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Five things I wish I knew at 22

Posted in Voices of Denison on May 24, 2013

His daughter’s college graduation got Matthew Harrington ’84 thinking about a few important life lessons.

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A life’s work on death row

Posted in On Campus on April 12, 2013

Sister Helen Prejean, human rights activist and author of Dead Man Walking, brings lessons from death row to Denison.

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Daniel Littman ’15 works with a student in the writing center.

Word by word

Posted in Voices of Denison on February 22, 2013

Daniel Littman ’15 reflects on his time working with other students at the writing center.

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Writing through the years

Posted in Academics & Research on November 8, 2012

Exile, a student literary journal, has been published for more than 50 years. And now it’s all online.

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Beck begins

Posted in On Campus on September 18, 2012

Author Pam Houston ’83 returns to campus for a reading that celebrates 50 years of the Beck Lecture Series.

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A family film

Posted in Beyond Campus on May 2, 2012

What happens when greed goes unchecked? Kirk Combe and his son explore the possibilities in their new sci-fi film, The Feed.

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An inside look at history

Posted in Academics & Research on March 19, 2012

The Orangeburg Massacre, one of the first violent civil rights confrontations on an American college campus, is the subject of a new book by faculty member Jack Shuler.

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What can you do with an English major, anyway?

Posted in Beyond Campus on March 2, 2012

Matthew Harrington ’84 is taking on a new role as global COO of the world’s largest public relations firm.

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Writing magical realism

Posted in Academics & Research on February 9, 2012

Assistant Professor of English and Pulitzer nominee Peter Grandbois on the wonder of teaching and writing.

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Composition and rhetoric … and more

Posted in Academics & Research on February 8, 2012

Brenda Boyle, one of the college’s newly tenured professors, directs the Writing Center and teaches English courses, but she values her mentoring and advising roles, as well.

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Write on

Posted in On Campus on November 28, 2011

The pure joy of putting words on a page gets a crazy boost in November as aspiring writers take on the NaNoWriMo Challenge.

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An honor from the Kennedy Center

Posted in Beyond Campus on October 24, 2011

Mikala Hansen ’07 has won the national award for playwriting excellence, and she’s just getting started.

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The power of poetry

Posted in Academics & Research on September 26, 2011

Roethke Prize-winning poet David Baker on the purpose of poetry, substance of art, and the inspiration of the Midwest.

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Associate professor of English Ann Townsend serves on VIDA's executive committee.

An imbalance in the literary universe

Posted in Academics & Research on August 1, 2011

Notice anything missing in The Times’ book reviews? Why are so few women writers featured?

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Oh, the places we’ve been!

Posted in Voices of Denison on July 29, 2011

Allison Kranek, a 2011 graduate and President’s Medalist, reflects on the experience of helping English professor Fred Porcheddu develop and teach Denison’s first-ever course on children’s literature.

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