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Under the Blanket Fort
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SIU Press and WSIU present Blanket Fort Radio Theater, a project highlighting works published by SIU Press. This series includes work from students in the SIUC Creative Writing Program, who have taken SIU Press books and brought them to life. Join us each Thursday for a new installment of Blanket Fort Radio Theater.

Inside the Blanket Fort features special segments: Meet the producers, get previews and reviews of episodes, and get a special glimpse behind the blankets.

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SIU Press and WSIU present Blanket Fort Radio Theater, a project highlighting works published by SIU Press. This series includes work from students in the SIUC Creative Writing Program, who have taken SIU Press books and brought them to life. Join us each Thursday for a new installment of Blanket Fort Radio Theater.

Inside the Blanket Fort features special segments: Meet the producers, get previews and reviews of episodes, and get a special glimpse behind the blankets.

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  • Vautrin and Tsen prepare, against their wishes, to send refugees away from Ginling. Tsen laments the women’s malnutrition, while Vautrin, witnessing continued attacks by Japanese soldiers, wonders what can be done to protect the women after they leave.
  • In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, more arrangements are made for when the refugees will be ordered to return to their homes. Church services continue. Minnie still awaits mail from home as she and Mrs. Tsen prepare for New Year celebrations.
  • Vautrin and Tsen survey the horrific conditions of the city and campus, and Minnie worries about vendors selling looted goods in the safety zone. Refugees plan to celebrate the approaching Lunar New Year, andmore mail arrives.
  • Former abductees return to the city, bringing stories of their treatment at the hands of Japanese soldiers and their harrowing escapes. Minnie Vautrin continues her efforts to locate the missing families of refugee women, who have continued to return home despite conditions remaining unsafe.
  • The refugees continue to find comfort in church services as the weather worsens. Minnie assists refugee women in attempting to locate their missing husbands and sons. She and Shui-fang have a disagreement, but unexpected mail brings joy.
  • In the midst of an eerie calm at Ginling, Minnie struggles to cope with and move past the horrors she has witnessed. Meanwhile, Mrs. Tsen recovers from her illness. Church sermons bring fragile hope to the refugees and administrators alike.
  • Ginling College continues its cautious transition into peacetime, but Mrs. Tsen remains ill. We learn more of Minnie’s experience during the Nanking Incident and the impact of the Incident on Ginling.
  • A tenuous peace settles in the safety zone as more refugees return to their homes, hoping to salvage what they can. Tsen Shui-fang falls ill, and Ginling deals with food shortages.
  • As continued cold weather threatens occupied Nanking, Minnie and Shui-fang rejoice at the arrival of foreign diplomats. However, they are reminded that life has not returned to normalcy.
  • Minnie and Shui-fang manage to receive word of some of the horrors that continue to occur outside the safety zone, and they hope that their correspondence will reach its destination. Meanwhile, the residents of Ginling College attempt to recover from illness and exhaustion.

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Inside the Blanket Fort features a special glimpse behind the blankets. Special segments feature producers, previews, reviews, and more.