Publishing today: reconnecting the humanities ecosystem and uplifting contemporary stories and literature from marginalized communities [the proposed project will support the creation of a class…

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) will provide $120,000.00 to Le Moyne College to support the creation of a course called "Publishing Today." The course will reinvigorate interest in English Literature majors by educating students on the current publishing industry landscape. It will feature guest speakers and experts from various presses, media outlets, literary magazines, nonprofits, and independent bookstores. Funding will also support needed student internships related to the course. This project aims to reconnect the humanities ecosystem and uplift contemporary stories and literature from marginalized communities.

Publishing today: reconnecting the humanities ecosystem and uplifting contemporary stories and literature from marginalized communities [the proposed project will support the creation of a class called 'publishing today' that will reinvigorate interest in majoring in english literature at LE moyne college. The course will teach english majors about the current landscape of the publishing industry today. The course will feature guest speakers and experts from a range of different kinds of presses and will also include editors or other professionals from media outlets and popular literary magazines as well as literary focused nonprofits and independent bookstores. Funding for this class will provide students with needed internships.]