Program for the 2024-2025 Annual Awards Celebration Earlier this evening we gathered at the Alumni Center and online to celebrate the success of students and faculty. As we have since 2023, 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. … Continue reading 2024-2025 Annual Awards
MA students attend the 2025 Popular Culture Association Conference in New Orleans, LA (April 2025) Last week, ten graduate students from our M.A. program traveled by car to New Orleans to present at the 2025 Popular Culture Association (PCA) conference. Below they share highlights from their presentations and their experience at the conference. Many thanks … Continue reading PCA Conference 2025
Since the inauguration of our Concentration in Children's Literature as part of our M.A. in English in 2006, fantastic students have made the most of our program. Bringing their considerable talents to our classroom discussions, program, and community, they have studied, taught, traveled, conferenced, written, expressed themselves through Stitch memes, and excelled. During their time … Continue reading Alumni in Children’s Literature
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? Visit our archive of monthly newsletters Reading Matters as … Continue reading March 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Abdullah Mustafa (BA '25) and Catherine Torkelson (BA '24) welcome guests to K-State English at the 2024 Open House. K-State's 2025 Open House is happening on Saturday April 12 — 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 … Continue reading Open House 2025
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
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
Cover for Songs of Innocence by William Blake (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2024, distributed by University of Chicago Press), with an introduction 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 … Continue reading Winter 2024-2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Stitch from Lilo and Stitch (2002) 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: A Master’s Project … in Stitch Gifs
Some of the 2024 picture books under consideration for this year’s Mock Caldecott 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 … Continue reading From the Archive: 2024 Mock Caldecott
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