By Monica SagerIt may not be Halloween season but ghouls, witches, and warlocks are going to hit Clark University’s campus this February as the campus celebrates Women in Horror Month. “It is to celebrate a population of writers and artists that aren’t usually in the forefront,” said Jacqueline Morrill, who teaches interdepartmental/nondepartmental courses (IDND) including…
By Kira HoustonIn the Higgins lounge on a quiet Autumn evening, students settled into couches with their eyes turned to guest reader and poet Sophia Dahlin. Dahlin visited campus as part of the Clark Poets and Writers Reading Series, an initiative which seeks to foster interdisciplinary dialogues and center minority voices while giving students an…
By Monica SagerThe English Department hosted its annual Chowder Fest event on October 20th to connect current undergraduates with recent graduates, allowing for networking and mentorship throughout the night. More than two dozen students were able to hear from Jean Dao ’12 MAT ’13, Kate Rafey ’08 MPA ’09, and Emma Seimasko ’10. Rachel Still…
By Monica Sager Regie Gibson is not just a lecturer at Clark University or the head instructor for the Mass Poetry “Poets in Schools Program.” The widely-loved poet is also a literary performer who has presented across the United States, Cuba, and Europe. Clark students were welcomed to hear Gibson’s poetry April 22 for an…
With his retirement close on the horizon, Monica Sager interviews Professor Jay Elliot about his life, career, and future plans.By Monica Sager James Elliott came to Clark University in the fall of 1971. He was hired to teach American literature in the English Department. At the time, James Beard, another professor who Elliott called his…
Sophie Stern discusses the upcoming James Fenimore Cooper Conference with the English Department’s very own Professor James ElliotBy Sophie Stern The American Antiquarian Society will host the James Fenimore Cooper Conference May 25 and 26 to honor the 200th anniversary of Cooper’s major novel, “The Spy.” James Elliott, an English professor at Clark University, wrote the…
Guest writer Adelyn García reflects on Janet Hendrickson’s Visit and Reading of “Translating ‘Treasure of the Castilian Language’” by Adelyn García When a piece of writing strays beyond the conventional tropes of those of classic literature and becomes a hybrid of creativity and preservation, then readers are drawn in through an amalgamation of intrigue and…
Monica Sager reflects and reports on the Winston Napier Conference, which was held to honor and celebrate the 20th anniversary of Napier’s foundational “African American Literary Theory.”By Monica Sager Winston Napier lived “expansively, graciously, and generously,” according to SunHee Gertz, Professor Emerita of English. Napier was born in Jamaica, before migrating to the United States.…
Chowder with Changemakers: Chowder Fest 2020 (left to right: Lee Gaines, Kulani Abendroth-Dias, Cara Gross, Bryan Tamburro) By Milena Germon (’21) Although we could not gather in person for this year’s annual Chowder Fest, in many ways, I found myself doing the same thing I would normally be doing at Anderson House: wearing a big…
In the second installment of the Clark Poets and Writers Reading series, Latinx poet Benjamin Garcia gave a reading and led a workshop, sponsored by the Higgins School of Humanities and the English Department.Blog post written by Prof. Mandy Gutmann-Gonzalez; edited by Sophie Stern. In the second installment of the Clark Poets and Writers Reading…
