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I’ll Take Literary Miscellanies For $400!
Carleton’s very own English department got its fifteen minutes of fame on April 13, 2016 when Jeopardy featured a question about the department mascot, known affectionately as “The Imp.” Placed at…
Creative Spotlight: “Inklings” by Julia Truten (’19)
We open this week with a creative spotlight – in more ways than one. What’s so special about writing with old-fashioned pen and ink? In a short personal essay, Julia…
Alumni Profile: Literary Starbucks Pt. 2
While the rest of us vacationed (or binge-watched Netflix) over the summer, three alums were busy working on an exciting project – and that project is Literary Starbucks, now in…
Meet the New Chair of the English Department!
The Miscellany recently got in touch with the new Chair of the English Department, Nancy Cho, and asked her a little bit about her new position, her thoughts on…
The Second Laird Miscellany Forgets It’s Not a Satirical Newspaper
Welcome back, Second Laird! We asked you to describe what you did this summer in the form of an Onion headline, and you delivered. Instead of catching up with the…
Presidential Sonnets: 2016 Presidential Candidates in the Style of Everyone’s Favorite Bard
For his final project in Pierre Hecker’s Shakespeare II course, Noah Bunnell (’16) tried his hand at iambic pentameter. A political aficionado, Noah created the following five mash-ups between current…
Pericles at the Guthrie: A Chat with Assistant Director Daisuke Kawachi (’13)
This Sunday, students ventured into the cities to see the Guthrie Theater’s production of Shakespeare’s Pericles, directed by new artistic director Joseph Haj. Carleton Alum Daisuke Kawachi (’13, CAMS) was an…
Outside of Laird: Literary Athletes/Athletic Literati
To ring in the new academic year, today the Miscellany celebrates the liberal arts student with a reminder that not every English major is just an English major. Here is…
Sarah Meister (’16) Goes to Chicago…With a Commonplace Book
Congratulations to the five English majors who were awarded distinction for their independent study this year: Sam Chao ’16, Ellen Currier ’15, Grace Fremont ’15, Sarah Meister ’16, and Sarah…
The English Department Celebrates Carolyn Soule
Carolyn Soule, who is retiring as Administrative Assistant in English this spring, has worked for the department for more than 40 years and at the college for even longer. After…
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