Raena Shriali, a College of Charleston undergrad alumna, recently won the 2018 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award. Shriali received this prestigious recognition for her first poetry collection, GILT. GILT is an experimental collection focusing on societal standards enforced by family, relationships, and the invalidation of women. “[GILT] is a book of danger and sarcasm and […]
The Department of English seeks a Department Media Intern to start fall semester and continue through the academic year. This paid internship requires a commitment of 7 hours per week, at a rate of $10 per hour. The intern will be responsible for creating and managing multimedia content for the department website, blog, and social media accounts by: developing stories on current student and […]
Before we log-off for the summer, we wanted to share one last post to thank our interns for their work this year and to do a little summing up of the year. It’s been a bang-up year for the English Department: lots of innovation in teaching and scholarship as evidenced by our recent post. It’s also […]
This semester, we at Folio have been brainstorming new ways of sharing department news. In the past these end-of-year posts, previously titled “Faculty Notes,” have organized news based on who contributed it. This year, we’re trying a different arrangement to suggest who we are as a department. So, in what follows, you’ll find news arranged […]
As some of you may–or may not–know, when our esteemed Creative Writing faculty aren’t busy being fabulous teachers and writers, they’re hard at work editing the literary magazine Crazyhorse. For those in the know, the reputation of Crazyhorse precedes itself. Work printed in the pages of Crazyhorse has been reprinted in a number of anthologies, including: Best American Poetry, Best American Short […]
Our ongoing Sequel series features stories about our alumni. If you’re interested in pursuing digital editing work like Erin, the department is launching a minor and concentration in Writing, Rhetoric, and Publication. Both are designed to provide the writing and editing experiences that Erin describes. The department also sponsors internships each semester in ENGL 495: Field Internships. Erin McPherson, a digital editor […]
When the College of Charleston’s Film club re-emerged on campus last Fall, it did so with a bang. Filming a tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” Film club students wanted to make a statement that their revival meant they were serious about filmmaking and participating in film festivals. “It was one in the morning and there […]
John Poole, one of CofC’s EDEN students (an English and Education cognate program), was awarded a 2018 Student Research Fellowship for his project, “Homegrown: The Importance of Palmetto Writers in Carolina Classrooms.” John’s project focuses on studying the works of South Carolinian authors (Pat Conroy, Ron Rash, John Lane, Jacob Stroyer, Dubose Heyward, Sue Monk Kidd, Mary […]
