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Little Writes on Conformity: Don’t ‘Become So Mesmerized by Our Identities’

JJacob Little, Doctoral Student of Creative Writing and Co-Founder of PROFANE

Jacob Little, a doctoral student in Creative Writing at Ohio University, published an article headlined “Escaping Conformity” in Quillette. In the article, Little responds to a Tumblr post that began, “Here’s the problem with the idea that oppressed groups can ‘alienate allies’ by not being nice enough….” “The person who […]

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March 15, 2018 at 12:56 pmResearch

Little Writes: Nonfiction as Autopsy: In Defense of Self-Interest

Jacob Little

Ohio University graduate student Jacob Little, a doctoral candidate in English, penned an article in Brevity titled “Nonfiction as Autopsy: In Defense of Self-Interest.” I have several friends from various parts of the literary world who joke (with varying degrees of sincerity) about how nonfiction writers are “narcissists” or “navel-gazers” […]

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May 16, 2017 at 8:07 pmIn the News Students in the News

Creative Writing Student Co-Founds Literary Journal ‘Profane’

JJacob Little, Doctoral Student of Creative Writing and Co-Founder of PROFANE

By Kristin M. Distel Graduate student Jacob Little co-founded Profane Journal, “an annual print and audio journal featuring an eclectic mix of poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction” in January 2014. “Part of the fun of the journal is never being certain what’s going to show up in the submission queue. […]

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July 18, 2016 at 11:58 amNews

Lit Fest | Meet Kevin Prufer, Poet of the Spooky-Sad and Mysteriously Funny

Kevin Prufer

The 2016 Spring Literary Festival welcomes author Kevin Prufer for a reading on Thursday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m., in Baker Ballroom, and for a lecture on Friday, April 8, at 11:00 a.m., in Alden 4. By Jacob Little Graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing: Nonfiction Kevin Prufer is an American poet of the spooky-sad […]

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March 16, 2016 at 10:30 amNews