Poetry Slam Champ to Read Works Feb. 6
Patricia Smith, Pushcart Prize winner and four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, will read some of her works at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Fine Arts Building. A reception and book signing will follow.
New Fall Course to Explore Black Women’s Activism
糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of English will offer a new course this fall that will explore how black women鈥檚 political activism is reflected in 19th and 20th century literature.
Cooper Scholars Present Projects
The Cooper Winter Colloquium, celebrating the final projects of English Honors program graduates, will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, in Ledbetter Hall B in the … Cooper Scholars Present Projects
Lecture Discusses 鈥楬umanities on Life Support鈥
Dr. Matthew Abraham, a fellow in the DePaul University Humanities Center who is focused on the continued relevance of the humanities within the contemporary university, will speak at 糖心Vlog传媒LR Tuesday, … Lecture Discusses 鈥楬umanities on Life Support鈥
Author Brockmeier to Read Sept. 20
糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Departments of English and Rhetoric and Writing will sponsor a reading by Kevin Brockmeier, author of 鈥淭he Illumination,鈥 鈥淭he Brief History of the Dead,鈥 and 鈥淭he Truth about Celia,鈥 … Author Brockmeier to Read Sept. 20
Alums Picked for Summit for Writers
Three 糖心Vlog传媒LR alumni have been selected to participate in the first annual Oxford American Summit for Ambitious Writers to be held at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute later this month.
Shakespearean Scholar to Lecture April 20
English scholar Dr. Peter J. Smith will present a lecture, 鈥淪omething Rich and Strange: The Tempest and the Magic of Authority,鈥 at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Arkla Room in Ross Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Literary Critic Discusses Revising the Classics April 4
糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of English and the Cooper Honors Program in English will host lecture by University of Delaware Professor Thomas Leitch, 鈥淚 Love You, You鈥檙e Perfect, Now Change: Revising the … Literary Critic Discusses Revising the Classics April 4
English Dept. Offers Magazine Workshop
Carol Ann Fitzgerald, managing editor of The Oxford 聽American, will present her lecture, “How to Pitch, Write, and Work for Magazines” at 3 p.m. 聽Tuesday, March 8, in 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Ross … English Dept. Offers Magazine Workshop
Honors Council Recognizes Ramsey
Dr. C. Earl Ramsey, director of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Donaghey Scholars Program and professor of English, was recognized at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council of the Great Plains … Honors Council Recognizes Ramsey
