The 8^th annual In-Print Festival of First Books will be held on the 19^th and 20^th of this month at Ball State University. This year’s featured authors include the poet Marcus Wicker, the dark humorist Eugene Cross, and the vocational nonfictionist Elena Passarello.

Now some nonmembers of the literary world might think that these sorts of nights are not for them and are only for writers and publishers and the alike but this is very far from the truth. The Ball State In-Print Festival is actually an event for anyone and everyone of any creed who is interested in getting a glimpse into the process of publishing a first book. Remember you don’t have to have a degree in creative writing to get published and this festival is place where you can find out where step one is.

Night 1 on the 19^th will include Passarello…