English News Archives

Feb 02, 2024
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Hallberg Featured in The Aquarian

Christy Hallberg's podcast, Rock is Lit, is one of three music podcasts featured in Sherry Thomas' column in The Aquarian, "Have You Heard That (Music) Podcast?" Thomas writes, "Music books...

Jan 12, 2024
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Gueye Serves on Discussion Panel

Dr. Marame Gueye was part of the discussion panel “Perspectives on the African Diaspora,” at the 2/15 Downtown Dialogues in the Humanities and Fine Arts event at the Greenville Museum...

Jan 12, 2024
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Hoppenthaler Reads at Flyleaf Books

John Hoppenthaler gave a reading with Debra Kaufman at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill on Sunday, March 10th, in Chapel Hill, NC. Hoppenthaler's most recent book is Night Wing Over...

Dec 01, 2023
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Feder Interviews Neurobiologist Sapolsky in Tikkun

Dr. Helena Feder's new interview with neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky was published recently in Tikkun. In the interview, Sapolsky, whose new book Determined was released in October, states, "That is the meaning...

Dec 01, 2023
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Gueye Profiled in Conversations Feminines

Dr. Marame Gueye is among seventeen Senegalese women profiled in a recent book entitled Conversations Feminines (Feminine Conversations) by Senegalese writer Zoubida Fall. Conversations Feminines is the book version of...

Nov 22, 2023
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Hoppenthaler Featured on Words on a Wire

John Hoppenthaler talked about poetry, life, and his new book, Night Wing over Metropolitan Area (University of Chicago Press 2023), with host Daniel Chacon on the Words on a Wire...

Nov 06, 2023
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Herron’s Class Travels to Agecroft Hall

Dr. Tom Herron's ENGL 4100/6151 course, “Seventeenth-Century Literature”  took a one-day field trip to Agecroft Hall and Gardens in Richmond, VA. Agecroft Hall is a 16th-century (early modern) English manor...

Oct 24, 2023
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Sugg Named ECU Chief of Police

Current English Ph.D. candidate Jason Sugg has been appointed Chief of the ECU Police Department. Sugg's research focuses on police rhetorics as well as professional and organizational communication and community...

Oct 23, 2023
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Gueye Recognized by Africa Report

The Africa Report named Dr. Marame Gueye among 10 African scholars to watch in 2024. Africa Report is a Paris-based English-language quarterly magazine focusing on African politics and economics. It...

Oct 23, 2023
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Squint Publishes Chapter

Dr. Kirstin Squint's chapter, “The US South and Multiethnic Literature of the United States,” appears in the newly published A Companion to Multiethnic Literature of the United States, edited by...