English News Archives

May 18, 2023
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Gueye Reviews the Opera Omar

Dr. Marame Gueye reviewed the latest North Carolina Pulitzer-prize-winning work—Omar, an opera by Rhiannan Giddons about formerly enslaved Omar Ibn Said. "The opera Omar, which had its North Carolina premiere at Carolina...

May 18, 2023
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Stanley’s Essay Wins Paul Farr Memorial Award

Carson Stanley's essay “The Politics of Attention: Indigenous Postmodernity in Heid Erdrich's Pre-Occupied” has been selected as the winner of this year’s Paul Farr Memorial Essay Award. The English Department’s...

May 17, 2023
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Hallberg Interviews Risk Hallberg about City on Fire

Christy Hallberg interviewed Garth Risk Hallberg for her podcast, Rock is Lit, about Garth's novel, City on Fire, which has been made into an eight-episode TV series on Apple TV+. In...

May 09, 2023
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Miles Leads 11th GAME P.L.A.Y.

Gera Miles recently completed the ELEVENTH GameP.L.A.Y. event and the first mini-event the program has put on. GAME P.L.A.Y (Police, Life, And Youth) is an award-winning 501 (c) (3) non-profit...

May 08, 2023
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Kitta Gives Lecture at Cal-Berkeley

Dr. Andrea Kitta recently returned from two presentations on the west coast. She presented “Covid Legends, Three Years Later” at the Western States Folklore Society’s annual meeting, and she gave...

May 08, 2023
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Bizzaros’ Poetry and Photography Collaboration Published

Redhawk Publications announced the release of Fog at the Manassas Battlefield, a poetry and photography collaboration by former ECU professors Patrick Bizzaro and Resa Crane Bizzaro. Patrick published nine books...

May 08, 2023
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Sisk and Miles Nominated for Rosina Chia Teacher of Excellence Award

 Gera Miles and Jenn Sisk were nominated for the Global Partners in Education Rosina Chia Teacher of Excellence Awards. Although they are not finalists this year (both have been in the...

May 08, 2023
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Hoppenthaler’s Poem Appears in Birmingham Poetry Review

John Hoppenthaler's poem "Bourbon, Cigarettes, Van Morrison" was just published in the 50th edition of the Birmingham Poetry Review. Birmingham Poetry Review is a University of Alabama at Birmingham publication that...

May 07, 2023
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Hoppenthaler Publishes “Grotto Springs”

John Hoppenthaler's latest poem, "Grotto Spring" was published in the online literary magazine One. One is a project of Jacar Press, a Community Active Press. Its book sales support progressive individuals...

Apr 18, 2023
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Green Publishes in The Citron Review

Cameron Green's flash fiction piece "Goldmouth" has been published in the Spring issue of The Citron Review. The Citron Review started in 2009 when a group of writers created a...