Category: News
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Humans of Eddy: Astrid Hanson
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Astrid Hanson• Name: Astrid Hanson • Major: English • Year: Senior • Concentration: Creative Writing • Favorite English Class: E333 – Critical Studies of Popular Texts with Roze Hentschell. “Roze is a great professor. I also liked that we had no exams, we just wrote essays.” • Currently reading (for leisure):…
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Reading Series: Richard McCann
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Read More: Reading Series: Richard McCannRichard McCann (http://www.richardmccann.net/) writes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. He is the author of Mother of Sorrows, a work of fiction, and Ghost Letters, a collection of poems, as well as other pieces published in collections and various magazines. McCann has received awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the…
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Center for Literary Publishing Awarded $10,000 Grant
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Read More: Center for Literary Publishing Awarded $10,000 GrantStephanie G’Schwind, director of CLP and editor of Colorado Review, is happy to report that the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Center for Literary Publishing. The grant will support the publication of two more titles in the Mountain West Poetry Series (Rebecca Lindenberg’s…
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Humans of Eddy (and Beyond)
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Read More: Humans of Eddy (and Beyond)The English Department has two new interns, Brianna and Evelyn, working on telling our story in various ways. One of the ways they are doing so is a project we are calling “Humans of Eddy,” (inspired by the project “Humans of New York“). We plan to showcase the people of…
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English Department Communications Interns
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Read More: English Department Communications InternsFrom Jill Salahub, English Department Communications Coordinator: “I am so happy to introduce the English Department’s Communications Interns for Spring 2014, Brianna Wilkins and Evelyn Vaughn. Just like the position description stated, these two are engaged, self-motivated, responsible, creative, and enthusiastic CSU students with good communication and writing skills who…
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Notes from the Chair
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Read More: Notes from the ChairHello! My name is Louann Reid. I have been department chair since 2011 and a faculty member at CSU for 20 years. I am thrilled that we are launching this department-wide blog. In it we can showcase the people, programs, and publications that are the life and shape of our…
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Introducing Spring 2014 English Department Communications Interns
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Read More: Introducing Spring 2014 English Department Communications InternsFrom Jill Salahub, English Department Communications Coordinator: “I am so happy to introduce the English Department’s Communications Interns for Spring 2014, Brianna Wilkins and Evelyn Vaughn. Just like the position description stated, these two are engaged, self-motivated, responsible, creative, and enthusiastic CSU students with good communication and writing skills who…
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CSU alumnus George Kalamaras made Poet Laureate of Indiana
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Read More: CSU alumnus George Kalamaras made Poet Laureate of IndianaCSU alumnus George Kalamaras has been selected Poet Laureate of Indiana. Kalamaras received a MA in Creative Writing: Poetry at CSU in 1982. Kalamaras is currently a professor of English at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, where he has taught since 1990. He has published six books of poetry and…
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Camille Dungy “Meet the Professor” Interview
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Read More: Camille Dungy “Meet the Professor” InterviewWant to know more about new faculty in the English Department? Camille Dungy was interviewed for a “Meet the Professor” series as part of a new partnership between the Colorodoan and CSU. Here is the link to her interview: http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20131119/NEWS01/311190063/Meet-professor-CSU-s-Dungy-teaches-next-generation-readers-writers
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NCTE Listening Tour Survey Results from CSU Composition Students
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Read More: NCTE Listening Tour Survey Results from CSU Composition StudentsDid you know that while 68% of first-year CSU students spend 10 or fewer hours a week writing (including things like social media and text messaging), the majority still feel they write more than their parents’ generation did at the same age? Read a summation of interesting and noteworthy results…