Category: News
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National Poetry Month April 2018
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Read More: National Poetry Month April 2018We’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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Women’s History Month: Reading List
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Reading ListToday’s post, the final one of the month, features our “local” authors – English alumna, current students, faculty, and/or staff. This list is by no means complete, and even for those included we have not given a full account of their work, just a sampling. Recent Publications Joanna Doxey (Alumna, MFA…
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Women’s History Month: Our Community of Women
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Our Community of WomenToday we feature our “local” women – alumna, current students, faculty, and/or staff – and all the good things they do. Tomorrow will be a reading list of “local” authors. This list is by no means complete, and even for those included we have not given a full account of…
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Women’s History Month: Lorrie Moore
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Lorrie Moore~from Michaela Hayes Lorrie Moore, born January 13 1957, is an American novelist and short story writer. She was born in Glens Falls, New York, and later attended St. Lawrence University, a small liberal arts college in Canton, New York. Like Sylvia Plath, she won Seventeen magazine’s annual fiction award…
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Women’s History Month: Girl Power
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Girl PowerWatching some of the speeches from various recent March for Our Lives* events made it clear that kids — in particular girls — have a voice, can be activists and create change. Considering the theme of this year’s Women’s History Month, “Nevertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of…
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April 17 Lecture: Three Axes of Writing in the Research University: Professional, Civic, (Inter)Personal by Doug Hesse
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Read More: April 17 Lecture: Three Axes of Writing in the Research University: Professional, Civic, (Inter)Personal by Doug HesseOne of the country’s best known writing and program assessment experts, Doug Hesse will deliver a lecture at Colorado State University on April 17 at 5:30 pm in the Lory Student Center Theater. This talk, sponsored by the Department of English, is free and open to the public with no…
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Women’s History Month: Motivation Monday
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Motivation MondayTo kick off the last week of Women’s History Month, we’ve compiled a list of quotes about writing from women writers. Everyone has something worth saying, and writing is a powerful way to spread that voice and create a space for others to have a voice. “Cram your head with…
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Spring 2018 Rambler Available
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Read More: Spring 2018 Rambler AvailableThe Rambler is a newsletter that includes what English majors need to know about registration, such as course offerings for the upcoming semester(s), registration details, advising information, important dates, Composition Placement Challenge & Re-Evaluation Essay information, and details about awards and internships. Current Issue: Spring 2018 Archive: Fall 1994 – Fall 2017
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Women’s History Month: Carrie Brownstein
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Carrie Brownstein~from Michaela Hayes Carrie Brownstein is a renaissance woman. In her 43 years of life she has pioneered a feminist movement, co-written an award-winning show, and written a memoir about the process of it all. Brownstein was born and raised in Washington where she stayed until after graduating from Evergreen…
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Women’s History Month: Arundhati Roy
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Arundhati Roy“To me there is nothing higher than fiction. Nothing. It is fundamentally who I am. I am a teller of stories. For me, that’s the only way I can make sense of the world, with all the dance that it involves.” ~Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best…