Spring 2007

Crossing Cultures
by Erin Grams
New faculty member Mrinalini Chakravorty expands the Department’s course offerings and research to new worlds of writing in English

Between Two Covers
by Gabriel Haley
Faculty members muse on the work of assembling anthologies

Where has the English Major Taken You?
Peg Willingham (1985) and Rebecca Jesada (2003) describe their wide-ranging postgraduate careers

“Twins”
by Debra Nystrom
Associate Professor of creative writing Debra Nystrom’s poem was published in the online magazine Slate.

The Last Linotype Book in America?
by David Vander Meulen
Studies in Bibliography’s current issue may be the last book ever produced by this venerable printing method

Superfan
by Cinda Ewing
J. Wood gets ‘Lost’ all the time, and he has a book to prove it. He closely examines how and why the TV show manages to so thoroughly mesmerize its audience.

Looking Back — and Forward
by Gabriel Haley
Retiring from teaching, Hoyt Duggan reflects on his 38 years in the Department of English, and looks ahead to full-time research on the Piers Plowman Archive

Going Places
by Elizabeth Fowler
The “Job Coach” for the Department’s graduate students celebrates the year’s many success stories

Faculty news
Latest, news, notes, and accomplishments

Graduate student news
Essays accepted, awards and honors accrued lately by our current graduate students.

Undergraduate news
This year's awards and honors earned by our English majors.