by Kate Stringer UP English major (class of ’84) and Washington Post journalist Brigid Schulte will be speaking in the Bauccio Commons Wednesday, April 9, 7:30, about her new book Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time. Driving between interviews for her book, Schulte spoke with us about her relationship with…
Senior English Majors to present at Founders’ Day: a Preview
by Ana Fonseca Founders’ Day is known by many on campus as that day when you can catch up on schoolwork, or else get some extra shut-eye. But it really offers a rare opportunity to learn more about what our English major seniors actually do when they work on those semester-long capstones. (Not to mention…
Spring Writing Competitions
Let these competitions inspire you to write something new, or send off something you’ve already written…and maybe you’ll end up with a [cash] prize for your efforts! 2014 Rattle Poetry Prize: Rattle is a literary magazine that is dedicated to promoting a community of active poets. They publish through several mediums including an in-print magazine…
“A Poet of Passion and Love”: UP alum Lilah Hegnauer returns for Poetry Reading
Poet Lilah Hegnauer will read on campus Monday March 31, in BC 163. Hegnauer isn’t just any poet, however—she’s a UP alumna whose first book of poetry began as her senior thesis! This post offers insights about her writing from Hegnauer herself, as well as from her former professor and mentor, our own Dr. Herman…
Who says blogging doesn’t pay? One senior’s NW blog post
Leah Becker, a senior English major and vice president of Sigma Tau Delta, the department’s new honor society, has won Honorable Mention for her blog post, “It’s All about the Fog,” in the Sigma Tau Delta blog contest. This all started when Leah read her email—an STD newsletter telling of a competition hosted by the…
Spain is Not Spain, or How I Stopped Being a Tourist and Starting Becoming a Traveler:
English major Athena Lathos is studying abroad this semester in Granada, Spain, and shares with us here some of her thoughts about being in a new place. “Pero yo ya no soy yo Ni mi casa es ya mi casa. But now I am no longer I, nor is my house any longer my…
What Are You Taking? English Department Fall Preview
By Ana Fonseca As registration for the Fall 2014 semester approaches, rather than trying to interpret the brief catalog entry offered on Self Serve or asking your English major friends for feedback, check out this scoop on upper division English courses, straight from the source. I asked professors a few questions about the courses they…
If Shakespeare took your midterm…
by Kate Stringer Have you ever wondered at the poetic wisdom of Shakespeare or the brilliance of Zadie Smith? Do you think the authors lining your bookshelf are in better mental shape to take your upcoming midterms? Or maybe you’re looking for deeper answers to the questions of your interdisciplinary studies than the ones from…
Literary Meals
by Dorian Pacheco Everyone peruses the Internet. Whether you’re procrastinating on your Theology homework or catching up on your English Department’s (synonym for “cool”) blog, it seems as if the Internet eventually sucks you in like some inescapable black hole. So naturally, my story begins with the Internet: Earlier this week, I stumbled across “literary…
How will YOU inspire Arizona’s next generation?
For any graduating seniors interested in teaching, the Arizona Teaching Fellows is a highly-selective program that trains talented graduates to become outstanding teachers for Arizona students who need them most. Most fellows teach in Phoenix, NE Arizona, Tucson, or Yuma and subject areas include: Biology, Chemistry, Elementary, English, Math, Physics, Science, Spanish as a Foreign Language, and Special…