April 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for Mark Croby's William Blake's Manuscripts: Praxis, Puzzles, and Palimpsests (Palgrave MacMillan, 2024), co-edited with Josephine McQuail.  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 April 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

2023-2024 Annual Awards

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Program for the 2023-2024 Annual Awards Celebration Earlier this evening we gathered at the Alumni Center and online to celebrate the success of students and faculty. Like last year, we exchanged the sit-down banquet from the pre-COVID days for a less formal reception which allowed for more conversation -- and an earlier evening. We're grateful … Continue reading 2023-2024 Annual Awards

Resilience and Joy

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Enjoying "An Evening of Resilience: Nurturing Queer and Trans Joy" (photo courtesy of SAGA) On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, members of the Kansas State community came together for an afternoon of community, joy, and support for the LGBTQIA2S+ community.   The K-State English Department came out to this event in full force! Together, we attended … Continue reading Resilience and Joy

March 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Traci Brimhall's poetry appears in NELLE, no. 7, 2024.  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 future announcements? … Continue reading March 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Open House 2024

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Hunter Scott (MA '22 / Instructor) assists some young guests at the 2023 Open House K-State's Open House is happening on Saturday April 6 — and K-State English is ready! As the preview page for Open House explains: Love to read or write? Explore your next chapter with a K-State English degree, order up a … Continue reading Open House 2024

Watch Out, Hollywood!

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A scene from Haunted Pond, one of the entries for the 2024 48-Hour Film Challenge A bevy of young exciting filmmakers debuted their original films last week at the 14th annual Red Carpet Event for the K-State 48-Hour Film Challenge of 2024.  With topics ranging from mourning a friend who died in combat to tap-dancing … Continue reading Watch Out, Hollywood!

February 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for West Branch, no. 104, Winter 2024:Digital Issue, which includes an essay by Traci Brimhall.  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 … Continue reading February 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Bringing Blake’s Illuminated Books to Life

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Viewing prints of William Blake's illustrated poetry in Hale Library's Special Collections Nestled on the top floor of Hale, Special Collections welcomes brave wanderers (and ENGL 362 "British Survey II" classes). The subject of the day’s undertaking on February 19? William Blake. After a quick—and well-deserved—plug from the archivists, we were off! (For those wondering, … Continue reading Bringing Blake’s Illuminated Books to Life

Found Object: Sigma Tau Delta Induction, c. 2009

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Photo of Sigma Tau Delta Induction, c. 2009 Location: Box of Sigma Tau Delta materials in ECS 108D Object: Photo of Sigma Tau Delta induction ceremony, c. 2009Observations: 1)  Since 1998, K-State English has sponsored a chapter of the International English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta. Our chapter, Alpha Theta Eta, hosts one or two … Continue reading Found Object: Sigma Tau Delta Induction, c. 2009

Winter 2023-2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for Blake: An Illustrated Quarterly, vol. 57, no. 3, Winter 2023-2024, which includes an article by Mark Crosby.  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 … Continue reading Winter 2023-2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity