Elizabeth Dodd, Naomi Wood, and Michele Janette at their joint retirement celebration at the K-State Alumni Center (26 March 2026) On Thursday March 26, we gathered at the Alumni Center, with concurrent live-stream, to celebrate the contributions of Elizabeth Dodd, Michele Janette, and Naomi Wood, three of our faculty members who are retiring this May … Continue reading Our Thanks to Elizabeth Dodd, Naomi Wood, and Michele Janette
Cameron Leader-Picone has published Transit Lit: Fictions of Migration in Twenty-First-Century African Immigrant Literature (Northwestern UP, 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 February 2026 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
English Department faculty and students attend opening night of "Wuthering Heights" (13 Feb 2026) On February 13, a group of intrepid undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty from K-State’s Department of English ventured out to the local cinema to watch one of this year’s most talked about literary adaptations, Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” (2026). Settling in … Continue reading Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights”
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
Professor Emeritus Don Hedrick shares highlights from his recently released book Shakespeare and Fun: The Birth of Entertainment Value (Bloomsbury, 2025) 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. … Continue reading From the Archive: Shakespeare and Fun
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
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
Banned Books Week 2025 (Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association) Last night, I sat on my bed with the windows open, it was the first chilly Fall evening of the year. I'd felt the crisp air sliding over my skin and gently fluttering the pages of my reading journal. I was finishing filling in … Continue reading Recognizing Banned Books Week 2025 at K-State
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