Banned Books Week 2023 (Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association) Every time I find myself reading The Hunger Games I can’t help but feel inspired by the bravery and poise of Katniss Everdeen. I mean she staged an entire rebellion as a teenager. However, I didn’t know that just by reading that novel, I … Continue reading Recognizing Banned Books Week 2023 at K-State
Cover image for Phillip Marzluf's Travel Writing in Mongolia and Northern China, 1860-2020 (Amsterdam University Press, 2023) 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 … Continue reading September 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Uncle Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender 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 … Continue reading From the Archive: Uncle Iroh’s Got Abs?
Location: 2nd Floor, English Counseling Services Building Object: Whiteboard Observations: 1) After several Covid years which kept folks on Zoom more than in the ECS Building, the 2nd floor of ECS is hopping this fall semester. Part of that energy includes the interactive space of the whiteboard that has been hanging out on the 2nd … Continue reading Found Object: Collaborative Story
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. So, we're highlighting periodically some of the posts that have garnered a lot of views or that address topics of continuing … Continue reading From the Archive: Some Advice on Applying to MFA Programs
Location: englishkstate on SoundCloud Object: Podcast episodes featuring visiting writers at Kansas State Observations: 1) From 2013 through 2016, graduate students, undergraduate students, and faculty members interviewed writers who visited K-State as part of our annual Visiting Writers Series with the intention of launching a podcast. The interviews captured authors who were already well-established as … Continue reading Found Object: Creative Writing Podcast, 2013-2016
Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Dickinson (left) and Ella Hunt as Sue Gilbert (right) in Dickinson (image: Apple TV+) 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. So, we're highlighting … Continue reading From the Archive: Taylor Swift’s evermore (Emily Dickinson’s Version)
Liberty Belote (BA '24) Talking about Midwestern history, the conversation often turns as flat as many perceive the Great Plains to be. History buffs may know Bleeding Kansas or Brown v. Board of Education, both significant moments in the fight for African American civil rights. However, frequently overlooked in both academic and public awareness are … Continue reading “Unite all that is possibly Mexican in Kansas City”: Researching the First Midwestern Spanish-Language Newspaper El Cosmopolita
Cover for the issue of Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains (2023), where the essay by Lisa Tatonetti, Mary Kohn, Haley Reiners (BA ’22), Kinsley Searles (BA ’22, MA ’24), and co-authors Tai S. Edwards and Chester Hubbard appears. Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent … Continue reading Summer 2023 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Students from "Wild Lit" rise early to view prairie chickens on the Konza prairie (April 2023) Spring 2023 launched a new environmental literature course, "Wild Lit." How have American writers viewed the more-than-human world over the centuries? What role has public land played in the American traditions of nature writing and environmental literature? How do … Continue reading Wild Lit
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