A Goodbye to Laird from a Graduating Senior

28 February 2020

In a couple of weeks, I’ll be graduating early from Carleton. And in a few months, Laird as we know it will be totally different: renovated, changed for the better,…

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Alumni Interview: Lucas Jacob ’94 on his Debut Poetry Collection

26 February 2020

In this brief interview with Carleton alumn Lucas Jacob, class of 1994, I hoped to give Jacob an opportunity to detail for our readers the path he took to publishing…

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English Trivia Night at Imminent Brewing

14 February 2020

It was Wednesday, February 12, and twenty-odd English majors, professors, and honorary guests came shivering in from the bitter cold, eager to warm up with pizza, drinks, and friendly competition…

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IN SEARCH OF: the next co-editor of the Second Laird Miscellany, the English department blog

10 February 2020

IN SEARCH OF: the next co-editor of the Second Laird Miscellany, the English department blog. If you think you would like to be an editor–tasked with writing, editing, and dreaming up…

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Creative Spotlight: “Tomahawk” by Hannah Pos

7 February 2020

This week’s creative spotlight features Hannah Pos (’20). A Political Science major from Salt Lake City, UT, Hannah can usually be found obsessing over the government, specifically the women of…

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English Major Fashion Profiles

24 January 2020

They’re smart, they’re literary, and above all they are stylish! The junior and senior majors of Carleton’s English department have got it going on, and they are here to show…

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OCS Winter 2021 London!

22 January 2020

There is an info session for the OCS winter 2021 English Theater, Literature, and Art in London program on Tuesday, January 28 from 7-8pm in Laird 212. Learn about the OCS…

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Congratulations Claire Seymour!

20 January 2020

We on second Laird are proud to express our warmest congratulations to Claire Seymour (’20), who has been named a top 10 finalist in the 2019 Narrative Magazine 30 Below…

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Alumni Interview: Sam Lemonick ’08

12 January 2020

Sam Lemonick graduated from Carleton in 2008 as a Chemistry and English double major. After spending several years freelancing as a science writer for journals like Forbes, Climbing Magazine, and…

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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…

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