Jamie H. Gilson (BA '14, MA '16) Before I came to Kansas State, before I found the room for Greg Eiselein’s class on my first day, before I convinced my academic advisor to let me take “Intro to Literary Studies” as an undeclared major, before I taught Expository Writing I & II, and well before … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Jamie Gilson
Last Friday, February 6, Spot Fire Press held an Open House on the 3rd floor of Willard Hall. Funded by an inaugural 2025 Applied Learning Experiences (ALE) Incentive Grant, Spot Fire Press is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Departments of Art, English, and Landscape Architecture and Regional and Community Planning, K-State Libraries, and University Printing. … Continue reading Spot Fire Press Open House
Traci Brimhall's poetry appears in issue 49 of the journal Southward: New International Writing (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 … Continue reading Winter 2025-2026 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Spring flowers on K-State's campus during Open House (April 2025) Welcome to the spring semester! We hope that you are keeping warm and safe as 2026 gets underway. Here are some of the events that we're looking forward to in the months ahead. Please join us for community, creativity, and conversation! All are free but … Continue reading Spring Preview
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
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
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
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
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
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
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