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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By Olivia Simonds It’s gray and raining on a Monday as students slowly file into Michael Carolan’s Creative Writing Nonfiction class. They are a reserved group of eight, but present nonetheless. The room hums with anticipation. When I took Carolan’s class back in 2016 we explored nonfiction through an individualized lens. Texts such as Virginia…
After years of study with the English Department, working in the office and attending all sorts of English Department events, when I first walked into the English Capstone, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Capstones at Clark—I find—are a nebulous and strange concept. Each major has one, but their requirements and set-ups vary wildly.…
As a first-generation college student starting at Clark University in the Fall of 1994, I didn’t know much about college. But I did know two things: I wanted to be an English major and I wanted to study abroad. Those desires were realized during my time there, as I had the good fortune to study…
It could be argued that in English majors’ down-time—from literary essays, critical readings and textual analysis—they are often met with the moral dilemma of where such studies will take them, perhaps instigated by their fellow STEM majors, a prying but caring parent, or a relative around the Thanksgiving dinner table. Humanities studies, at large, are…
Emily Buza is a senior at Clark University studying English and Theatre, and she is currently working on her honors thesis. She is also the Editor in Chief of Clark Writes, Clark University’s official creative writing blog, as well as an actor in The List, one of this year’s Playfest plays. Additionally she is a…
Sophomore year of high school, I decided to take Journalism 101. I wasn’t expecting to follow it as a career. I just wanted to improve my writing. I was the nitpicker of the class. We would all correct each other’s papers. I added commas, so much so that my teacher and I joked I was…
