From the Archive: Fred Moten’s Anassignment Letters

Photograph of Fred Moten by Robert Adam Mayer for Harvard Magazine (Jan-Feb 2018) Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 400+ posts.  While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently. As a result, we're highlighting some of the … Continue reading From the Archive: Fred Moten’s Anassignment Letters

From the Archive: The Prince of Egypt: The Exodus Story in (Re-)Translation

From The Prince of Egypt (1998) Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 400+ posts.  While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently. As a result, we're highlighting some of the posts that have garnered a lot of … Continue reading From the Archive: The Prince of Egypt: The Exodus Story in (Re-)Translation

Undergrad Student Spotlight: Elizabeth Stewart

Elizabeth Stewart (BA '24) My time at Kansas State University has been a journey filled with unexpected adventures, where the boundaries of an English degree are expanded into endless possibilities. The Department of English at K-State provided me with an education that went beyond traditional methods. Starting with literature, I soon found myself exploring a … Continue reading Undergrad Student Spotlight: Elizabeth Stewart

Found Object: K-State IT Resources, 1998-1999

Location: Office of Senior Instructor Emerita Marcella ReekieObject: "Welcome to K-State Computing" brochure, dated August 1998, and related flyersObservations: 1) When she retired in 2022, Marcella Reekie left behind in her office a few items for recycling. Among the papers: brochures from K-State's IT teams -- known then as ITAC, the Information Technology Assistance Center, … Continue reading Found Object: K-State IT Resources, 1998-1999

Spring Preview

Spring flowers in Manhattan, KS (2023) Welcome to the spring semester! We hope that you are keeping warm and safe as 2024 gets underway. Here are some of the events that we're looking forward to in the months ahead. Please join us for community, creativity, and conversation! All are free but online access requires advance … Continue reading Spring Preview

The “Pretty” Trap

Photo: “Woman Putting on Red Lipstick” by Vitaly Gorbachev. Today we share the fourth of six pieces of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English” — and the first selection from Section A of ENGL 801, taught this fall by Cameron Leader-Picone: a piece of public scholarship … Continue reading The “Pretty” Trap

What Happens to Childless Mothers?

Copies of The Lovely Bones, including the Chinese translation, "蘇西的世界," wait to be read. Today we share the third of six pieces of public writing selected for publication from an assignment in ENGL 801 “Graduate Studies in English”: a piece of public scholarship (700-1,000 words) which tailors an academic paper and its scholarly intervention of … Continue reading What Happens to Childless Mothers?

November 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Cover for the special issue of Unsettling Global Midwests, a special issue of American Studies with American Studies International, vol. 62, no. 3, 2023, co-edited by Tom Sarmiento.  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 … Continue reading November 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity