Kathleen Béres Rogers: Creating Romantic Obsession: Scorpions in the Mind
Dr. Kathleen Béres Rogers published her first book this March titled Creating Romantic Obsession: Scorpions in the Mind. The text explores obsession as a mental disease and when it came to be recognized as a disease in the Romantic Era….
Literati: The English Organization For Any and All
Literati is a student organization which welcomes any and all who appreciate creative texts in any of its forms, including film, music, art, books, and more. While Literati is supported by the English department at CofC, it is not exclusive…
Anthony Varallo On Writing “The Lines”
Doctor Anthony Varallo published his first novel, The Lines, this August. The book, set in the summer of 1979 during a national gas shortage, follows a family facing numerous hardships through the perspective of each character. Novelist Anthony Varallo wanted…
The Fall English Fest
This past week on Wednesday, September 18th, the English department hosted a Fall English Fest. The event allowed for all students of the English major or minors to get together to mingle and discuss upcoming events and opportunities. The department…
Find Your Voice: Emily Anderson Publishes Academic Article
Emily Anderson, a double major in English and Psychology at the College of Charleston, has joined the ranks of published scholars. Emily’s short article on Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon appears in the February, 2018 edition of the journal, The…
Find Your Voice: McKayla Conahan
Welcome to Find Your Voice, a series profiling English students and the stories they have to tell. _________________________________________ As the former Editor-in-Chief at College of Charleston’s National Literary and Arts Journal Miscellany, and current Design Assistant for Cistern Yard News, Senior McKayla Conahan has always…
Papa Hemingway in Cuba Film Screening
The Film Club, as part of the campus-wide Cuba Project, is screening Papa Hemingway in Cuba this Thursday at 7 p.m. in Lightsey B08. Professor Susan Farrell will be introducing the film and saying a few words about Hemingway and his time in Cuba. In the…
Faculty Publications: Recap on the January Celebration
amidst plates of gouda and cookies, the English Department presented and discussed recent faculty publications! Prof. Susan Farrell discussed the nature of trauma, art, and gender within war. Her book Imagining Home: American War Fiction from Hemingway to 9/11 explores the works…
