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  • Devan Heyburn: Why I’m Here

    Hello all! My name is Devan Heyburn and I am an English, Writing and Publication, major with a Business Administration Minor on the UNG Dahlonega Campus. I have no apt way to describe the joy I feel for finally being a part of this world of publishing, specifically with interning…

  • Getting to Know the Man in the Room: an Interview with Lawrence Weill, Author of “I’m in the Room”

    Paperback editions of I’m in the Room, by Lawrence Weill, Ph.D., released on 11 October 2016 for $19.95 is available through UNG Press’s website and on Amazon. Dr. Weill’s debut novel, Incarnate, came out in March 2013 and his Non-Fiction book, Out in Front, was published in 2009. Since then, his works have appeared in…

  • Synopsis of I’m in the Room by Lawrence Weill

    I’m in the Room is the droll, witty story about Allen Johnson, a mostly invisible young man from a mostly invisible family in a mostly invisible town.  It isn’t that these people and places are incapable of being seen; it’s only that no one seems to notice them.  Allen is…

  • About Lawrence Weill

    Lawrence Weill is an author and artist in western Kentucky.  His debut novel Incarnate came out in March 2013 and a non-fiction book, Out in Front, was published in 2009.  His second novel, I’m in the Room, is due late this year.  He writes novels, short fiction, non-fiction articles and…

  • Amanda Niemann: A Little About Me

    Graduation—this event for me, as I’m sure it is for other seniors, is so close that I swear I can almost taste it. My name is I’m Amanda Niemann, and I attend UNG (Dahlonega) as an English: Writing and Publication major and Business Administration minor. In a roundabout route I…

  • Coming Soon! Targeting Discretion by Casey LaFrance

    This book is a go-to resource that represents a research project that has spanned almost a decade. Since the 1970s, frontline officers and police command staff have been trained to view discretion as a “doughnut hole.” Unfortunately, this model is becoming stale in an era of complex relationships, fuzzy boundaries, and…

  • What Bloggers Should Know About Copyright

    Copyright In A Nutshell The easily accessible pictures, gifs, and knowledge that lies at our fingertips has a serious downside. The over-production of images and ideas in today’s age has led to the plague of copyright infringement. This plague leads to many new hurdles for the already angsty and ruffled modern…

  • My Mission with The Press

    When I am posed with the question of what brought me to the University of North Georgia Press one word seems to do the trick; metamorphosis. There is something extraordinarily beautiful about the transformation of the written word, the knowledge that style and tone can impart, and the clarity that…