Q&A With Padgett Powell ’74

Author of nationally acclaimed novels like Edisto and The Interrogative Mood, Padgett Powell ’74 is one of the most important figures in experimental fiction. Wish you could ask him a question or two? On November 22, Padgett will be on campus answering your...

A Spoleto Picture Diary: We Have Arrived!

Buongiorno! Bret Lott here, once again in Italy with the Spoleto Summer Study Abroad Program in English. As with every year, we bring a gang of students from the College of Charleston over to our sister city of Spoleto to study writing and literature, as well as to...

A Spoleto Picture Diary

College of Charleston faculty and students will be studying abroad in Spoleto, Italy from May 15 to June 12 writing and studying literature, as well as meeting local artists, writers, and chefs for inspiration. The summer’s courses offered are: ENGL 339: The...

Student Research Series: Brittany Counts (Psychology)

SURF Title: Standing Straight in a Crooked Room: Black Female Desire in Popular Media Mentor: Dr. Conseula Francis, Department of English Abstract: The central questions this study addressed are: what stories do popular texts tell us about black female desire,...