Timm Hackett Archives

Nov 19, 2024
  • English Department

Hoppenthaler Interviewed in Lost in Thought

John Hoppenthaler's interview with College of Staten Island student, Avenella Claxton, and her Professor, poet Cate Marvin, appears in Lost in Thought, CSI's literary magazine. In the interview, Hoppenthaler states,...

Nov 19, 2024
  • English Department

Parille Publishes Work on Carl Barks

Dr. Ken Parille has a short piece in the latest volume of Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: The Carl Barks Library. The book has eighteen stories in all in more than...

Nov 18, 2024
  • English Department

Klein’s Class Screens Cult Classic

Dr. Amanada Klein's class FILM 4980/ENGL5330 recently screened The Room, a cult classic, where attendees received a prop bag, including items to toss at the screen (rose petals, spoons, footballs),...

Nov 12, 2024
  • English Department

Feder Publishes Essay

Dr. Helena Feder has published the essay "French Food for the 'New Woman'" in the North American Review. Founded in Boston in 1815, the North American Review is the oldest...

Oct 29, 2024
  • English Department

Faculty Recognized at Book Awards

Current ENGL faculty Dr. Will Banks, Dr. Nikki Caswell, Dr. Erin Clark, and John Hoppenthaler (along with Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. Tom Shields) were recognized at the Faculty Author Book...

Oct 28, 2024
  • English Department

Hoppenthaler Receives United Arts Council Grant

John Hoppenthaler has received a 2025 Artist Support Grant from the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County. It will help subsidize a residency fellowship this summer. Artist Support Grants...

Oct 28, 2024
  • English Department

Hoppenthaler Chairs Panel on Poetics of Gerontology

John Hoppenthaler recently chaired and was a presenter on a panel, "Elder Care: Toward a Poetics of Gerontology," at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Annual Conference in Jacksonville,...

Oct 24, 2024
  • English Department

Herron’s Work Featured on Great Castles of Europe

The 3D digital recreation of Edmund Spenser's Kilcolman Castle, built at ECU for Dr. Thomas Herron's Centering Spenser website, features prominently in the 22nd episode of Great Castles of Europe...

Oct 22, 2024
  • English Department

Trethewey Returns to ECU on October 24

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, acclaimed memoirist and essayist, and two-term Poet Laureate of the United States, Natasha Trethewey, will return to ECU on October 24th. The event will be held in...

Oct 22, 2024
  • English Department

Hoppenthaler Assists River District

John Hoppenthaler was a featured reader at the Writer's Association of Northern Appalachia online reading to raise money for Asheville's hard-hit River District. The portal for contributions will remain open until...