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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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Black History Month: Octavia Butler
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Read More: Black History Month: Octavia ButlerAuthor Octavia Butler paved the way for African-American science fiction authors. Born in 1947 in Pasadena, California, Butler conquered obstacle after obstacle, from losing her father, living with dyslexia, and fighting stigmas against both women and African American writers. At the young age of 10, she begged her mother for…
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Black History Month: Zora Neale Hurston
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Read More: Black History Month: Zora Neale HurstonAlthough Zora Neale Hurston is most known for her novel Their Eyes Are Watching God, published in 1937, she authored numerous works of literature in the first half of the 20th century, including novels, short stories, plays, a collection of southern African-American folklore, and an autobiography. Hurston was born in…
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Black History Month: Yusef Komunyakaa
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Read More: Black History Month: Yusef KomunyakaaPulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa isn’t just an important author and relevant figure in the celebration of Black History month, he’s important to us personally — as he is an English department alumnus and beloved member of our “Ramily.” Komunyakaa was born and grew up in the small town of…
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Black History Month: Gwendolyn Brooks
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Read More: Black History Month: Gwendolyn BrooksAccording a biography on the Poetry Foundation, “Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the most highly regarded, highly influential, and widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry.” Most notably, she was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize. She wrote articles, short stories, poetry (publishing more than 20 collections…
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Black History Month: Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
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Read More: Black History Month: Dr. Ibram X. KendiToday’s featured author is a bit of a departure. Up to now, we’ve been featuring historical figures. Today, we are featuring a modern day historian. Ibram X. Kendi is a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning historian at the University of Florida. His second book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive…
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More in Memory of John Pratt
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Read More: More in Memory of John PrattJohn Pratt came to the CSU English Department from the Air Force Academy in 1975, and served as the department head until 1980. He was the college’s first Fulbright professor, having spent a year in Portugal in 1974. During his time as chair, he displayed a deep integrity, a great…
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Humans of Eddy: Hanan Al-Qarni
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Hanan Al-Qarni~from intern Joyce Bohling What’s your name? Hanan Al-Qarni. Al-Qarni is my tribe name. Al means “the” and Qarni means “Qarnis.” Everyone from Bel Qarn, the place where I’m from in Saudi Arabia, has this last name. What’s your major? TESL/TEFL What year? I’m a second-year Master’s student. What are…
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Black History Month: Phillis Wheatley
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Read More: Black History Month: Phillis WheatleyTaken from Africa when she was only about seven years old, Phillis Wheatley was a slave. She was also the first published African-American female and one of the best-known poets of her time. The family who owned her taught her to read and write, allowed her an education that at the time…
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Compendiums of Misbehavior: A Q&A with Ethan Canin
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Read More: Compendiums of Misbehavior: A Q&A with Ethan CaninThe Creative Writing Reading Series is a special opportunity for CSU students to hear established and esteemed authors from around the nation present their work, and when fiction writer Ethan Canin came to campus on Thursday, January 26, students were given an additional chance we don’t often get: to ask…
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Compendiums of Misbehavior: A Q&A with Ethan Canin
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Read More: Compendiums of Misbehavior: A Q&A with Ethan Canin~from communications intern Joyce Bohling The Creative Writing Reading Series is a special opportunity for CSU students to hear established and esteemed authors from around the nation present their work, and when fiction writer Ethan Canin came to campus on Thursday, January 26, students were given an additional chance we…