The English Club will host a print party to celebrate the release for the 2015 Talking Leaves publication on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 6 to 7 pm in the Learning Center, Summerville Room. During the event participating students will read, share, and discuss their creative works. The campus community is invited to attend, enjoy light refreshments, and pick up a copy of the beautiful new magazine.

Talking Leaves is IUPUC’s student literary magazine that dates back to 1994. Originally titled Literalines, the name was changed to Talking Leaves in 2005. The story goes that American settlers carried maps, letters, and other documents that caught the attention of Native Americans. The papers rustled like leaves and the Native Americans realized the power of written documents that “talk.”

The magazine’s purpose is to empower student voices and encourage self-expression; as such, works receive only minimal copyediting to preserve the uniqueness of each contributor’s voice. All content, except the faculty/staff highlight section, is original student work. Students manage each stage of the magazine’s production: call for submission, judging and selection of works, layout and design, copyediting, and print production. IUPUC students submit works under a blind review process, and student editors base their acceptance of works based on the quality of each submission.

Students wishing to submit content, such as photography, sketches or drawings, poems, fictional short stories, nonfiction writings, and other creative works may go to www.iupuc.edu/academics/divisions-programs/liberal-arts/talking-leaves/.

Questions? Please contact Dr. Lisa Siefker Bailey at (812) 348-7297 or lsiefker@iupuc.edu.