As is the custom, we at Folio are closing out the 2018-2019 academic year with a highlight reel of English faculty’s accomplishments and activities. Because it’s a highlight, some things did get left out–mostly because they got better coverage elsewhere.…
Spring 2019 Visiting Scholar
Tsitsi Jaji is the English Department’s Spring 2019 Visiting Scholar. A critic in literature, film, and culture and a creative writer, Jaji’s talk will focus on her new project, Cassava Westerns: Refiguring the American Frontier Myth in Global Black Imaginaries. In…
Internship Position: Department Media Intern
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…
Folio Supercuts 2018
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 Updates: A Year of Teaching and Research
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…
Evgeniya Monico’s Review of Crazyhorse No. 92
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…
Sequel: Erin McPherson
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…
Find Your Voice: Daniel Colella or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Film Club
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…