We’re back! After an extended summer, the UP English Department blog is back on. This year, first-year English major Dorian Pacheco will be the managing editor and a writer for the blog, and we’ll also be assembling a group of contributing editors to write stories. Feel free to email me—Dr. Hiro, Dept. Chair—or add a comment…
See You Next Fall!
The English Department Blog is officially shutting down for the summer! We thank you for reading, writing, and participating this year and cannot wait to bring you more posts next fall. Even though we’re leaving you for the next few months, we’ve included some material to hold you over until school starts up again. Visit…
Writers Magazine Available On Paper and Online
The following post is brought to you by senior English major Ian Clark who served as the senior editor of Writers this year. I did not know what to expect when I first joined the Writers Magazine editorial board as a freshman. For all I knew, the University of Portland’s literary magazine was populated by benign…
Kelsey Kiser Talks About Grad School
Below is a post from Kelsey Kiser full of advice for English majors considering graduate school. Kelsey graduated with an English major in Spring 2012. Since graduating she’s been working at Roosevelt High School. Starting in Fall 2013, she will attend Southern Methodist University’s fully-funded Ph.D. program, specializing in African American literature. Here are her…
It’s Time for NUCL!
It’s that time of year again: the Northwest Undergraduate Conference on Literature is this Saturday, April 13th at the University of Portland. The Welcome Ceremony begins at 9:00am and sessions continue until the Closing Reception at 4:00pm. For a full list of times, locations, sessions, and panels, visit the NUCL homepage. For a further description…
Writers Magazine Launch Party
The first chance to get your copy of the 2013 volume of Writers Magazine – UP’s student-run creative writing journal – will be at the launch party in the UP Bookstore (Pilot House), following Founders Day events on Tuesday April 9th from 5-6:30. Join the volume’s editors (Enid Spitz, Ian Clark, Taylor Rudow, Becca Beshoar, Beau Borek, Andrea…
English Majors Present at Founders Day
Founders Day consists of more than a spectacular lunch for scholarship recipients; it also serves as a chance for seniors from different departments to show off their senior capstones! At 10:15 Ian Clark, Alex Dickinson, and Monica Down will present their literary-critical capstone projects in BC 207, and at 11:15 Evan Gabriel, Jose Huerta, and…
Aggressively Alive
‘Tis the season of readings and lectures! This Monday, April 8th at 7:30 pm in BC 163, poet and critical writer James Longenbach will be visiting UP. He has written four books of poetry and five books of criticism. His publications appear in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The New…
Explore the Emotional Side of Literature with Jamaica Kincaid
This Thursday, April 4th, Jamaica Kincaid will be visiting UP for a reading and lecture. Kincaid, a native of St. John’s, Antigua, immigrated to America when she was 17 years old. She is known for such works as At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, The Autobiography of My Mother, My Brother, and the…
Career Expo and Grad School Fair Right On Campus
Attention all English majors: the First Avenue Career Expo and Graduate School Fair is next Friday, April 5th in the Chiles Center. The event is from 10:00am-3:00pm and includes a guest speaker discussing tips and strategies on how to use social media in your job search (10:00am-11:00am), a chance to meet recruiters and learn about…