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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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Filipino American History Month: Carlos Bulosan
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Read More: Filipino American History Month: Carlos Bulosan“The human heart is bigger than the world.” ~Carlos Bulosan Carlos Bulosan was born in 1911 in the Philippines, although his actual year of birth is uncertain. He left the Philippines for America, arriving in Seattle around the age of 16/17. His goal was to escape the poverty and economic turmoil…
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LGBT History Month: Federico Garcia Lorca
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Read More: LGBT History Month: Federico Garcia LorcaFederico Garcia Lorca was born in 1889 in Spain. Throughout his life, he worked as a playwright, a theatre director, and a poet. He gained recognition when he joined Generation of ‘27, a group predominantly comprised of Spanish poets who wanted to share their avant-garde poetry and art with people.…
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CSU Writes: Facilitating scholarly writing productivity — and community (SOURCE)
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Read More: CSU Writes: Facilitating scholarly writing productivity — and community (SOURCE)Kristina Quynn radiates positivity, especially when discussing CSU Writes, a program that facilitates scholarly writing productivity for faculty and graduate students. Quynn, founding director of CSU Writes, put together a grant proposal several years ago hoping to organize a writing group program, which then grew when she thought writing group members might…
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October Celebrations: Filipino-American, Hispanic, and LGBT History Month(s)
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Read More: October Celebrations: Filipino-American, Hispanic, and LGBT History Month(s)Spring semester of 2017 we ran a series of features on the blog. We celebrated Black History Month (February), Women’s History Month (March), and National Poetry Month (April). For Black History Month, we focused in particular on the role of African Americans in literature. All month long, we featured African…
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October Celebrations: Filipino-American, Hispanic, and LGBT History Month(s)
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Read More: October Celebrations: Filipino-American, Hispanic, and LGBT History Month(s)Spring semester of 2017 we ran a series of features on the blog. We celebrated Black History Month (February), Women’s History Month (March), and National Poetry Month (April). For Black History Month, we focused in particular on the role of African Americans in literature. All month long, we featured African…
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Humans of Eddy: Brooke Buchan
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Brooke BuchanBrooke Buchan Journalism and Media Communications Major Business Administration Minor Besides your current classes, what else are you doing or have you done that we should know about? Awards? Special projects? Travel? Service work? I traveled this past summer to Italy and Croatia. It was an awesome experience that helped…
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News of Note Weeks of September 11 and September 18
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Read More: News of Note Weeks of September 11 and September 18On August 28, Pam Coke co-presented the paper “Examining Attrition in English Education: A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Preparation, Persistence, and Dispositions in Teacher Education” with Heidi Frederiksen and Ann Sebald of the CSU Center for Educator Preparation at the 19th International Conference on Education Studies in Paris,…
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Rekindle the Classics: Beloved
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Read More: Rekindle the Classics: Beloved~from Michaela Hayes Recently, representatives from the CSU English department and the Poudre Valley Public library gathered to lead a discussion on Toni Morrison’s acclaimed novel Beloved. The discussion was the first of the season for the Fort Collins book club appropriately named “Rekindle the Classics.” Rekindle the Classics was…
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Humans of Eddy: Amanda Micek
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Amanda MicekAmanda Micek Freshman English Major: Literature What inspired me to be an English major? I actually switched from a biology major to English because with biology there was no passion for me. English gives me the opportunity to express myself in ways no other subject was ever able to. As an…
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Humans of Eddy: Mackenzie
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Mackenzie~from Intern Katie Haggstrom Mackenzie (Mack) English Education Major with Spanish Minor I notice that you brought some veggies into the Writing Center today. My parents have an urban farm down in Denver for the joy of gardening. It has exploded with so much produce they could stock our local…