Ferris wheels and funnel cakes. Showing goats and eating hotdogs. Live music and prize vegetables. These are some of the big draws for the Kansas State Fair, held every September in Hutchinson, KS. But these are also great subjects for poems. This year at the Kansas State Fair, there will be 20 poems about displays … Continue reading Poetry Harvest: Poems at the State Fair
Cover for Anne Longmuir's John Ruskin and the Victorian Woman Writer (Routledge, 2025) Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. The issue for September showcases a greater range of research, scholarship, and creative activity that our faculty and students have shared beyond Kansas … Continue reading Summer 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Location: Department digital archivesObject: Photo of new and returning graduate students and faculty at the SAGE Welcome Back Party, 22 August 2014Observations: 1) Looking for photos of Professor Emeritus Jerry Dees surfaced other photos from years past, including this one from August 2014 that features an array of graduate students and faculty assembled in Professor … Continue reading Found Object: SAGE Welcome Back Party, August 2014
Professor Emeritus Jerome (Jerry) Dees in 1994 Earlier this month, on August 15, 2024, Professor Emeritus Jerome (Jerry) Dees passed away, following a severe stroke in 2015. (His obituary is available here.) Jerry retired from teaching in 2003, but he remained an active member of the department and the Manhattan community for many years -- … Continue reading Remembering Jerry Dees
The new Kansas State University English graduate students come from all over the world — all parts of Kansas, too. Please join us in welcoming them and wishing them a happy and productive first semester. Name: Mary AdeyemoHometown: Osun State, NigeriaAlma mater: University of Ibadan, NigeriaAreas of study: Composition and rhetoric, multimodal discourse, pragmatics, discourse analysisPlease tell us something … Continue reading Meet the New Grad Students
Autumn trees by the English Counseling Services Building (November 2023) The Fall 2024 semester is underway -- and we're looking forward to some cool temperatures and cool events ahead! This semester, many of our events will be Hyflex (in-person with a concurrent streaming option), so we can accommodate colleagues and students who may not be … Continue reading Fall Preview
Riley Brokeshoulder (BA '25) Through the McNair Scholars Program I was able to participate in the eight-week summer research internship and craft a collection of flash nonfiction essays, with the help of my mentor Dr. Traci Brimhall. For this project, I knew I wanted to center the essays around grief and to conduct research by … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Riley Brokeshoulder
Today’s blog brings you two examples of creative work that mesh the visual and theoretical in compelling ways. These two pieces — a documentary film/personal research reflection filmed and edited by Elizabeth Elliott (MA ‘25) related to the Kansas Land Treaties project and a glossary/zine/theory/creative writing hybrid collaboratively created by Aidia Kite (BA '24) and … Continue reading Projects from ENGL 745 “Indigenous Film”
Peony in bloom, Manhattan, KS (May 2024) Final grades for Spring 2024 are submitted, it's quieter on campus, and the peonies are in full bloom. It's time for summer -- and a well-earned break after a busy academic year. We hope the change of seasons brings everyone some time to rest, relax, and recharge. As … Continue reading Spring into Summer
Emmett Spaw (BA '26) My name is Emmett Spaw. Fun fact: I’m the guy in the photo. Yes, the one staring blankly into the camera all professional-like. Here’s a second fun fact: I’m an English major. Fun fact number three: I made the second fun fact up. That’s right, I just behaved in an intentionally … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Emmett Spaw
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