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Dear Readers…



COMMITMENT: Your time commitment will be about 5 hours during the entire semester. We generally expect students and readers to have at the least one meeting where you introduce each other and determine whether you both want to go forward with your collaboration. Should you decide to work together, I suggest discussing the course expectations for the writing assignment. We highly recommend that you and your student agree on a timeline for your interactions, i.e. when the student will submit drafts and how fast they can expect your feedback. Upon reviewing drafts and commenting you should schedule a live interaction where you will discuss your written or recorded feedback, answer student questions, and talk about other concerns the student may have in the context of their course.




Dear Readers…



Your expertise may not be needed each semester. The Reader Project does not determine which courses are offered. Instructors participate with their writing intensive courses on a voluntary basis. Students only participate if they want to. We act as intermediary, connecting you, our volunteer readers, with our students. We are, however, thankful for having you among our expert readers.


In 1993, I wrote a book called The Giver which was intended for a young audience, for readers maybe 10-14 years old. Its almost immediate success (it was awarded the 1994 Newbery Medal, and has sold millions of copies now, in thirty-some languages) took me by surprise. Set in the somewhat distant future, it depicted a world that had gone awry and become devoid of empathy or compassion, a world in which individual human lives had little value. I had thought of it as a fairly straightforward adventure story.


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One of the biggest take backs is the re-territorializing of language. In this issue, quite a number of Indigenous writers are expanding poetics, resuscitating tribal languages, refashioning the English language with tribal meter, rhythm, and sound. I hope more than a few readers will understand the significance of this feat. Little more than fifty years ago, many of these writers would have been overlooked, misunderstood, or questioned about the legitimacy of their poetics. This volume acknowledges the history of racism and privilege in how access to publishing has been extended and the selection process of those eventually published. This volume acknowledges that the represented writers merely hint at the momentum of literary sovereignty occurring in Indian country, in addition to Indigenous writers throughout the globe.


Warning, dear reader: Wizard People is akin to a brain disease. Once you hear it, you can't unhear it. You'll spend the rest of your life quoting it. Quidditch will forever be "Cribbage," Dudley will forever be "Ragtime Roast-beefy," Snape aka "Snake" will forever be "that horrible woman," and Hedwig will forever be the "Turkish massage owl."


For me, Harry Potter will forever be as much Neely as Rowling. It's refreshing to let genuine weirdness into the wizarding world. After all, it was it not Rowling who said: "magical deeds are afoot, dear readers, magical darkness a must." Actually, that was Neely.


I would like to take this opportunity to bid farewell to all the readers of Austrian Information. It has been an honor and privilege to serve as the Director of the Austrian Embassy's Press and Information Service for the last four years, a period which has been marked by significant changes both in the U.S. and Europe. I would like to thank the entire team and all those, without whose help this publication would not have been possible, for their continued support and tireless assistance during that time.Since 1948, Austrian Information has been published by the Austrian Press & Information Service, and we are proud to continue to provide Austrians and friends of Austria within the U.S. and North America with the latest news on Austria and Austrian-American relations. For over two centuries, Austrians have made major contributions to culture, science and business, and we were pleased to feature many of them in this publication. Today's readers include many generations, and I am particularly grateful for their feedback and suggestions for the interesting stories we were able to bring you.As for my family and myself, the years spent in Washington, D.C. have been fulfilling and rewarding, and I wish Alice Irvin, who will succeed me as Editor-in-Chief in August, as well as the team of the Press and Information Service all the best and continued success in the future.Yours sincerely,Wolfgang RenezederEditor-in-Chief


Because Earth is closer to the sun than Ceres, it is bound by a stronger gravitational leash and so circles faster. Early next month, their separate orbital paths will bring them to opposite sides of the sun. From the terrestrial perspective (shared by some readers, perhaps even including you), the sun and Ceres will appear to be at the same location in the sky. This is conjunction.


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