Anderson House has become an icon of the English Department since it was first purchased by Clark University over fifty years ago.
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The English Department has recently introduced a large collection of student-picked books to its library, including James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son. The following is an introduction to the collection’s beginnings and Baldwin’s focuses throughout, written by English & Creative Writing student Izzy Simoes. Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin begins…
The English Departments annual Chowder Fest returned to the Anderson House last Tuesday evening, offering a cozy refuge from the wind outside. Students, faculty, and alumni gathered over steaming bowls of soup to celebrate stories, share experiences, and reconnect with the community that shaped them. Chowder Fest brings together past and present English and Creative…
Parking my car on Shrewsbury St., my ears rub gently up against the scarf I’ve wrapped around my head. The season in Worcester has finally changed from brisk to unbearable, and my newly shaved head can’t handle it too well without some help. I quickly duck into Root and Press, a café bookstore, where the…
This year, during the Fall 2025 edition of ClarkFEST, three students exhibited their winning pieces from the English Department’s annual spring creative writing contests. All three students, Izzy Simoes, Reuben Glassenberg, and Noah Hart, displayed and discussed their winning poems from the Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest. Simoes’ poem “have mercy” discusses the dehumanizing…
The cat showed up at our door late on a Friday night. The scent of pumpkin spice drifted around my cottage, enveloping me in its warm familiarity. My girlfriend, Lita, was dicing up some herbs for our recipe while the water boiled on the stove. I was supposed to be preparing the less common ingredients,…
Each year, the English Department puts on our annual Chowder Fest event. We encourage students to join us in indulging in a bowl of hearty soup along with conversations with our successful alumni. This fall, our speakers include Gloria Potts, Rose Wine, Christina Walcott, and Mahi Taban. Leading up to the event, two of our…
