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Chair Greg Hewett speaks on changes to the English Department

1 March 2021

Happy Miscellany Monday! This week, we chatted with English Department Chair and creative writing professor Greg Hewett to hear about both immediate and long-term changes happening in the English department…

Department meeting

Reflecting on Irish Studies in Ireland

26 October 2020

Over this snowy weekend, I sat down with Naomi Brim ’21 to talk about her experience in slightly more green Ireland over the summer of 2019. Naomi, a senior English…

church and graveyard

Comps Queries

12 October 2020

It is now almost mid-October at Carleton, and seniors are anxiously awaiting the decisions on our comps proposals. Some have had ideas forming since a class they took sophomore year,…

Back patio at Little Joy

Welcome back to fall term at the Miscellany!

21 September 2020

Hello again and welcome back, Second Laird community! Whether you are on campus reading Shakespeare right now, learning about narrative theory remotely, or reminiscing about your English major past, we…

bald spot

How can being an English major help us right now?

30 June 2020

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder (occurring just 40 miles from our campus), national protests for racial justice, and the continued devastation of COVID-19, we at The Second Laird…

Photo of The George Floyd Memorial in Minneapolis

Laird Nostalgia

18 May 2020

In this COVID-19 era, Laird, our favorite campus building and second home, sits mostly empty. No students bustle through its hallways, wait patiently for their turn in office hours, or…

Sign in front of Laird Hall

Second Laird Community Collective Poem

13 May 2020

How do you put this term into words? This is a question the Miscellany grappled with this week. While we are stuck at home this spring, we have all had…

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Welcoming the New English Majors

6 May 2020

One of our favorite spring traditions is welcoming the newly declared sophomores to our department and community. Although we feel a bit far from each other right now, Second Laird…

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London OCS Spotlight: Jacob Isaacs ’20

19 November 2019

Last week, I sat down with senior English major Jacob Isaacs to talk about his Off Campus Studies experience. Jacob was part of Carleton’s 2018 English Literature and Theater in…

A man poses in front of Tower Bridge in London

Introducing our New Editor!

7 October 2019

If you’ve had the chance to read our most recent post on Elizabeth Freeman’s talk, you’ve heard from our fabulous new editor, Kathleen Danielson. As is made clear from the…

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