We all know that art can inspire more art, but what happens when art is translated from one medium to another? Professors Bret Lott and Tony Varallo will find out this June when their short stories will make a big…
English Students Honored
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the English Department’s awards for academic excellence: Humanities and Social Sciences Scholars Phoebe Doty David Hester Outstanding Students Abenamar Arrillaga Katherine Butler Audrey Donald Oliver Hix Tammy Matthews Zack Mills Emily Wise Anna Katona…
Crazyhorse Short Story Wins Pushcart Prize
The editors at Crazyhorse are esctactic to announce that Michael Kardos’s story, “Animals” from Crazyhorse 83 was selected for reprint in the Pushcart Prize anthology. The Pushcart anthology represents the best of small press and literary journal publishing. Kardos’s story…
Alumna Wins Poem Contest
Congratulations once again to Raena Shirali (’12) who won the 2014 Gulf Coast Prize in Poetry for her poem “Engagement Party, Georgia”! The prize includes $1500 and publication in Gulf Coast literary journal.
Dr. Warnick’s Teaching Honored by College-wide Award
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Warnick for receiving the College’s 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award! The award recognizes excellence in a professor’s career of teaching. This is the eighth time since this award’s inception in 1977 that an English professor has earned…
Statement on Academic Freedom & Inclusivity
On March 10, 2014, the South Carolina House of Representatives voted in favor of a budget that cuts $52,000 from the College of Charleston’s appropriations, as punishment for the College’s adoption of Alison Bechdel’s memoir Fun Home. The College of…
Dr. Conseula Francis Publishes Critical Study on James Baldwin
Congratulations to Dr. Conseula Francis on the publication of The Critical Reception of James Baldwin, 1963-2010. Baldwin, an openly gay, African-American writer who lived through the battle for civil rights, was a novelist, essayist, playwright, and poet as well as a…
Feature on Jon Sealy’s novel The Whiskey Baron
How to Write a Novel: Wake Early, Embrace Rejection, Keep Your Day Job Posted on CofC News | 20 March 2014 | 9:00 am http://news.cofc.edu/2014/03/20/how-to-write-novel/ Here’s how the dream goes: Aspiring novelist goes to college, takes writing and literature courses.…