerce)

Who Said Johnny Cant Write? (A&M-

Commerce, with University of

Michigan-Flint)

Calling All Writing Teachers (Texas A&M-

Commerce)
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told of his shack that consisted of

two rooms with eight people resid-

ing there. It was such a sad story.

Sometimes it was hard to keep up

with the movie because I would

catch myself staring at the scenes

and not reading all the subtitles, but

I definitely got the gist of it. Robertowas a good man looking to help

provide schooling and housing for

these poor shack people. This most

interesting thing about this event

was that one of the makers of the

film, Luca Morazzano, was there to

start the film and explain or answer

questions afterward. I thought it

was cool in the film when they

talked about living poor. They

were poor because they refused

the lives of the rich and the habits

that came with that. I thought that

was an interesting point. Sometimes

a humbling experience is a neces-

A CATHOLIC priest by the name of

Don Roberto Sardelli started School

725 in Italy (Rome) in the poorest of

the poor. My heart went out to the

people in the film. They lived in

shacks and had no electricity or

water. This made me very apprecia-

tive for the apartment I have pro-vided for me at Commerce and the

wonderful house and family I have

at home in Kansas. These people

survived with the bare essentials. I

liked the effects of the movie: some

scenes were black and white,

whereas others were in color. I

liked the music that they played

when they were just scanning

scenery. The opening song was

very dramatic and set the stage

very well for the rest of the film.

Roberto wanted to prepare these

kids for life and instill some politi-

cal conscience in them. One boy

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Sometimes you can get into

those slumps and bogged

down with everything to do,

but this provided me with a

motive. These people are

writing about things they are

interested in, as well as help-

ing our community preserve

history. I, too, can be a part of

this reciprocal relationship.

My research, done through-

out the Catholic community,

is interesting and enjoyable

to me. I will not only be in-

forming myself and enjoying

the process, but I will also be

helping my community pre-

serve the history of this day,

this time, this church. I find

this fascinating! My ethnog-

raphy can be a part of this

history, showing current and

future residents what is hap-

pening in 2009. My second

event was also fun. Dont BeSilent somewhat connects to

my other event. In this docu-

mentary, the residents write

down their problems and re-

quests, hoping the city lead-

ers will respond with com-

passion and help their situa-

tion. By documenting these

predicaments, they are pre-

serving their history as well.This film was interesting, and

connected to my topic!


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sary and great one. There were not

as many people as I thought there

would be at this event, but it was

still good to see Luca and his expla-

nations. After the film, he answered

questions and explained that some

things are lost in the translation. I

understood a lot more of the filmafter he talked, although his thick

accent was sometimes hard to fol-

low. I thought this was a very well-

done documentary and was very

impressed. This also gave me inspi-

ration for my ethnographic project.

Luca documented these people, and

in years to come, they can look

back at this and be thankful they

have their history recorded. I hope

Commerce will be happy to have my

hard work and research. Luca was

so excited about the people he

documented, and I feel like I will get

a closer connection to Commerce as

I continue my research as well.

Within two days, I have learned so

much and gained an interest in

writing, and more enthusiasm for

my project. Such a wonderful Week

on Writing!

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Three graduate Students

It is unbearably apparent

that these three graduate stu-

dents approached the same

topic in highly different man-

ners. I was most intrigued by

the second essay. This could be

because I am a sap for sad sto-

ries and feel emotion vicariously

or it could be because many ofus can relate to the ideas of

what the story represented. The

manner in which each of the

presenters delivered their story

mirrored what their story was

about. The man of the Mormon

Church, trained in speaking de-

livery stood tall in front of thepodium with no guards. His

bouldering voice resounded

smoothly across the room for all

to hear. The second essayist

stood guarded behind a po-

dium that protected him from

the harsh and critical eyes of

his viewers. This could be be-

cause of the sensitive subject

of the essay or because of hisguarded nature in general.

The last essayist, unfortu-

nately rushed by time, deliv-

ered in a happy medium,

leaning comfortably against the

never-failing podium and smiling

contently while humming a less

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Open Mic Night

The Mayo Review is

hosting its second Open

Mic Night of the year

on October 22, 2009, at

the Cowhill Experss indowntown Commerce.

The event kicks off at

7:30. Come and listen,

or come and share your

poetry, prose, drama,

or music with Com-

merce's growing writing

community, and learn

more about The Mayo

Review, and how you

can get involved.

Hope to see you there!

