English Department Archives

Dec 15, 2021
  • English Department

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,...

Dec 14, 2021
  • English Department

ENGL Alum Marfield Featured in Cornerstone

Dr. Randy Marfield (PhD RWPC ‘16, MA with MTL concentration, ‘07) is the featured alumnus in the Winter 2021 edition of the college’s alumni magazine, Cornerstone. Marfield is now a...

Dec 14, 2021
  • English Department

PhD Program Highlighted At ECU

The English PhD program in Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication was highlighted in a story on the college website, “Harriot College Doctoral Programs Create Diverse Workforce.” Many thanks to PhD...

Dec 14, 2021
  • English Department

English Undergrad Thorley Publishes in The Lookout

ECU undergraduate English major and Creative Writing minor James Thorley has just published a work of short fiction "Moving On," which he wrote for John Hoppenthaler's fall 2815 course in...

Dec 10, 2021
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Hoppenthaler Poem Appears on State-Wide Posters

John Hoppenthaler's poem "The Weather down Here" will appear on posters state-wide as part of the NC Poetry Society's Poetry in Plain Sight Program. According to the North Carolina Poetry...

Dec 10, 2021
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Gueuye Publishes Op-Ed for Al Jazeera

Dr. Marame Gueye published an op-ed, “Senegal: To whom do women’s bodies belong?,” on Al Jazeera’s website. In the editorial, Gueye writes, "In Senegal, there is a deep-rooted culture of...

Dec 07, 2021
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Feder Interviews Laux in The Writer’s Chronicle

Dr. Helena Feder's interview with Dorianne Laux is now in print in the current issue of The Writer's Chronicle. Laux has published six books of poems. Her latest, Only As the...

Nov 22, 2021
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Hallberg Wins American Writing Award

Christy Hallberg's debut novel, Searching for Jimmy Page, won two 2021 American Writing Awards. Hallberg's book won in the categories of Best New Fiction and Fiction: General. The American Writing Awards...

Nov 18, 2021
  • English Department

Faculty Recognized for Book Publications

The Joyner Library recently hosted the Academic Affairs Faculty Author book awards, which recognized faculty who published books in 2019-2020 and 2020-21. Many current and former English faculty were recognized....

Nov 16, 2021
  • English Department

Eble and McKoy Create Heuristic

Drs. Michelle F. Eble and Temptaous McKoy (PhD RWPC, ’19) were part of a coalition of technical and professional communication scholars that worked together over the last eighteen months to...