Event Preview: Panel Discussion of Timothy Raylor’s Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Thomas Hobbes

25 February 2019

This Thursday, you’re invited to a blockbuster book discussion, where the centerpiece is a new volume by the English Department’s own Timothy Raylor! Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Thomas Hobbes (Oxford University Press, 2019)…

Tim Raylor

An Interview with Nancy Cho and Anne Hackman ’19

19 February 2019

This past fall, Professor Nancy Cho and Anne Hackman ’19 were awarded a winter break Student Research Partnership from The Humanities Center. Over the course of her break, Anne was…

Anne Hackman ’19 and Professor Nancy Cho

Event Preview: Anjali Nerlekar on Modern Indian Poetry and its Renewals

11 February 2019

This Thursday, Carleton welcomes Professor Anjali Nerlekar to speak on Modern Indian poetry. Professor Nerlekar teaches classes on South Asian and Caribbean literature, postcolonial studies, and translation studies at Rutgers…

NT Live: Frankenstein and the Modern Cumberbrunch

31 January 2019

This past Sunday was a treat for all lovers of theatrical productions, Gothic hauntings, schmeared bagels, and the dramatic chops of renowned actor Byzantine Candlestick. The English department organized a…

Li-Young Lee and David Whetstone: Readers Respond

26 January 2019

What did you think about the evening of poetry and music Li-Young Lee and David Whetstone put on last week? No ordinary reading, the two men collaborated to pair never-before-heard…

Event Preview: An Evening with Li-Young Lee featuring David Whetstone

14 January 2019

This Wednesday, Carleton plays host to an evening of literature and music as nationally acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee visits us to read from his work, accompanied by sitarist and Carleton…

Two-Sentence Scary Story – Results!

31 October 2018

Happy Halloween everyone! The verdict is in, and the 2SSS contest has a clear winner in a truly creepy story by Lucy Horrell (’20)! We’ve reproduced it below, along with…

Poe & Crow Halloween images

Enter the Two-Sentence Scary Story Contest!

27 October 2018

In case you hadn’t heard, the English Department is running a Two-Sentence Scary Story (henceforth 2SSS) contest, and is still gladly accepting entries! The rules are simple: Write a scary…

Event Preview: Andrew Elfenbein, When the Medium isn’t the Message

6 October 2018

When: Monday, October 8, 4-5 pm Where: Gould Library Athenaeum This coming Monday, Professor Andrew Elfenbein of the University of Minnesota will be presenting a talk in the Athenaeum entitled “When…

Andrew Elfenbein

Meet the English Department SDAs!

5 October 2018

The Miscellany is excited to introduce Elyse Wanzenried (’19, she/her/hers) and Nathaniel Chew (’19, he/him/his), the new departmental SDAs! To celebrate our transition into October and (gasp!) fifth week, we…
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