{"id":4990,"date":"2019-07-31T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/?page_id=4990"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:50:57","slug":"artists-scholars-innovators-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ctl\/artists-scholars-innovators-lecture-series","title":{"rendered":"Artists, Scholars, & Innovators Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Artists, Scholars, & Innovators Lecture Series<\/em>, hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning, is presented by award-winning faculty with artistic, scholarly, or innovative achievements.\u00a0Please see below for information about upcoming presentations.<\/p>\n

Fall 2025 Lecture<\/h2>\n

\"Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n

“Drafting, Editing, and Imagination”<\/h3>\n

Presented by
\nDr. John K. Young<\/strong>
\nProfessor in the Department of English
\n2024-2025 Hedrick Outstanding Faculty Award Recipient<\/p>\n

Thursday, October 16, 2025 | 4-5 pm | Drinko Library 349 and via Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n

Registration is closed, but you are still welcome to join us in person or online following the link below.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the presentation online:<\/strong> JOIN ON TEAMS<\/a><\/p>\n

Abstract:<\/p>\n

Narrative theorists distinguish between \u201cworlding the story\u201d\u2014how authors and audiences collaborate to fill out the spaces containing fictional characters and events\u2014and \u201cstorying the world\u201d\u2014how people use narrative frameworks to interpret the \u201creal\u201d world. This lecture investigates the kinds of choices made by a range of 20th- and 21st-century writers as they have drafted and revised their fictional environments. Young also considers how editors, professional and otherwise, have intervened in the composition process, in ways that have both nurtured and interfered with the kinds of stories being produced. The talk will conclude by asking how we might revise the kinds of narratives circulated about American culture and history.<\/p>\n

Lecturer Bio:<\/p>\n

John Young has been teaching at Marshall since 2000. Publications include Black Writers, White Publishers<\/i> (2006), How to Revise a True War Story<\/i> (2017), The Roots of Cane<\/i> (2024), Publishing Blackness<\/i> (co-edited with George Hutchinson, 2013), and Approaches to Teaching Post-1945 Short Fiction from the United States<\/i> (2026, co-edited with Jeehyun Lim).<\/p>\n

If you have questions about ASI lectures, please email ctl@marshall.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previous ASI Lectures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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