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Department of English

  

Boundaries of Violence in Early Modern England Faculty Books

August 17, 2023 by | English

  Dr. Samantha Dressel (Department of English) and Matthew Carter (Clayton State University) recently published their co-edited book, Boundaries of Violence in Early Modern England (Routledge Press). The book explores the possibilities and limitations of violence in the Early Modern world through a collaboration of scholars who participated in the 2021 Shakespeare Association of America

Literary Pub(Lishing) Crawl Brings Momentum of Inspiration

May 9, 2023 by Bailey Powell | News

The Department of English and Leatherby Libraries recently hosted the 2023 Literary Pub(lishing) Crawl, an annual event focused on writing careers and learning how authors went from page to publication. This year’s event connected contemporary writers in the industry to a community of budding writers. Wilkinson College Career Manager Erin Berthon opened the event by

Zoellner Brings Home The National Book Critics Circle Award

March 29, 2021 by | News

Wilkinson College Professor Tom Zoellner (Department of English) is the winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction for his book, “Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire,” published by Harvard University Press. “This book in particular, it was the voices of Jamaican and enslaved people that

Barnard Awarded 2021 CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship’s Book Award

February 9, 2021 by | News

Dr. Ian Barnard (Department of English, Chapman University), has won the 2021 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship’s Book Award for, Sex Panic Rhetorics, Queer Interventions. The CCCC is an association within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). This award is presented annually to

From Our Eyes  Tryphena Yeboah (‘21): The Courage to Write  

September 14, 2020 by Tryphena Yeboah (MFA ‘21) | News

From Our Eyes showcases Wilkinson students’ first-hand accounts of their undergraduate and graduate experiences. This post features Tryphena Yeboah (MFA ‘21). Yeboah is a 2019-21 MFA fellows and an international student from Ghana. She recently took 3rd Place for her nonfiction essay titled “The Ravages of an Unloved Life” with Narrative, an online literary magazine

Wilkinson Students Attend Luncheon with Author Casey Cep

January 17, 2020 by | English

On Friday, January 10th, two Wilkinson College students, senior Bria Holt (Creative Writing) and first-year, first-gen Joselyn Perez-Rivera (Political Science), attended the OC Literary Society Luncheon with Casey Cep, author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. Wilkinson helps sponsor the OC Literary Society Collaborative, directed by Professor Jan Osborn,

Chapman University’s Graduate Student Research Showcase MA/MFA student Daniel Strasberger represents Wilkinson College

April 17, 2019 by | News

Dual MA English and MFA Creative Writing student Daniel Strasberger participated in Chapman University’s Graduate Student Research Showcase on Friday, April 12, 2019 at the Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus. Daniel presented a poster on “The Efficacy of Differing Small Group Workshops” that summarizes the research he has been doing for his MA thesis

Pub(lishing) Crawl A guest post by MFA Candidate Matt Goldman

April 9, 2019 by | Events

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 16th! Chapman University is hosting its annual Pub(lishing) Crawl in the Center for American War Letters in Leatherby Libraries. No, we won’t be drinking our way from O’Hara’s to Chapman Crafted at this year’s pub crawl. Instead, the Pub(lishing) Crawl is a jam-packed event where successful writers talk with

2019 Literary Arts Reading Series The John Fowles Center

January 15, 2019 by | News

Please join us for the 2019 Literary Arts Reading Series, featuring authors, Enrico Deaglio (Feb. 11), Francesco Spagnolo (March 11), Susan Suleiman (Mar. 25), Christophe Boltanski (Apr. 22), and Chuck Fishman (Apr. 29). All readings are in Beckman Hall 404 at 5 p.m. and these events are free and open to the public. ABOUT FOWLES CENTER

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