Senior English Major Valerie Keller received this year’s Phi Kappa Phi award for the outstanding essay or creative work for her story “Tell Me Anything,” mentored by Prof. Anthony Varallo. Senior English Major Hannah Evans received Honorable Mention for her…
Working with Words: Kailey Milks and Hub City Press
Graduating English major and Creative Writing Concentrator Kailey Milks has landed an extraordinary internship at Hub City Books in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Hub City is the award-winning non-profit independent press known across the country as a home for well-crafted, high-quality…
The Art of Book-Making
Students in Prof. Rosko’s ENGL 402: Advanced Poetry capstone not only studied the practicalities and theories behind the sequencing of poems in a book, but they also had the opportunity to make a poetry chapbook of their own. Brien Beidler,…
Profs. Seaman and Vander Zee Receive ExCEL Awards
Congratulations to Professor Myra Seaman and Assistant Professor Anton Vander Zee, both of whom were honored on March 25 with ExCEL Awards, honoring their commitment to creating a campus environment that promotes diversity and excellence. Prof. Seaman received the Outstanding…
Bret Lott Inducted into SC Academy of Authors Hall of Fame
On April 11, the South Carolina Academy of Authors will induct College of Charleston professor of English Bret Lott into the South Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. Lott, along with this year’s fellow inductees Dorothea Benton Frank, William Ioor, and…
New Special Issue of Literacy in Composition Studies Just Released
Literacy in Composition Studies, an open-acesss journal co-edited by Chris Warnick (with editorial assistance provided by CofC M.A. student Colleen Etman), recently released its first special issue. Guest edited by Ben Kuebrich, Jessica Pauszek, and Steve Parks, The New Activism: Composition,…
MFA in Creative Writing Program Will Launch in Fall 2016
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of English are proud to announce the establishment of the Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing at the College of Charleston. Beginning in the fall of 2016, the…
Southern Literature Professor Discusses Harper Lee’s Second Novel
Fifty-five years after the debut of her Southern novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee recently announced that she would be releasing a sequel to her famous novel called Go Set a Watchman. This summer, readers will be able to…