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about slush pile
Slush Pile is a student-authored, student-edited, and student-designed magazine produced in ENGL 40233: Writing for Publication during spring semester 2011. The course is offered through the English Department at Texas Christian University, which offers majors and minors in English or Writing. As you'll note in the writers' bios, students in the class came from a wide range of majors, making for a rich interplay of interests and backgrounds. "Writing for Publication" introduces students to the major genres of magazine publishing, as represented here: reviews, features, profiles, and commentaries. Students were encouraged to research and write about subjects they cared about or were interested in exploring. Each piece was submitted in draft form for teacher and peer review and subsequently revised for a grade.
The pieces published here were selected by group consensus and were edited by teams of students in the class. Each student in the class is represented. Students chose the template for the magazine, made available under a Creative Commons Attributions 2.5 license. We're grateful to Andrew Leverenz for technical assistance in modifying the template and offering ongoing technical advice and support.