Find Your Voice: Mara McCloy
Welcome to Find Your Voice, a series profiling English students and the stories they have to tell. “I like the days I can process my thoughts into a story. I feel accomplished on those days.” Mara McCloy’s thoughts run through her…
Research & Writing Colloquium Recap
Prof. Beres Rogers discussed her work on George Crabbe’s treatment of gender and intellectual disability. She will be presenting her thoughts at an international conference in late October. Prof. Julia Eichelberger elaborated on her research into Eudora Welty’s correspondence. Prof….
Professor Susan Farrell Publishes New Book on American War Literature
What does 9/11 have to do with World War I? What connects Delillo to Hemingway? Is there a tradition of war-writing in America? Just released from Camden House Press is Susan Farrell’s new book, Imagining Home: American War Fiction from Hemingway to…
Eportfolio Tutorial
In the first half of the Spring ’17 semester Christina, Angelica, and Aracelia enrolled in the first eportfolio tutorial offered in the English Department. (Note: If you would like to know more about eportfolios, Kathleen Blake Yancey has contributed a short article…
Creative Writing and Creative Consulting
Michael Hals, a sophomore English major with a Creative Writing concentration, started working this year as a consultant in the College’s Writing Lab, though he doesn’t often get to work with clients puzzling over poems and finessing their latest work…
Using the 6-Word Memoir in the Writing Center
This post was originally published in the Palmetto State Writing Association’s digital newsletter by Bonnie Devet, Director of the College of Charleston’s Writing Lab with consultants Will Allen, Jalen Brooks-Knepfle, Alli Camp, Emily Clark, Chloe Field, Lauren Findlay, Wilson Ford, Antony Garruzzo, Ryan…
S.C. War Veterans Use Poetry for Healing in New Reading Group
Professors William Russell (English) and Bryan Ganaway (Honors College) recently established a reading group for area veterans, as reported in the Charleston Post and Courier: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/south-carolina-war-veterans-use-poetry-for-healing-in-new/article_2e3404aa-08c6-11e7-9ade-ffa6c4610d8c.html
What Can I Do With an English Major?
It’s a question that all of us book nerds have asked at some point in our lives. Contrary to popular belief, the answer is A LOT. On Wednesday, April 29th, 6:30-8:30 in Alumni Center (EHHP), Sigma Tau Delta and the…