Mandy

"The best laid

schemes o'mice an' men /

Gang aft agley"

In celebration of creative

writing, Jim

Anderson

and the thea-

tre depart-

ment are of-fering a one

hour work-

shop on the

basics and

format of

playwriting

here at Texas A&M Uni-

versity Commerce. This is

part of a competition

known as the No Experi-

ence Necessary 24 Hour

Short Play Competition

and Festival, a very

unique idea of coming upwith an idea for an 8-10

minute play and writing it

for submission the very

next day.

I think that this is a won-

derful opportunity for in-

dividuals who may not

have much experience in

playwriting to get theircreative works out to the

public very quickly and

with more focus on crea-

tive spontaneity than

over-preparation. As a

sometimes-serious

fiction writer, I

know how diffi-

cult it is some-

times to developa very elaborate

idea over the

course of several

months

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or years and how much preparation is required for such a feat. Sometimes my best work comes

from pressure to get something written by the very next day; it is often the motivation I need to

get creative.

Also, this program allows people who may not be familiar with playwriting and who would oth-

erwise feel put off by such a specific genre to be briefly introduced to it and very quickly get in-

volved in it on a very creative level. As is suggested by the title, no experience is necessary to

develop something creative and worthwhile, and a project such as this will likely produce a great

deal of different sorts of plays from people who otherwise would not even consider writing forsuch a medium.

Over these 24 hours, there will be plenty of guidance. Participants may attend an optional 1 hour

workshop on playwriting in PAC 100 at 4:30 pm, Thursday October

22. Afterward, at 5:00 pm, participants may go to the Theatre De-

partment website to obtain a prompt and instructions, and they will

write an 8-10 minute play based on this prompt. Plays should be

submitted no later than 10:00 am on Friday, October 23, to

[email protected] , a short enough time to put

plenty of pressure on writers to get their works in, again, somethingthat I encourage, as a procrastinator. The committee that will look at

these drafts includes Jim Anderson, Dr. John Hanners, and award-

winning playwright Gary Burton, who I've had the good fortune of

taking a theatre course from. As a side note, if you ever have the

chance to see Doorknobs, a play written by Gary Burton, please do

so; it was hands-down the best play that I had seen that year, and

well-worth your time. Gary's an excellent playwright.

Once the top 5 plays are selected, playwrights will be invited to attend rehearsals at 3:00 pm on

October 23. At 5:00, doors open for festival. This quick process should be an excellent experi-

ence for those who either procrastinate too much or have little to no experience with playwrit-ing. John Waters once said that a great exercise for film students is to read a story in the news-

paper, make a film based on it that day, and release the film the very next day. While he was

speaking primarily of the film being based on a concept that had only entered the consciousness

of the audience very recently, the same concept could apply to these potential playwrights.

Think about a potential concept, recent or otherwise, write a play based on it, and submit it for

rehearsals the very next day; since it only recently

entered your consciousness, it will be new and

fresh, and generally more potent. If I have the op-

portunity to do so, I will enter this contest myself,

and I encourage anyone else to do the same.

yours,

professor fuzzy bottoms

NOW, How do we continue the conversation?

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12/12

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY--

NOW EXPERIENCEDAs promised, I personally took part in the No Experience Necessary Competition/

Festival on Friday. And thank goodness for the prompt listed on the theatre website; I

had not actually started work on the project until around 2 am. (Like I said, it's a good

project for procrastinators.) But the prompt was open enough to allow a great deal of

freedom, and yet specific enough to generate some really great ideas. So I developed

the idea for the play in about half an hour and spent the rest of the time writing and

working out the kinks.

Around 5 am, I submitted the play--shortly before passing out due to sleep

deprivation. All things considered, I'm very pleased with the results. For those of

you who have never experienced this feeling--and this was my first--as critical as

we typically are of our own work, there is no comparison to seeing the words you've

written, the characters you've created, coming to life on stage. Even if you think you've written crap, the actors and director

make it wonderful. I really can't say enough about the director and actors; they really did a fantastic job putting something like this together, a quality

production, and in such a short amount of time. They made my work seem like so much more than I thought it could be.

I'm told that there were six or so submissions for the competition, and three of them were chosen to be performed. It was really incredible to see

what the other playwrights had come up with, how much different their works were than mine. Their talent was readily apparent, seeing it on stage.

There was a small audience, but I feel they greatly enjoyed the event.

I sincerely hope that this becomes a regular event in the future, and that it grows little by little. If we can get this kind of talent from just the few

who have submitted this year, who knows what dozens or hundreds of others can produce. It has been a wonderful opportunity for me to interact with

other, very creative individuals and learn about a different art form. It was certainly worthwhile.

SEAN KENNEDY AKA Professor Fuzzy Bottoms

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