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Fall 2009 Newsletter

From the Chair

  • Engaged English

    Interim Chair Geoff Sirc on the Department of English's renewed public engagement efforts. September 24th, 2009

Features

  • English in the Public Sphere

    The Department of English is thinking big about public engagement, and this issue of English@Minnesota focuses on its efforts. September 24th, 2009

  • Shakespeare in the World

    Jamie Kreil (BA summa cum laude 2009) talks with thesis adviser and Shakespearean scholar Katherine Scheil about Shakespeare in English language learner classrooms, global Shakespeares, and women's Shakespeare reading groups. September 23rd, 2009

  • Experience on Paper

    Jaime Joslin (BA 2009) and Alyssa Lochner (BA 2009), publishing interns and members of the English class who created the 2009 University of Minnesota undergraduate literary journal Ivory Tower, outline the benefits of the department's publishing and editing programs. September 23rd, 2009

  • Into Africa

    Larisa Garski (BA 2009) explains how participating in service learning through an English course led her to Sénégal. September 23rd, 2009

  • Following the Word

    Oklahoma State University English professor Carol Mason (PhD 1996) investigates the language of conservative activism. September 23rd, 2009

  • Why Teach for America?

    Recent English alumni Stephen Courchane and Ryan Magee describe the highs and lows of joining Teach for America. September 22nd, 2009

  • Alumni Conspire at TMORA

    Director Judi Dutcher (BA '84, JD '87) has assembled a crack team of University of Minnesota alumni to turn on Twin Cities audiences to the Museum of Russian Art. September 22nd, 2009

Creative Writing Program

  • MFA Student News

    September 24th, 2009

  • MFA Alumni News

    September 24th, 2009

  • From the Director

    An interview with Professor Ray Gonzalez, new director of the Creative Writing Program September 24th, 2009

  • Homesickness: The Writing Cure

    A quick interview with Queens native Matt Burgess (MFA 2009) about his upcoming book with Doubleday, writing superstitions, and the wonderful effect of staying in Minnesota. September 23rd, 2009

Supporting English

  • Reward

    Recent graduate Halima Abdi explains the significance of her service learning to Development Officer Emily Paulson. September 24th, 2009

News

Events Calendar

  • Fall readings and lectures

    Memoirist Maxine Hong Kingston and poet Anne Carson are among the strong slate of writers visiting in the coming months. September 23rd, 2009