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English Epilogue: October 2026
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English Epilogue is a monthly CSU English community newsletter. Here, you can catch up on department news, faculty and student achievements, upcoming events, opportunities, and highlights from across our vibrant…
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Fascinating and full of enthusiasm: Alumna and husband give $1M in honor of emeritus English professor
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Read More: Fascinating and full of enthusiasm: Alumna and husband give $1M in honor of emeritus English professorLinda Randall and her husband, Gerald Hazelbauer, both professors emeriti of biochemistry at the University of Missouri, have given a $1M bequest, plus annual cash support to the English department via the Marty Bucco Award for Creative Teaching & Scholarship fund.
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Camille Dungy in the New Yorker
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Read More: Camille Dungy in the New YorkerGratulations to Professor Camille Dungy for her recent work “Let Me,” published in The New Yorker. “Let Me,” was featured in the April 12, 2021 issue of The New Yorker’s poems. The poem documents a troubled weekend between the narrator and a “lover” who turns violent in an alcohol-induced stupor. The narrator uses…
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Sasha Steensen: Featured Poem on Poetry Daily
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Read More: Sasha Steensen: Featured Poem on Poetry DailyCongratulations to Sasha Steensen for her poem “7. (eighteen line poem for gordon)” which was featured last month on Poetry Daily. According to their website, “Poetry Daily is an anthology of contemporary poetry. Each day, we bring you a new poem from new books, magazines, and journals.” The poem is…
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Celebrate CLA! Faculty and staff recognized for outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and service in 2021
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Read More: Celebrate CLA! Faculty and staff recognized for outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and service in 2021The College of Liberal Arts acknowledges the accomplishments and efforts of the outstanding faculty, staff, and volunteers for 2021.
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All that is being done
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Read More: All that is being doneAs our country moves clunkily, inequitably—how else?—toward an approximate end to this acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, our work will by all accounts just be getting started. While our whole society confronts the lasting physical and psychological effects of the illness and the ways we’ve responded to it, we’ll…
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Connected, but Closer.
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Read More: Connected, but Closer.Friday, March 13, 2020, I got on a plane from Madrid, Spain to Washington, D.C. This was somewhat coincidental. A month earlier, I’d spent Valentine’s Day in Florence with a friend from high school, a costume designer who’d just finished a contract on a cruise ship and was treating herself…
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The Right Choice
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Read More: The Right ChoiceStarting my MFA as a 44-year-old mother and teacher during a global pandemic has been a trip. Is there ever a right time to do anything? Or a wrong time? I suppose you never really know until you throw yourself in and see. So far, my decision to attend…
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A Little Encouraging Reminder to Myself
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Read More: A Little Encouraging Reminder to MyselfI’m currently struggling with a story. It’s the same problem that every writer has…eventually. How to make this story work? How to reshape the character/s? How to finish the story when you’ve already invested hours into its creation? You’re presented with a fork in the road: call it quits (which…
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English Studies Symposium Offers Students Chance to Explore the Program
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Read More: English Studies Symposium Offers Students Chance to Explore the ProgramDepartment offers a symposium for all first-year English majors First-year university students often struggle with the transition from high school to college. Many of those struggles are due to factors that can make students feel isolated and overwhelmed. One of the unique features of the English department and its various…
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Study Abroad: Todos Santos Informational Session
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Read More: Study Abroad: Todos Santos Informational SessionTodos Santos Study Abroad: Informational Session Calling all English majors and minors! Spend your Fall 2021 semester in Todos Santos, Mexico in this unique Liberal Arts & Community Engagement program designed with you in mind. Earn 15 CSU credits taught by CSU faculty while having the opportunity to work with and learn from…