Location: The sidewalk to the ECS BuildingObject: Sidewalk chalkingObservations: 1) Early evening on Wednesday (April 5), members of Sigma Tau Delta, our student honorary society, prepared a welcome surprise for us on Thursday morning: literary messages of encouragement, celebration, and spring. 2) Ranging across centuries, nations, and genres, the selected quotes remind us to use … Continue reading Found Object: Sidewalk Chalk
Lamees Al Ethari (MA '08) “The best two years of my life” seemed a bit of an over-exaggerated description, especially to the professor who was conducting my exit interview during my final days at K-State. I think that’s why he replied, something along the lines of, “I mean, I have heard good things, but the … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Lamees Al Ethari
Teri Jacques (BA '23) celebrates writing the last poem at the 2022 Open House K-State's Open House is happening on Saturday April 1 — and K-State English is ready! As the preview page for Open House explains: Love to read or write? Explore your next chapter with English — one of K-State’s most versatile degrees. … Continue reading Open House 2023
Cassidy Hartig (BA '24) I have a game running with myself when I tell someone my major. I’ve practically rigged it— a 90% win rate. The rules are simple: 1) tell someone I’m studying English, 2) see how many words off I am from the usual “You’re planning to teach?” Honestly, it’s an honor— teachers … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Cassidy Hartig
Program cover for the 2023 Midwest Writing Center Association Conference This year’s Midwest Writing Center Association conference theme was “Gateways Reimagined: Transforming Perspectives in the Writing Center.” With such a broad topic it was interesting to see the different ways that people “reimagined” the writing center as a gateway. For instance, some presenters imagined the … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Riley Dandurand
Cover image for Issue 108 of Quarterly West (2023), where Traci Brimhall's poem "Will & Testament" appears Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. We're happy to recognize the recent successes in research, scholarship, and creative activity outlined below. Want to catch up … Continue reading February 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
M.M. Carrigan reads at the 10th Annual Rock and Roll Reading at AWP in Seattle, WA (8 March 2023) I was almost late to the 10th Annual Rock and Roll Reading, which, if you know anything about rock and roll readings, would’ve been about the most punk thing I could’ve pulled. I’d been on a … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Zach Zoeller
Abby Knoblauch celebrates the publication of her 2022 co-edited collection. (Photo credit: Lisa Tatonetti) “If there were 100 essays on this table, no names, I’d know which one was yours. You always sound like you.” This is such a clear memory for me. As a first year Ph.D. student, I didn’t know if my professor … Continue reading Faculty Spotlight: Abby Knoblauch
I’m a big fan of fiction that dares to take the perspectives of young people seriously. My favorite childhood reads didn’t ask their protagonists to wait until they were older for their adventures to begin. Characters like Lyra Belacqua (from Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series) or Jared Grace (from Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi’s The Spiderwick Chronicles books) … Continue reading Grad Student Spotlight: Ben Trickey
Visiting the Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott: Undergraduate research assistant Natassja Norwood (BA '25), Museum Director Kirk Sharp, Stephen Antwi (MA '24), and Ademola Adefolano (MA '24) (25 Feb 2023) We spent last Saturday afternoon hunting down a barn. Not just any barn. This was the barn where Gordon Parks shot a pivotal scene … Continue reading Location, Location, Location: On the Trail of The Learning Tree
