Faculty and students from K-State English at The Rabbit hOle (8 Nov 2024) Last Friday November 8, faculty and graduate students took a field trip to explore children's literature in action. While the catalyst for the excursion was the launch of Phil Nel's next book, How to Draw the World: Harold and the Purple Crayon … Continue reading Children’s Lit Field Trip
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
ENGL 287 "Great Books" (Spring 2024) The Spring ‘24 in-person section of English 287 “Great Books” asked the question, “What Makes a Great Book?” We read novels, a short story, a graphic memoir, and a collection of poetry, and students wrote final papers addressed to a specific audience that explained what made one of those … Continue reading What Makes a Great Book? Answers in Infographic Arguments
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
Cover for Anne Longmuir’s John Ruskin and the Victorian Woman Writer (Routledge, 2025) Art galleries are not just great places for first dates, they’re also great places to observe other people on first dates. It’s November 2021 and the Omicron variant is racing through Britain, like much of the rest of the world. I’m on … Continue reading Faculty Spotlight: Anne Longmuir
Banned Books Week 2024 (Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association) As I feel the nostalgic and contemplative air of Fall take affect on me, I reach for my well-loved copy of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Vuong’s introspective and evocative prose transcends me into a world of understanding oneself through the … Continue reading Recognizing Banned Books Week 2024 at K-State
Photo collage of letters and documents for Dracula (LegendaryTalesEdit) 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 … Continue reading From the Archive: Mina Harker is More Than Just a Love Interest
Katie Alberston (BA '27, Business Administration) What makes a great book? One answer to this compelling and controversial question holds that any work of art that unites materials (in literature that is words, in painting pigment, in architecture bricks and boards) and meaning (ideas, pictures, structures) qualifies. Katie Albertson (BA '27, Business Administration) found that … Continue reading Immersive Poetry: An Honors Project from English 287 “Great Books”
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
Professor Emeritus Jerome (Jerry) Dees in 1994 Earlier this month, on August 15, 2024, Professor Emeritus Jerome (Jerry) Dees passed away, following a severe stroke in 2015. (His obituary is available here.) Jerry retired from teaching in 2003, but he remained an active member of the department and the Manhattan community for many years -- … Continue reading Remembering Jerry Dees
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