English & creative writing
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Three Cornell Professors invited to NEH Seminars
MOUNT VERNON – Three Cornell College professors have been invited to participate in three prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminars for 2009.
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English course brings Shakespeare to life
Shakespeare’s words were intended for the stage, and every other year students in “Shakespeare after Shakespeare” bring one of the Bard’s plays to life. Within five weeks of intense engagement with Shakespeare’s language, the class mounts a full-scale production, with students working as actors, set designers, stage managers, costumers, and more.
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Environmental writer Scott Russell Sanders to perform reading
MOUNT VERNON – Environmental writer Scott Russell Sanders will perform a reading at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, in Hedges Conference Room, Cornell College.
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Cornell celebrates “Darwin 200”
MOUNT VERNON – In celebration of the double anniversary of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday and 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species, Cornell College will host a number of speakers and events commemorating Darwin’s life and work.
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Reading by Kathleen Halme
Visiting poet Kathleen Halme will read from and discuss her most recent collection “Drift and Pulse” on Thursday, January 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Shaw Lounge. In “Drift and Pulse,” her third book of poems, Halme is fascinated with the domain where matter is experienced as mind.
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Tangled Tongues on the OC
Campus groups devoted to creative writing, literacy, and literature—Q.Ink, Lyrically Inclined, Wordsmiths, The Literary Society, and Open Field—will come together on the OC over lunch on Wednesday, January 14 and Friday, January 16, providing exciting and interactive opportunities to learn more about each group. The events will culminate in an Open Mic reading Friday evening […]
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Lecture and workshop on Internet privacy by Alan Cordle
Internet editor and librarian Alan Cordle will lecture on issues of Internet privacy and security on Thursday, January 15 at 3:30 p.m. in Cole Library 108. On the same day he will also lead a small, hands-on workshop on these issues from 11:30 a.m to 12:45 p.m. in the Cole Library Computer Lab.
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Rick Campbell poetry reading
Poet Rick Campbell will read and discuss his work on October 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Shaw Lounge. Campbell is the author of three collections of poems, “Dixmont” (2007), “The Traveler’s Companion” (2004), and “Setting the World in Order” (2001), and he edited “Isle of Flowers” (1995) and “Snakebird: Thirty Years of Anhinga Poets” (2004).
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English class stages Shakespeare’s "As You Like It"
MOUNT VERNON — The Cornell College English department will stage Shakespeare’s gender-bending comedy As You Like It, directed by award-winning actress, teacher, playwright, and artistic director of the Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company Lisa Wolpe, Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 in the Plumb-Fleming Studio Theatre at Cornell.
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Harry Potter expert to speak at Cornell College Oct. 30
MOUNT VERNON—On the cusp of All Hallows Eve, the “Hogwarts Professor” comes to Cornell to explain both how Harry cast his spell over readers around the world and the edifying magic of traditional English literature and fantasy.
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Two poems by Robert Dana to be used in dedication ceremonies
MOUNT VERNON – Two poems by Robert Dana, poet-in-residence and English professor emeritus as well as Iowa’s Poet Laureate, will be part of dedication ceremonies taking place in Des Moines and Coralville on May 30 and 31.
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Scharmota applies religious lens to independent research in Chicago
Independent investigations and an investigation of independence: Alison Scharmota found a perfect opportunity for both during a semester in Chicago. Scharmota recently completed a Newberry Seminar in the Humanities, a semester-long program that led her deep into 18th century research at the Newberry Library while exploring life on her own in a large, vibrant city.
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English students get creative in the Boundary Waters
Nature-based writing and art can certainly be appreciated inside brick buildings. But for Cornell English students, the Wilderness Field Station in northern Minnesota provides a much richer experience.
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Newberry Library grants English students access to rare texts
Scholarly research in English is typically a solo affair. But during a unique course at the Newberry Library in Chicago, professor Katy Stavreva serves as guide, mentor, and colleague as students dig into the archives at one of the North America’s premier research libraries.
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Laura Arnold ’04
Laura Arnold ’04 followed her love of books to Manhattan where she is an editor for Harper Collins Children’s Books. Arnold says she does everything from reading and evaluating manuscripts to acquiring and editing books while seeing them through the many steps of publication.