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TSU has a budding creative writing community of writers and spoken word artists committed to truth, beauty and voice. Their professionalism in writing has led to gaining听 invaluable real-world experience in publishing, multi-media exploration and collaborative service-learning. Indeed, LLP students are exploring ways they can reveal fresh truths, broaden their writing skills, and author their contribution to the world in which they live.


Creative Writing Poetry Students and Art Majors collaborate to support "Get Out the Vote" Initiatives through Poetry and Art. The goal was to explore issues that inspired their journey to the voting booth. Enter the online exhibit by clicking here:

Students enrolled in the Spring 2020 semester of Creative Writing Poetry collaborated with the Art Department to produce this timely anthology. Essentially, students researched, explored, responded to historical photos surveying the central theme of civil rights Nashville in their respective works.听 As the latest addition to the I Want to Write initiative, their poetry offers a promising contribution to the world of protest poetry


Students enrolled in Writing for Publication Fall 2018 produced this evocative publication as part of a service-learning contribution to the听 I Want to Write Initiative. 听听In this semester-long pursuit, students researched and visited area plantations, then wrote poetry reflecting their experiences. 听Collaborations with TSU's History and Art departments help in bringing this effort to fruition.听

Join us in celebrating a successful year in听I Want to Write initiatives.听听This anthology represents a snapshot of I Want to Write听events during the 2016-2017 academic year. 听It includes poetry, artwork, and images created by event attendees and TSU students. 听Check it out by clicking here:.听

was a service learning initiative inspired by interviews with residents and volunteers of the David Jones Jr. Assisted Living Center. 听听In this semester-long engagement, TSU students interviewed residents and volunteers at the area Schrader Acres Assisted Living Center. 听Those interviews were molded into poetry by English Majors and into visual text by Art majors.

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Projection of Truth: A Dramatization of Ars Poetica
Cinematic Interpretations of Student Poetry 听

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TSU's online literary magazine, is now online!

Sketches: The Online Creative Arts Journal of Tennessee 福利影院最新网址 听is an online open access journal published in Digital Scholarship @ Tennessee 福利影院最新网址 in collaborative partnership with the Department of Languages, Literature and Philosophy and the Tennessee 福利影院最新网址 Library.

Editor: 听 Elaine Anderson Phillips, Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literature and Philosophy, Tennessee 福利影院最新网址