Junior Spotlight: Shane McSparron

17 January 2014

This week in the Junior Spotlight: Shane McSparron. What is one thing your fellow English majors don’t know about you? Something my fellow English majors don’t know about me is…

From Wordsworth to Wall Street: Investigative Journalism in the Newsroom and Investment Firm

16 January 2014

(This is a guest blog post by Carleton alum Jonathan Lin ’13.) As a fortunate recipient of the Neil Isaacs and Frank Wright ’50 Fellowship in Investigative Journalism in 2013,…

Contest: Guess the Writers

15 January 2014

This week, the contest is a little different. To celebrate the start of term and all the comps writing the seniors are doing, we thought it would be fun to…

Senior Spotlight: Sarah Walz

14 January 2014

Senior Spotlight: Sarah Walz This week in the Senior Spotlight: Sarah Walz 1. Describe your experience as an English major in six words. My thesis is here somewhere. (Revise!) 2.…

Sarah Walz

Upcoming Events, Week of January 13

12 January 2014

January 13th Debora Shuger, Professor of English at UCLA will give a talk titled “Radical Politics and the Sources of Milton’s Masque” to the department and guests at 3:15pm in…

Xmas Shandy

2 January 2014

On January 29-30, 2014, the English Department will sponsor a Marathon Reading of Laurence Sterne’s novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. For details, or to sign up…

Senior Spotlight: Micaela Hahn

19 November 2013

This week in the Senior Spotlight: Micaela Hahn 1. Describe your experience as an English major in six words.\ How do I study for exams? 2. If everyone moved to…

Upcoming Events, Week of November 18

19 November 2013

November 19th Novelist, essayist and critic Thomas Mallon will read from his work from 7 – 8:30PM at William G. Shepherd Room, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota. Event url:…

Junior Spotlight: Nityasya Belapurkar

15 November 2013

This week in the Junior Spotlight: Nityasya Belapurkar (’15). What is one thing your fellow English majors don’t know about you? I don’t get poetry. I’m too literal-minded. Why are…

Opening Lines, 3rd Ed.

14 November 2013

Opening Lines, 3rd Ed. This Fall the Miscellany’s weekly contest asks you to identify books from their opening lines. Here is the third entry. You are encouraged not to Google…
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