A new batch of our Creative Writing concentrators will head off to graduate school to hone their skills in writing. Congratulations to all! Victoria Campbell (‘11) will be going to the University of New Hampshire for fiction. Cara Beth Heath…
Michael T. Owens Heads to Washington
College of Charleston English instructor Michael T. Owens will bring his writing to life when he accompanies veterans on a trip to the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. Owens is writing a book focused on a local WWII veteran, who…
Senior Blake Hoffmeyer Reads Poetry with Fellow Veteran Brian Turner
On April 12, CofC Senior English major and Creative Writing concentrator Blake Hoffmeyer read alongside award-winning poet Brian Turner at Charleston Library Society as part of the Poetry Society of South Carolina poetry series. After the reading, both men answered…
Profs. Kelly & Lewis Acknowledged for Service & Research
It’s no secret to those of us in the English Department that our faculty excel at their work and frequently go above and beyond their basic professorial duties. Recently, Dr. Joseph Kelly and Dr. Simon Lewis were awarded high honors…
English Profs Featured in The Yard’s “10 People We Think You Should Know”
The latest issue of the student news magazine The Yard features two English professors: Dr. Simon Lewis, who specializes in African and Third World Literature, for his work as the associate director of the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World (CLAW) program,…
English Day 2013
The 20th annual English Day celebration was held on April 12, with twenty-six English majors participating. Students presented scholarly papers from their Bachelor’s Essays, Independent Studies, and advanced literature courses alongside students who read creative works from their Creative Writing…
Miscellany Launch Party & Reading
Editor-in-Chief, Civia Stein and Assistant Editor, Nikki Palazzo hosted the 2013 Miscellany Launch Party and Reading at Halsey on April 11. Contributors John Setzco, K.T. Babb, Jacob Graudin, Maddie Thieringer, Blake Hoffmeyer, Avis Norfleet, and others read their published poems…
English Major Publishes Poems
Congratulations to English major Charles Herbert who has poems forthcoming in three literary magazines this spring! Charles’ poem, “Wind in our Letters,” will appear in Yemasee, “Longing,” in Brevity Poetry Review, and “Bird in Space” in Tulane Review. Charles was a student…