English & creative writing
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SAGE ON FIRE TOUR
Join Lyrically Inclined this March 18th for The Sage on Fire Tour, an artist collective featuring national indie poets and musicians and includes poet Seth Walker and singer/songwriters Lauren Begent and Solomon Schneider.
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Pulitzer finalist speaking
Angie Estes, author of four books of poetry, will speak at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, in the Shaw conference room in the Commons on Cornell’s campus.
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Poet speaking March 8
Emma Ramey will speak in Hedges conference room in the Commons at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8.
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Visiting writer speaking Feb. 22
Visiting Writer Rob Schlegel will read from his work. He is the author of BLOOM, which won the Midwest Chapbook Series Award in 2010, and The Lesser Fields, which won the 2009 Colorado Prize for Poetry.
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HAIG Lecture
Shannon Reed, associate professor of English, will speak this Thursday Feb 10th about “Crusoe’s Friday” with respect to the famous novel of Defoe and its later adaptations, such as NBC’s 2008 television series “Crusoe.”
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English professor’s poetry published
English and creative writing Professor Glenn Freeman had three poems published in the latest edition of Connotation Press. The poems are part of an extended sequence Freeman calls “Stumbling Home From Woodstock.”
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Visiting Writer Gary Gilson
Gary Gilson, distinguished visiting journalist for Block 2, will deliver a lecture on Oct 5th titled “Whose News? Whose Truth? Whose Ethics?” He will consider effects on the news business of technological change and political polarization and
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Open Field Seeking Editors
Open Field seeks applicants for three editorial positions: Editor, Assistant Editor, Art Editor. Applicants should submit a brief statement of relevant experience and the names of two faculty references to Professor Rebecca Entel by email at rentel@cornellcollege.edu or submitted directly to her office. Deadline: October 22, 2010. Interviews will be held during Block 3.
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Visiting author John T. Price
John T. Price is the author of the memoirs “Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships” (Da Capo Press, 2008) and “Not Just Any Land: A Personal and Literary Journey into the American Grasslands” (U. of Nebraska Press, 2004). He will speak in Shaw Lounge on Thursday, October 14th at 7 p.m.
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Alum wins design competition
Kristin Caskey ’84, won first place in the international Peacock Standard Thai Silk Design Competition. The competition was co-sponsored by Thailand’s Queen Sirikit Institute of Sericulture and the International Textile and Apparel Association.
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Global Voices: Writers from the International Writing Program
Writers from the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program will read from their work and take questions from the audience on Sep 14th.
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English courses travel to Africa, the Boundary Waters and Chicago
Experience Southern Africa, The Boundary Waters of Minnesota, or Chicago’s Newberry Library with the English Department. Interested students should speak with their advisors during registration, or contact the respective professors, about these 2010-2011 off-campus opportunities:
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Glenn Freeman chosen as artist-in-residence
Professor Glenn Freeman (English) will be an artist in residence this year at two national parks this summer: Rocky Mountain National Park and Isle Royal National park.
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Jeffrey McCune ’99
Jeffrey McCune ’99 credits his Cornell experience for “planting the seed” that led him to become a professional scholar. His research examines closely the interrelatedness and intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and class.
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Anti-racism activist, writer to lecture April 19
MOUNT VERNON – Tim Wise, one of the most prominent anti-racism writers and activists in the country, will deliver the lecture “Between Barack and a Hard Place: Challenging Racism, Privilege and Denial in the Age of Obama” on Monday, April 19, at 7 p.m. in King Chapel. The event is free and open to the […]