{"id":13453,"date":"2016-05-23T19:28:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T19:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/for\/?p=13453"},"modified":"2016-05-23T20:31:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T20:31:37","slug":"alumnus-justin-reeds-essay-selected-as-one-of-best-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/alumni-featured\/2016\/alumnus-justin-reeds-essay-selected-as-one-of-best-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus Justin Reed&#8217;s essay selected as one of nation&#8217;s best of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13454\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/justinreedweb.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13454\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13454 \" title=\"justinreedweb\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/justinreedweb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/justinreedweb.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/justinreedweb-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Phillip Reed &#39;13<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Justin Phillip Reed\u2019s essay, &#8220;Killing Like They Do in the Movies,&#8221; has been selected for Best American Essays 2016, edited by Pulitzer Prize nominee Jonathan Franzen.<\/p>\n<p>Justin is a 2013 graduate of Tusculum and a South Carolina native. He is the author of the \u201cYesYes Books\u201d chapbook and \u201cA History of Flamboyance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The full publication of Best American Essays 2016 is available for pre-order on\u00a0Amazon.com, and Justin\u2019s essay can be read at <a href=\"https:\/\/catapult.co\/stories\/killing-like-they-do-in-the-movies\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/catapult.co\/stor\u2026\/killing-like-they-do-in-the-movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His poems will also appear in future editions of \u201cBoston Review,\u201d \u201cVinyl Poetry,\u201d \u201cjoINT,\u201d \u201cPLUCK!,\u201d \u201cMuzzle\u201d and in other publications. His work has been anthologized in the \u201cBest Undergraduate Writing,\u201d section of \u201cplain china\u201d and nominated for a Pushcart Prize.<\/p>\n<p>While earning his bachelor\u2019s degree in English at Tusculum, Justin served as assistant managing editor of \u201cThe Tusculum Review.\u201d He currently lives in Saint Louis, MO, where he is a Master of Fine Arts candidate in the writing program at Washington University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/classnotesfront21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10872\" title=\"classnotesfront2\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/classnotesfront21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/classnotesfront21.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/classnotesfront21-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u201980s<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Dana Matlock \u201989<\/strong> of Oak Ridge, TN, was selected as one of the \u201cTeachers of the Year\u201d in the Morgan County School System. Matlock has taught at Sunbright School for 21 years<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u201910s<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Joseph\u00a0Elphingstone \u20191<\/strong>5 has completed his graduate program in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the University of Southern California. Elphingstone is a native of Calhoun, GA, and played tennis while at Tusculum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13457\" style=\"width: 125px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/emeehebert.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13457\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13457 \" title=\"emeehebert\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/emeehebert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emee Herbert<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emee Herbert \u201915<\/strong> has participated in the LPGA Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va., her first LPGA event. The native of Johns Creek, GA, played two seasons for the Pioneers, earning South Atlantic Conference Freshman of the Year in 2012 and was named conference Player of the Year in 2013. She holds the Tusculum career record with a stroke average of 76.81 in 43 rounds, which is also good for second-best in conference history. Herbert completed her collegiate career at NCAA Division I Coastal Carolina University, where she was named All-Big South.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/memorialsheader2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10868\" title=\"memorialsheader2\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/memorialsheader2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Estelle Burrows Thornley \u201942<\/strong> of Selbyville, DE, and formerly of Fair Lawn, NJ, passed away March 31, 2016. Mrs. Thornley was a retired computer programmer with the Ridgewood School District in New Jersey. She was a member of Mariner\u2019s Bethel United Methodist Church in Ocean View, DE.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Mitchell Yowell \u201944<\/strong> of Bealeton, Va, passed away October 13, 2015. Mrs. Yowell worked in Oak Ridge, TN, on the Manhatten Project during World War II as a librarian. She later taught in Rappahannock and Faquier counties in Virginia, finishing her career at Margaret M. 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