The Tristram Shandy Marathon Revisited

4 March 2014

The English Department celebrated Lawrence Sterne’s 300th birthday by sponsoring a marathon reading of his novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. The novel tells the story of…

Kudos to Greg Hewett!

4 March 2014

Congratulations to Prof. Greg Hewett, who has been chosen as the Quatrefoil Library’s first writer-in-residence! The Quatrefoil Library is one of the country’s oldest and largest lending libraries to foster…

Upcoming Events, Week of March 3

3 March 2014

March 6th Careers in Foreign Languages and Culture: Alumni Panel. Come and listen to how four alums who majored in foreign languages and literature have built exciting careers for themselves,…

Junior Spotlight: Joss Olson

28 February 2014

Please welcome Joss Olson to the Junior Spotligh. What is one thing your fellow English majors don’t know about you? In my junior year of high school, I had to…

Upcoming Events, Week of February 24

24 February 2014

February 27th – March 1st Carleton Players present ‘Machinal’ by Sophie Treadwell at 7:30pm at the Weitz Theater directed by Prof. Roger Bechtel. The story involves Helen, whose entire life…

Opening Lines, 5th Ed.

24 February 2014

Opening Lines, 5th Ed. This year the Miscellany’s weekly contest has asked you to identify books from their opening lines. Here is the fifth entry. You are encouraged not to…

Senior Spotlight: The Imp

22 February 2014

This week in the Senior Spotlight: The Imp (The Second Laird Miscellany’s mischievous chimney sweep) 1. Describe your experience in the Carleton English department in six words. Keeping Carleton students…

the imp

Junior Spotlight: Zoë Borden

21 February 2014

In the Junior Spotlight this week: Zoë Borden. What is one thing your fellow English majors don’t know about you? My fellow english majors are likely unaware that when I…

Debora Shuger Visits Carleton College

20 February 2014

The Carleton College English Department welcomed this year’s Fred W. and Margaret C. Schuster Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Literature, Debora Shuger of UCLA, to campus on January 13 and 14th…

Debora Shuger

Senior Spotlight: Isaac Werner

13 February 2014

This week in the Senior Spotlight: Isaac Werner (Second Laird Miscellany Co-Editor) 1. Describe your experience as an English major in six words. “Yeah okay, but according to Foucault…” 2.…
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