November 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Phillip Marzluf's essay appears in Studies in Travel Writing (10 Oct. 2025) 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 … Continue reading November 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

October 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Philip Nel's contribution to the OUPblog titled "Turn off AI. Pick up a crayon" (10 Oct 2025).  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 … Continue reading October 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Poetry and Community

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A slip from the Dream Nest submitted by a visitor to the Guggenheim Museum's Dream Walks (2025) This year I have been traveling back and forth between Manhattan, Kansas, where I live, and Manhattan in New York City for my role as the Poet-in-Residence at the Guggenheim Museum. In Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard says … Continue reading Poetry and Community

September 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Landas, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders (Paloma Press, 2025), which includes a contribution from 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, … Continue reading September 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Alumni Spotlight: Kevin Rabas

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Kevin Rabas (MA '98) In Jonathan’s Office             for Jonathan Holden On Jonathan’s office wall, a chalkboardwith a big egg drawn. He motioned,and I sat down among the stacksof books and papers. One fan gustand the room would lift uplike a pigeon flock. Jonathanasked me if I spoke German,and I said I had been to … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Kevin Rabas

Kansas Book Festival 2025: Tribute to Jonathan Holden

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Saturday's Kansas Book Festival celebrated books, readers, and the art of making meaning of our lives. My primary purpose for attending was to hear a tribute to Jonathan Holden, first poet laureate of Kansas (2005-2007) and Kansas State English professor from 1978-2013. Following Jonathan's death on December 20, 2024, Tom Averill began to contact some … Continue reading Kansas Book Festival 2025: Tribute to Jonathan Holden

Home on the Range: Poems of Kansas Landscape and Food at the 2025 State Fair

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Saturday, September 6th was a delicious afternoon down in Hutchinson as poets gathered at the Kansas State Fair to read poems about Kansas foods. The event was to help celebrate the book Eat Your Words: A Kansas Poetry Cookbook, which collected 20 recipes from chefs across the State of Kansas and 20 poems in response to … Continue reading Home on the Range: Poems of Kansas Landscape and Food at the 2025 State Fair

From the Archive: Alumni Spotlight: Mel Hammond

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Mel Hammond (MA ’14) 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 or that … Continue reading From the Archive: Alumni Spotlight: Mel Hammond

Summer 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

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Cover for Immigrant Englishes around the World (Routledge, 2025), which includes an essay by Mary Kohn and Trevin Garcia (BA '18).  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 … Continue reading Summer 2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity