Tune in tonight on WUSB2 for the second installment of Writers, Ice Cream -- a weekly webcast in which host Howard Gunston tries to determine what it takes to be a writer.

Host and creator Howard Gunston is pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Stony Brook University. His writing has appeared in Prairie Winds and TSR: The Southampton Review and he is currently in the market for a wider belt. Follow him on Twitter @hgunston or at his fb page (Howard Gunston) and check http://writersicecream.com for updates!

TO ACCESS WUSB2: go to http://wusb.fm/stream and click WUSB2, or just go to http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:9000/listen.pls and open it in your favorite media player!

Registration Information:
Free for current SBU students.
$20 for alumni and university staff
$45 for community members
(Fee covers cost of: training materials, ID and parking Pass)

Information for not current students:
Bring check made out to SBF-WUSBFM
Bring letter of Recommendation
Bring Photo ID
Event Description:
WUSB volunteer training.

Learn about opportunities in:

Radio DJing

Fundraising

Sports reporting

Broadcasting

Radio Engineering

News reporting

Public service announcements

Marketing /Social media outreach

Being a music librarian

Tech support /Web support

Planning live music and promotional events

WUSB will hold Fall semester staff volunteer meetings on Tuesday Night Sept 8th at 8:30pm and Saturday Sept 12th at 12:00 noon. The first half hour of each meeting will be open to the general public. Meetings held in the Stony Brook Union Building.

Tune in on WUSB2 tonight and every Tuesday at 7pm for Writers Comma Ice Cream, a new series of podcasts hosted by Howard Gunston!

Writers comma Ice Cream invites guests to kick back with a scoop of ice cream and answer one question: What's it take to be a writer? From aspiring novelists to bestsellers, from full-time writers to writers with a day job, each episode serves up a unique snapshot of a writer's journey.

Host and creator Howard Gunston is pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Stony Brook University. His writing has appeared in Prairie Winds and TSR: The Southampton Review and he is currently in the market for a wider belt. Follow him on Twitter @hgunston or Facebook @writersicecream, and check writersicecream.com for updates!

TO ACCESS WUSB2: go to http://wusb.fm/stream and click WUSB2, or just go to http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:9000/listen.pls and open it in your favorite media player!

"Meginnis has written one of the best, most natural novels about the atomic bombs.”

-The Millions

“Impressive…Straddles a hybrid genre of historical magical realism.”

-The Japan Times

In this powerful debut novel, the atomic bombs dropped on Japan are personified, born on impact as Fat Man and Little Boy. Their small measure of humanity is a cruelty the bombs must suffer. Given life from death, the brothers travel west from Japan to France and later to America. Their journey is one of surreal and unsettling discovers, and author Mike Meginnis transforms these symbols of mass destruction into beacons of longing and hope. The winner of the 2013 Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize, Fat Man and Little Boy pulses with magical realism in an unprecedented approach to its tragic subject matter.

Tune in to ‘A Few Words’ this Monday from 6-7AM to hear my discussion with Mike Meginnis, author of Fat Man and Little Boy.

And, as always, please support independent authors!: