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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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National Poetry Month
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Read More: National Poetry MonthWe’ve loved having monthly themes here on the blog. February was Black History Month, an opportunity to profile amazing authors, scholars, educators, and speakers who enrich our studies, our understanding, and our lives. Then March was Women’s History Month, a chance to honor the wisdom, innovation, determination, creativity, compassion, humor, and strength of…
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News of Note Week of March 27
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Read More: News of Note Week of March 27Matthew Cooperman currently has new poems out in The Laurel Review and Saltfront, in print. Online, Mary: A Journal of New Writing, is featuring three of his poems at http://maryjournal.org/fall2016/?page_id=416 On Wednesday, April 5, Camille Dungy will present at the Newberry Library, Chicago as part of a panel in celebration of the…
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Women's History Month: Emily Dickinson
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Read More: Women's History Month: Emily DickinsonPoet Emily Dickinson was born in 1930 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although she was not famous during her lifetime—only seven of her almost 1800 poems were published while she lived, all heavily edited—she became known after her death as one of the most influential American poets. Dickinson grew up in a…
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Faculty Profile: Leif Sorensen
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Read More: Faculty Profile: Leif Sorensen~from intern Joyce Bohling What brought you to CSU? The short answer is that I got the job! The position I applied for (American literature with a specialization in multi-ethnic writing and a side interest in modernist studies) seemed to me like a perfect fit and I was happy that…
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Women's History Month: Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Read More: Women's History Month: Laura Ingalls Wilder~from intern Joyce Bohling I was raised on Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. My mother would read the books to me each evening at bedtime. I had the Little House paper dolls and even, once, picked up the Little House cookbook in the children’s section…
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Women's History Month: Judith Butler
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Read More: Women's History Month: Judith ButlerPhilosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1956. Surrounded by the Hungarian and Russian Jewish traditions of her family, Butler attended a Hebrew school and took special classes on Jewish ethics. This education was the beginning of Butler’s introduction to philosophy. In an interview with Haaretz,…
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Women's History Month: Harper Lee
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Read More: Women's History Month: Harper LeeHarper Lee (born Nelle Harper Lee) was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. After attending the all-female Huntingdon College in Montgomery, she transferred to the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa where she pursued English literature. Lee spent a year working towards the university’s law degree as an undergrad, but decided…
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English Department Writing Contests
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Read More: English Department Writing ContestsThe English department has FOUR different writing contests running right now. Check out the details here, and submit something! Food Student Essay Contest 2016/2017 If you’re CO150 class is using the FOOD reader, submit essays for the Food essay contest! (Click on image for larger version). Outstanding Undergraduate Writing Award in…
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News of Note Week of March 20
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Read More: News of Note Week of March 20Recently, Tim Amidon presented research at two concurrent conferences in Portland: the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) and the Conference on College Composition and Communication. At ATTW, Battalion Chief Randy Callahan of Poudre Fire Authority joined Tim to speak about the ongoing community based research projects that they…
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Humans of Eddy: Caleb Gonzalez
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Caleb GonzalezCaleb Gonzalez First Year M.A. Student, Creative Nonfiction Graduate Teaching Assistant for CO150 How do you spend most of your time in Eddy Hall? I spend my time in the computer lab on the third floor, doing my homework, printing out stories for my classes and getting ready for my…