The world in words
Assistant Professor Ramona Ausubel captures the world and the human condition in books; she teaches students to do the same.
A Scattered and Uncomprehensive Guide to Writing About Trauma, by Julia Oshiki
I’m a creative nonfiction writer – which is to say that I write personal essays about family relationships and dynamics. Which is to say that, for me, writing involves a lot of hunching over my laptop…
Reflecting on a sick-day, by Jack Berning
I’d stayed home from school one day in second grade with a ravenous cold. As I attempted to sleep the day away, our home phone continued to ring (remember landlines? those were kinda dope) bringing me out of my slumber. I’d curse the thing—salesman!— they’d never quit calling.
Former student Frank says ‘hi’ from New York
Hi guys! My name is Frank. I am from China and studied English with a language concentration at CSU. I graduated in 2019 and I am a graduate student in Applied Linguistics at Columbia University right now. Greetings from NYC! Go Rams!
Connie Johnson Shoemaker (BA English 1956, MA in English 1961) – Willard O. Eddy was my mentor
I graduated with a B.A. in English in 1956 and an M.A. in English in 1961. My philosophy mentor and life coach was Dr. Willard O. Eddy…
Robert King (MA 1961) – Remembering a mentor
I can still name many of the professors at that time but the one I would like to mention was Dr. Aurelia Harlan, a figure both friendly and imposing.
Dianne Harper (Class of 1964) – Diagramming and poetry drills
When I was an undergrad in English education, one of the required courses was a quarter class of diagramming. Does that date me or what?…
Barbara Stimmel Fleming (BA English 1967, MA Rhetoric 1970) – A father and a teacher
My father, Les Stimmel, taught at Colorado A&M/Colorado State University from 1929 when he moved to Fort Collins until 1967…
Doris Goldsmith Melnick (Class of 1968) – Remembering Dr. Robert Zoellner
The memory I will always remember is one of Dr. Robert Zoellner. I took many classes from him as an English major and there must have been one in my senior year…
Paulette Garrison Evans Deutsch (Class of 1967)
I had Dr. Zoellnor for my Survey of American Lit; Melville and another author; and Steinbeck plus others in the four years that I was at CSU…