Poets on the Plains

In her role as Kansas Poet Laureate, Traci Brimhall is launching Poets on the Plains. Produced by High Plains Public Radio (HPPR), the series will explore a sense of people and place through poetry. I love poetry on the page, but I also love hearing it spoken aloud. That is, after all, its origin as … Continue reading Poets on the Plains

From the Archive: Watch Out, Hollywood!

A scene from Haunted Pond, one of the entries for the 2024 48-Hour Film Challenge Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ 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 … Continue reading From the Archive: Watch Out, Hollywood!

From the Archive: One Year Later

Display case by graduate student offices with calendar for March 2020 (Photo: March 10, 2021) Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ 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 … Continue reading From the Archive: One Year Later

February 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Cover for Barnaby, Vol. 5 (Fantographics, 2025), edited by Phil Nel.  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 on past successes or to find … Continue reading February 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Location: Temporary

Image: mapyourtravels.com Today we share the fifth 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 last fall by Cameron Leader-Picone: a piece of public scholarship (700-1,000 words) which tailors an academic paper … Continue reading Location: Temporary

Sarcasm at the End of the World

Screenshot from Final Fantasy VII with a fake dialog box generated using FFVII UI 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 last fall by Cameron Leader-Picone: … Continue reading Sarcasm at the End of the World

Found Object: Spring Favorites

Location: 2nd Floor, English Counseling Services BuildingObject: Whiteboard (February 2025)Observations: 1) Since last academic year, the whiteboard on the 2nd floor of ECS has continued to pose questions, ask for opinions and recommendations, prompt stories, and offer hope and joy as well as semester goals. 2) After two weeks of extremely cold winter weather and … Continue reading Found Object: Spring Favorites

From the Archive: Found Object: View from ECS

View from ECS (16 Feb 2021) Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ 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 … Continue reading From the Archive: Found Object: View from ECS

Alumni Spotlight: Emma Herrman

Emma Herrman (BA '16) I was hired as an events coordinator two days before the world ended. Yes, I’m being a bit dramatic, but only slightly. In March 2020, I was working as an administrative assistant to two deans in the College of Arts and Sciences at K-State, and I was ready for a change. … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Emma Herrman

From the Archive: Rebury, Repatriate, Reclaim: Rhetoric of the “Salina Burial Pit”

Postcard of a roadside sign for the Indian Burial Pit near Salina, Kansas, c. 1950-1960. Courtesy of the Kansas Historical Society’s Kansas Memory online archive. Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ posts.  While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have … Continue reading From the Archive: Rebury, Repatriate, Reclaim: Rhetoric of the “Salina Burial Pit”