English News Archives

Sep 15, 2023
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Gueye Featured in African Literature Today

Dr. Marame Gueye's article “The Panegyric of the Champion: How Wolof Wrestlers Borrowed From Female Oral Genres to Win in and Outside the Arena” was published in African Literature Today...

Sep 15, 2023
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Millet to Read at ECU’s Contemporary Writers Series

ECU’s Contemporary Writers Series is proud to announce that the award-winning novelist Lydia Millet will be reading from her work on Wednesday, October 18th at 5:30 pm in Speight Auditorium,...

Sep 15, 2023
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Flora Thomas’s Poetry Showcased

Amber Flora Thomas's poems "Faraway as a Sparrow" and "Eclipsed" were published in Colorado Review. Her poem "Palinode (the Rabbits)" was published in Pedestal Magazine. In addition, Flora Thomas completed...

Sep 15, 2023
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Hoppenthaler’s Poetry Featured

Two of John Hoppenthaler's poems from his forthcoming fourth collection of poetry, Night Wing over Metropolitan Area, were just published on various outlets. "Current Events" was published in the new...

Sep 14, 2023
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Squint and Pine attend 2023 SAMLA Conference

Dr. Kirstin Squint and English M.A. student Amy Pine attended the 2023 South Atlantic Modern Language Association conference in Atlanta, Georgia, from November 9-11. At the conference, both presented research...

Sep 14, 2023
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Hoppenthaler’s Work Appears ins Two Venues

Two poems about OCD from John Hoppenthaler's new book, Night Wing over Metropolitan Area, are discussed in an article in Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal. His poem "The Nature of...

Sep 11, 2023
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Gueye Lectures at College of Charleston

On October 4th and 5th, Dr. Marame Gueye was invited by the African Studies Program at the College of Charleston to give a public talk entitled: "The Fabric of Family:...

Sep 08, 2023
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Pittman Joins Gardner-Webb University

MA (Literature Concentration) graduate Josh Pittman (2014) recently moved from the Department of English at Bluefield College, VA (a small liberal arts college) to a position at the same rank...

Sep 08, 2023
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Sisk Featured in Cornerstone

Jennifer Sisk was featured in the Summer 2023 edition of Cornerstone, the Thomas Harriott College of Arts and Sciences online newsletter. Sisk is lauded for her role as the ECU...

Sep 08, 2023
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Clark Publishes in Keywords in Technical Communication

Dr. Erin Clark recently published an entry called “Feminisms” in Keywords in Technical Communication, edited by Han Yu and Jonathan Buehl (WAC Clearinghouse). Keywords in Technical and Professional Communication explores the...