Interview with Natalie Marsh ’21, Winner of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Short Story Contest
Happy Miscellany Monday! This week, two of our editors, Amanda Mosborg and Julia Johnston, interviewed Natalie Marsh, this year’s winner of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) 49th annual…
How Many Fireplaces is Too Many Fireplaces? A New Vision of Laird
Happy sixth week! Over the weekend, the editors got together and decided it was time to do something a little more on the impish side. We’ve just gotten back from…
Introducing the New English Majors
As our days get slowly sunnier in Northfield, we are excited to see faces new and old on our screens, in our classrooms in the Weitz, and someday soon, in…
The Recurring Debate Over Skipping Shakespeare
Happy Miscellany Monday! For this week’s post, we are talking about a frequent cause of controversy in English departments nationwide: whether or not Shakespeare courses should be a requirement to…
Independent Studies in English
Hello, Second Laird Community! On this chilly, rather gloomy day, we want to highlight a really wonderful and fun opportunity that is available for students in the English department: independent…
Promises of Spring
More than a year after the beginning of the pandemic, it finally seems like spring again at Carleton. After a two week break, Carleton students, faculty, and staff returned to…
Remembering Carolyn Soule
In the last few weeks, the English department has been collecting reminisces from alumni about Carolyn Soule. Since her passing, Carolyn has been deeply missed, especially by her former students.…
Chair Greg Hewett speaks on changes to the English Department
Happy Miscellany Monday! This week, we chatted with English Department Chair and creative writing professor Greg Hewett to hear about both immediate and long-term changes happening in the English department…
Review of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Over the weekend, the Carleton Players performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Under Andrew Carlson’s direction, the production brought colorful, neon light to what has been a cold and morale-testing term…
“Living London: Literature, Theater, Art, and the City”
This week, the Miscellany met with Juliane Shibata and Pierre Hecker, faculty directors of the upcoming spring 2022 London program, to talk through what is new, what is coming back…
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