English News Archives

Feb 15, 2022
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Lonelodge Publishes New Article

Sarah Lonelodge's article "A Social Justice Facade: The Church of Scientology as a Pseudo-Countercultural Movement" and was recently published in the Lamar Journal of the Humanities. It centers on an...

Feb 15, 2022
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Squint’s New Book Released

Dr. Kirstin Squint's collection, Conversations with LeAnne Howe, has come out from the University Press of Mississippi, as a part of its Literary Conversations series. Per the book’s blurb, “It...

Jan 25, 2022
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Hallberg Interviewed on Writer’s Bone Podcast

Christy Hallberg was featured on the current episode of Writer's Bone Podcast where she discussed her novel, Searching for Jimmy Page. Recent guests have been Jodi Picoult and Louise Erdrich,...

Jan 24, 2022
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Squint Presents Paper at MLA

Dr. Kirstin Squint presented her paper “Narrative Reliability and ‘the Mooney book’ in Riding the Trail of Tears” as a participant on the virtual roundtable “Indigenous Literary Pedagogies: How and...

Jan 15, 2022
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English Major Burroughs Featured in THCAS Newsletter

English and History double major Rebekah Burroughs’ internship at the Country Doctor Museum was featured in a recent Harriot College news story. As part of the internship, she created exhibits...

Jan 05, 2022
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Froula Pens Essay in Revenant

Dr. Anna Froula published the essay “Homeland Insecurities: The Walking Dead and the Purgatory of Captivity on the Post-Apocalyptic Frontier” in Revenant: Critical and Creative Studies of the Supernatural. In...

Jan 04, 2022
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Hoppenthaler Publishes Three New Poems

John Hoppenthaler published three new poems in Live Encounters. The works are entitled "First Light," "Hummingbirds and Eagles," and "AFTER ROBERT MOTHERWELL'S Two Figures." Live Encounters is a not-for-profit free...

Dec 16, 2021
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Moore Defends Dissertation at UNC-Chapel Hill

Eddie Moore successfully defended his dissertation in English and Comparative Literature at UNC Chapel Hill. The project, “Black Queer Homelessness and Horror in the Novels of Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin,...

Dec 15, 2021
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Feder Guest-Edits Women’s Studies

Dr. Helena Feder guest-edited the special issue of Women Studies on environmental studies and ecosocial justice for its 50th anniversary volume, entitled "What Matters Most." Women’s Studies provides a forum for...

Dec 15, 2021
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Hallberg’s Novel Excerpted in The Coil

Christy Hallberg just had an excerpt from her novel Searching for Jimmy Page published in The Coil magazine. The Coil is a daily literary magazine that features essays, book reviews,...