English Department Archives

Mar 18, 2023
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Montgomery Authors Chapter in Materializing the East in Early Modern English Drama

Dr. Marianne Montgomery’s chapter “Fat Falstaffs and Sullied Flesh in Dryden’s Amboyna,” which explores allusions to Shakespeare in the notorious torture scene in John Dryden’s Restoration tragedy, was just published...

Mar 18, 2023
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Freeman Publishes Three New Poems

Gabrielle Freeman had three poems — "Desolate," "Danger, Illustrated," and "Once More Become the Goddess" — published in Across the Margin. Across the Margin is an online Arts & Culture magazine /...

Mar 18, 2023
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Hallberg Appears on Talking Book Podcast

Christy Hallberg was a guest on The Talking Book Podcast to discuss her novel, Searching for Jimmy Page. The Talking Book produced the newly-released audiobook of the novel. Podcast host...

Feb 21, 2023
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Cope Presents to Two Czech and Slovak Groups

As part of her community engagement research, Dr. Lida Cope recently gave two virtual talks on preserving the Czech language around the world, invited by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts...

Feb 21, 2023
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Professors Give Reading to Support Food Bank

English Visiting Assistant Professors Cameron Green, Brendan Stephens, and Jessica Walker gave a reading on Feb. 15 in support of The Greenville Branch of the Food Bank of Central &...

Feb 16, 2023
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Bauer Interviewed on Wordplay

Dr. Margaret Bauer was interviewed Sunday, February 12, on WordPlay, the longest-runninig program on 103.3 Asheville FM. WordPlay hosts Jeff Davis and Lockie Hunter talked with Margaret about her own creative...

Feb 16, 2023
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Parille’s Work Appears in Multiple Publications

Dr. Ken Parille’s essay “Reading Characters, People, and Properties” appears in the current issue of Boyhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. His essay “Image over Text: "Visual Emphasis" and Understanding Comics”...

Feb 16, 2023
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Schlobin’s Literature Collection Feature at Joyner Library

Former English faculty member, Roger Schlobin, is featured in a blog series on the Joyner Library website. The James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection was established in...

Feb 16, 2023
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Hoppenthaler’s Poetry featured in Poetry Northwest

Professor John Hoppenthaler has a new poem, "Your Daydreaming Child," in the current issue of Poetry Northwest. Poetry Northwest was founded as a quarterly, poetry-only journal in 1959 by Errol Pritchard, with...

Feb 16, 2023
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Alexander Receives CPTSC Research Grant

Jamal-Jared Alexander (M.A. 2017) was announced as one of two recipients of the 2022 CPTSC Research Grant for Antiracist Programs and Pedagogies from the Council for Programs in Technical and...