Philip Nel to Speak on Dr. Seuss and Race
As part of the English Department’s Visiting Scholar Series, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Philip Nel, who will be giving a talk entitled “Was the Cat in the Hat Black? Seuss and Race is the 1950s.” Dr. Nel is…
Watch and Listen to Student-Poets in Action
Because you might have been cozying up with your beloved on Feb. 14, 2013, you might have missed the Tongues Aflame Poetry Series featuring CofC students, so here it is!
English Major Wins Fellowship
Congratulations to English major Cara Beth Heath, who won a regional fellowship from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. As part of her fellowship, Cara Beth will receive membership in LMDA (Literary Managers & Dramaturgs of the Americas), an…
Students to Read in “Tongues Aflame”!
The Tongues Aflame Reading Series kicks off in February; it will bring together voices from emerging and established poets from our campus and beyond. The video below, recently featured in the Post and Courier, previews some of the poets who…
Literary Events (Spring 2013)
Sunday, January 13: Poetry Out Loud Competition Featuring regional high school students, Chris Cimorelli, and Marjory Wentworth. Emcee: Sarah Goad 1:30 PM in the Stern Center Ballroom (CofC). Friday, February 1 – Southern American Studies Association 2013 Conference Pulitzer Prize…
What’s the Value of the English Major?
This question, or some variation of it (“what good is a philosophy major?,” for instance), is probably asked of current or prospective humanities students more frequently in dire economic times than at other times, which is to say that you…
