{"id":17448,"date":"2024-09-23T12:11:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T17:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/?p=17448"},"modified":"2024-09-30T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T15:36:20","slug":"letter-from-the-editor-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2024\/09\/23\/letter-from-the-editor-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from the Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61556140010887\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 2.9h-2.3v7C18.3 21.1 22 17 22 12c0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-instagram  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/boudin_mcneese\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12,4.622c2.403,0,2.688,0.009,3.637,0.052c0.877,0.04,1.354,0.187,1.671,0.31c0.42,0.163,0.72,0.358,1.035,0.673 c0.315,0.315,0.51,0.615,0.673,1.035c0.123,0.317,0.27,0.794,0.31,1.671c0.043,0.949,0.052,1.234,0.052,3.637 s-0.009,2.688-0.052,3.637c-0.04,0.877-0.187,1.354-0.31,1.671c-0.163,0.42-0.358,0.72-0.673,1.035 c-0.315,0.315-0.615,0.51-1.035,0.673c-0.317,0.123-0.794,0.27-1.671,0.31c-0.949,0.043-1.233,0.052-3.637,0.052 s-2.688-0.009-3.637-0.052c-0.877-0.04-1.354-0.187-1.671-0.31c-0.42-0.163-0.72-0.358-1.035-0.673 c-0.315-0.315-0.51-0.615-0.673-1.035c-0.123-0.317-0.27-0.794-0.31-1.671C4.631,14.688,4.622,14.403,4.622,12 s0.009-2.688,0.052-3.637c0.04-0.877,0.187-1.354,0.31-1.671c0.163-0.42,0.358-0.72,0.673-1.035 c0.315-0.315,0.615-0.51,1.035-0.673c0.317-0.123,0.794-0.27,1.671-0.31C9.312,4.631,9.597,4.622,12,4.622 M12,3 C9.556,3,9.249,3.01,8.289,3.054C7.331,3.098,6.677,3.25,6.105,3.472C5.513,3.702,5.011,4.01,4.511,4.511 c-0.5,0.5-0.808,1.002-1.038,1.594C3.25,6.677,3.098,7.331,3.054,8.289C3.01,9.249,3,9.556,3,12c0,2.444,0.01,2.751,0.054,3.711 c0.044,0.958,0.196,1.612,0.418,2.185c0.23,0.592,0.538,1.094,1.038,1.594c0.5,0.5,1.002,0.808,1.594,1.038 c0.572,0.222,1.227,0.375,2.185,0.418C9.249,20.99,9.556,21,12,21s2.751-0.01,3.711-0.054c0.958-0.044,1.612-0.196,2.185-0.418 c0.592-0.23,1.094-0.538,1.594-1.038c0.5-0.5,0.808-1.002,1.038-1.594c0.222-0.572,0.375-1.227,0.418-2.185 C20.99,14.751,21,14.444,21,12s-0.01-2.751-0.054-3.711c-0.044-0.958-0.196-1.612-0.418-2.185c-0.23-0.592-0.538-1.094-1.038-1.594 c-0.5-0.5-1.002-0.808-1.594-1.038c-0.572-0.222-1.227-0.375-2.185-0.418C14.751,3.01,14.444,3,12,3L12,3z M12,7.378 c-2.552,0-4.622,2.069-4.622,4.622S9.448,16.622,12,16.622s4.622-2.069,4.622-4.622S14.552,7.378,12,7.378z M12,15 c-1.657,0-3-1.343-3-3s1.343-3,3-3s3,1.343,3,3S13.657,15,12,15z M16.804,6.116c-0.596,0-1.08,0.484-1.08,1.08 s0.484,1.08,1.08,1.08c0.596,0,1.08-0.484,1.08-1.08S17.401,6.116,16.804,6.116z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Letter from the Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2023\/10\/20\/vallie-lynn-watson\/\">Vallie Lynn Watson<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>__________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">My first real \u201cpaycheck\u201d job was at the Montgomery Mall\u2014Lynn\u2019s Hallmark, to be specific. (It was great fun, at age sixteen, to sport a nametag that read LYNN\u2019S HALLMARK\u2014LYNN.) That mall has since closed, and I have worked many jobs since then: teaching, retail, teaching, restaurant work, teaching, teaching, teaching&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I wondered what narrative I would write if I were to come across a call for Workplace Wounds and Woes stories. I have been so fortunate, job-wise, and never more so than here at McNeese State University, teaching fiction in our MFA program. Before I moved to Louisiana last year, I spent a decade doing the adjunct grind in Wilmington, NC. Despite all the pitfalls of being an adjunct (no benefits, no job security), I probably had one of the best adjunct experiences in the history of UNCW\u2014 getting to teach across multiple disciplines, chairing graduate theses, and so on\u2014 while living nine miles from the beach. I will appreciate that decade for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Job security is a lovely thing, however, and I\u2019m equally appreciative for this marvelous opportunity at McNeese. I\u2019ve gotten to do so many cool things in my short time here, including taking over&nbsp;<em>Boudin<\/em>. When I decided to turn the magazine into a monthly, I was a little nervous about the workload; this coincided with the final semester of longtime managing editor, Abbie Skinner, and she was deep into thesis writing and comprehensive exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">That\u2019s when first-year fiction student Karris Rae quietly stepped in behind the scenes. She got us organized, learned and then helped teach me and our undergraduate interns how to build an issue in WordPress, created an SOP manual, and spent countless hours and weekends constructing and proofreading our monthly issues. This was all on top of her classwork, writing, teaching, publishing, getting accepted to conferences, a two-hour daily commute, and, oh yeah, getting married! I will never be able to adequately thank Karris for the extra work she took on, but naming her this year\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Boudin&nbsp;<\/em>managing editor is a very small start.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Karris\u2019s first issue as managing editor is as equally impressive as all of her work\u2014she\u2019s assembled a focused collection of impressive writing. I can\u2019t wait to see what brilliance she\u2019ll conjure this year ahead. What I do know is this: it is a privilege to work with such devoted writers at McNeese, both in the MFA program and at the undergraduate&nbsp;level (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2024\/09\/29\/emails-i-cant-send\/\">check out the fun my Intro to Fiction students are up to<\/a>!). Much thanks to them all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>__________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2024\/09\/23\/letter-from-the-guest-editor-6\/\">Next<\/a> \ud83e\udca1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To learn more about submitting your work to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/boudin-submissions\/\">Boudin<\/a><\/em> or applying to McNeese State University&#8217;s Creative Writing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/mfa-application-submissions\/\">MFA program<\/a>, please visit Submissions for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letter from the Editor Vallie Lynn Watson __________ My first real \u201cpaycheck\u201d job was at the Montgomery Mall\u2014Lynn\u2019s Hallmark, to be specific. (It was great fun, at age sixteen, to sport a nametag that read LYNN\u2019S HALLMARK\u2014LYNN.) That mall has since closed, and I have worked many jobs since then: teaching, retail, teaching, restaurant work,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-17448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workplace-wounds-and-woes","tag-boudin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17448"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17599,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448\/revisions\/17599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}