By Damian StockliThe Goddard Library’s Archives and Special Collections opened its doors to visitors Wednesday, November 16th at 10:00 AM for the annual Rare Book Open House, where each of Prof. Neuman’s student archivists presented a rare book—and its charming idiosyncrasies—from the Jonas Clark collection to visiting students and faculty. I’ve had the privilege of meeting…
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Clark University’s Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta Used Book Sale
By Christina Rose WalcottOn Wednesday, November 30th, from 1:30-3:30pm in the Academic Commons of the Goddard Library, Clark University’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honors Society, set up at the pop-up to station their used book sale. A wide variety of books were sold from The Way to Cook by Julia Childs…
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Queer Comedy Presents: “The Lesbian Avengers and the Possibilities of Queer Feminist Humor”
By Christina Rose WalcottCW: brief discussions of sexual, racial, and homophobic violence as well as some “citational swearing” On Thursday, October 20th at 4:30pm, Kristen Leng, an associate professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at UMass Amherst, gave her first public talk since the pandemic on her current paper in progress about the Lesbian…
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Chowder Fest Fall 2022
By Christina Rose WalcottIn the early evening of Wednesday, October 19th at 5:00pm, the English Department hosted its annual celebration “Chowder Fest” back in English House for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the fall of 2020, the celebration was held over Zoom, and in the fall of 2021, the…
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Robin Tran’s Stand-Up Comedy Show at Clark University
By Christina Rose WalcottCW: racism, depression, suicide Robin Tran visited Clark University for the second event in the “Queer Comedy Presents” series organized by Professors Elizabeth Blake and Rox Samer. If you are interested in getting to see her in action, the stand up comedian was recently featured in That’s My Time with David Letterman,…
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Sigma Tau Delta Fall 2022 Induction Ceremony
By Christina Rose WalcottOn Wednesday evening at 5:30 in English House at 12 Hawthorne St., Professor Justin P. Shaw, the chapter advisor of the Alpha Chi Xi Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta at Clark University welcomed current members and inducted new members of the International English Honor Society. Due to the pandemic, the chapter has…
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Poetry with Meaning, Daniel Lee
By Monica SagerOn April 13, Daniel W. K. Lee joined Dr. Nicolyn Woodcock’s Introduction to Literary Analysis Course to speak about poetry and his own work. Woodcock’s class has started a poetry lesson and it will continue throughout the end of April. She mentioned that for a lot of the students poetry sounds daunting –…
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Class Visit: Robin McLean
By Monica SagerRobin McLean returned to Clark University to speak with Professor Michael Carolan’s “Creative Writing: Advanced Fiction” class and hold a discussion about her most recent fiction novel, which was an instant hit. “They had quite the experience with Robin,” Carolan said. Carolan’s class read McLean’s “Pity the Beast,” which is currently long listed…
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Daphne Gottlieb and Students Winners Share Horror Through Poetry
By Monica Sager Daphne Gottlieb, who is a San Francisco-based performance poet, presented to about 15 Clark students last month as part of the Women in Horror Month celebrations. Gottlieb is the winner of the Acker Award for Excellence in the Avant-Garde, the Audre Lorde Award for Poetry, and is a five-time finalist for the…
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Panel Including Dr. Senquiz Discusses “Passing”
Visiting Assistant Professor Dr. Kourtney Senquiz sat on a panel March 15 as part of Boston College’s screening of Rebecca Hall’s movie “Passing.” The group was invited to a virtual screening March 14 and brought back for the panel discussion the following day. Senquiz, who is currently working on a transcript on the ideas of…
