September 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Traci Brimhall poses with her contribution to the collection of poems "Poetry Harvest: Poems for the Kansas State Fair" (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 … Continue reading September 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

From the Archive: Literature and Climate

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Glacier comparison at Svalbard, early 1900s and 2017, by Christian Åslund. Source: National Geographic 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. As a result, we're highlighting some of … Continue reading From the Archive: Literature and Climate

Bold TIP Tip: In Search of a Trigger Warning Alternative

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Dennis Etzel, Jr (MA ’06) Dennis Etzel, Jr. (he/they, MA ‘06) offers another post on Trauma-Informed Pedagogy (TIP) to accompany the one published earlier this year on "Bold TIP Tips: How Learning Happens." Dennis serves as a Senior Lecturer in English at Washburn University and working on a book about “quiltwork pedagogy.” Background: As I … Continue reading Bold TIP Tip: In Search of a Trigger Warning Alternative

Alumni Spotlight: Andi Schubert

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Andi Schubert (MA '16) at Cambridge One or Two Things I Learned for Sure at the KSU English Department (After Dorothy Allison’s Two or Three Things I Know for Sure)   There’s one or two things I learnt for sure at KSU, and one of them is that I can cry. It’s not something I … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Andi Schubert

Summer 2024 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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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

Found Object: SAGE Welcome Back Party, August 2014

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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

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

From the Archive: Really, It’s in Your Best Interest to Join Captain Jack in a Life of Piracy

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Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 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 … Continue reading From the Archive: Really, It’s in Your Best Interest to Join Captain Jack in a Life of Piracy

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

Alumni Spotlight: Tara Coleman

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Tara Coleman (BA '02) with George Takei, author of the 2023 K-State First Book They Called Us Enemy, and Brad Altman (September 2023) I can't remember a time I didn't love books.  They provided me with a sanctuary where I could find my voice and learn without the pressure of having to talk. Being a … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Tara Coleman