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A blended undergraduate\/graduate class in the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences is taking on an important project: rejuvenating, and bringing in to the digital era, the University of Baltimore’s legendary literary journal,\u00a0Welter<\/em>.<\/p>\n Founded by UB students and faculty 55 years ago,\u00a0Welter<\/em>\u00a0has grown to national stature as a place where writers of prose, poetry, memoir and other non-fiction, as well as those who create visual art, can have their work published for an audience that numbers in the thousands. Every aspect of the journal is overseen by students; it’s a deep dive into what it takes to structure a publication and get it out to the world.<\/p>\n Previously available only in print, this year\u00a0Welter<\/em>\u00a0will be available online as well. The goal is to make it easy for readers to experience the journal the way they’d prefer.<\/p>\n For many writers and artists in Baltimore and across the country, the journal offers a first brush with success, says\u00a0Betsy Boyd<\/a>, assistant professor in the\u00a0Klein Family School of Communications Design<\/a>\u00a0and director of UB’s lauded\u00a0M.F.A. in Creative Writing &\u00a0Publishing Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n “We’re pleased to publish both emerging writers and more seasoned professionals,”\u00a0Boyd says. “It’s a special honor to be the first magazine to publish young writers, and I know well that the experience on the writer’s end is an empowering one.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Leading the group of 20 undergrads and grads in a team approach, Boyd says the goal of the class is two-fold: to raise the profile of this premier publication; and produce the 2020 issue before the class ends in May. The publication is currently seeking submissions<\/a>, now until March 9.<\/p>\n “I think of the\u00a0Welter<\/em>\u00a0classroom as a bustling editorial office,”\u00a0she says. “My varied goals for the semester are all hefty, but my smart staff is up to these challenges. Together, I believe we can increase brand awareness and turn out an exceptional issue.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The class already is posting to\u00a0Welter<\/em>‘s social channels, producing videos, and reviewing submissions to the journal. Many colleges and universities have literary journals, Boyd notes, but only a handful can boast a journal reflecting more than a half-century’s worth of creative efforts.<\/p>\n Welter<\/em>, alongside its undergraduate variant,\u00a0Skelter<\/em>, remind us that literature and the visual arts begin with the desire to see and be seen\u2014and heard.<\/p>\n “Without an audience, writers and artists are talking into the void,”\u00a0Boyd says. “Welter<\/em>\u00a0is the perfect megaphone for self-expression. Stay tuned.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A blended undergraduate\/graduate class in the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences is taking on an important project: rejuvenating, and bringing in to the digital era, the University of Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1439,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/1439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}