March Newsletter
SSO, Take 2, and Call for Poetry and Art Submissions
On the Mythical Rise of White Nationalism and Other Stranger Things By Brian Lozenski, Macalester College
Perceiving the World Beyond
The first season of the popular Netflix series
Stranger Things (Duffer, M. & Duffer, R., 2016) is centered on the disappearance of a teenage boy, Will Byers. Viewers come to discover that Will has been dragged by a demon-
like creature—a Demogorgon—to a netherworld coined the “Upside Down” by his friends. The Stranger Things wiki describes the Upside Down as an alternate dimension existing in parallel to the human world. It contains the same locations and infrastructure as the human world, but it is
much darker, colder and obscured by an omnipresent fog. The Upside Down is devoid of human life, being overgrown with ropy, root-like tendrils and biological membranes covering practically every surface. The Upside
Down is an anti-human, toxic environment.
To read the rest of this month's Scholars Speak Out article, click here.
During the 2017 – 2018 academic year, the SSO section of JoLLE will feature essays by scholars such as professors, teachers, students, and administrators who are engaging with discussions around social justice issues and racism in education and in modern society. Please click here for more information about this ongoing series.
Introduction by Sharon M. Nuruddin, Poetry, Fiction, and Visual Arts Editor
To read this month's Take 2, please click here.
Call for Poetry and Art Submissions - Deadline Extension
The deadline for poetry and art submissions to be considered for JoLLE'S spring issue has been extended to Friday, March 16th!
Poetry
We accept poetry submissions related to language and/or literacy education of up to four (4) poems in a single word or text (.doc, .rtf, or .txt) document. Poems do not have to be on separate pages. Please single space and put your name and email address on the first page. Spoken poetry in mp3/video format may also be submitted along with the written text. We reserve the right to accept all or some of your poetry.
For this issue, we will also begin accepting MP4 or H.264 formatted spoken word submissions. If interested, please also submit the poem/s in a single word or text (.doc, .rtf, or .txt) document.
Art
We accept art submissions related to language and/or literacy education of up to four (4) works of art (photos, drawings, paintings, music, videos, drama, comics, etc.) in .jpeg, .tiff, .png, .gif or other relevant format.
General Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to jolle.art.literature@gmail.com. Please include a cover letter with the title(s) of the works you are submitting and a brief (maximum 75-word) bio. Please make sure your bio paragraph includes your preferred email address.
Submitted work should not have been previously published (we don’t count publication on your own blog or social networking page as prior publication). Simultaneous submissions are not considered.
For more information, please consult http://jolle.coe.uga.edu/poetry-and-art/ or email jolle.art.literature@gmail.com.
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