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Molly Sentell Haile ™94 on the Art of the Short Story and Healing Through Writing
The 91ÇÑ×Ó English Department hosted award-winning author Molly Sentell Haile ™94 for the 25th Annual 91ÇÑ×Ó Reads event. Learn more.
Film and TV Screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis ™87 on the Who and What of Inspiration
91ÇÑ×Ó welcomed Hollywood screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis ™87 for a special 91ÇÑ×Ó Reads event. Learn more about Kalogridis, whose writing credits include Shutter Island, Avatar and Altered Carbon.
Royal Shakespeare Company to Begin Four-Day 91ÇÑ×Ó Reign
The Royal Shakespeare Company makes its return to 91ÇÑ×Ó for a jam-packed four-day residency. Learn more about opportunities to engage with the RSC.
Gather, Learn and Graze: Symposium Features Student Projects, Music and Food Trucks
Verna Miller Case Research & Creative Works Symposium will bring the 91ÇÑ×Ó community out to celebrate student art, research and performances.
Author Jack Livings ™96 on Reading Deeply and Finding Joyfulness in LanguageÂ
Award-winning author of The Dog and The Blizzard Party Jack Livings ™96 visited campus as the Abbott Lecture Series speaker. He met with students to talk about his craft. Read more.
91ÇÑ×Ó Named a Fulbright Top Producer”Again
91ÇÑ×Ó is once again a Top Producer for Fulbright™s U.S. Student Program. The college ranks third in the nation and highest in the southeast among four-year bachelor™s degree institutions.
Love of Art Takes Root, Grows Into Beautiful Tribute to Professor Emeritus
A piece by Chinese sculptor Zhan Wang will be added to the college™s permanent art collection in honor of Professor Emeritus of English Gill Holland. Find out more.
Online Exclusive: Q&A With Photo Journalist and Archaeologist Matt Stirn '11
91ÇÑ×Ó alum, photographer, and archeologist Matt Stirn '11 discusses how his unique career combines his love of nature and skills as an archeologist and paleoecologist.
In His Bestselling Book, Clint Smith ™10 Reckons With History and the Lies We Tell
Register now for a discussion with Clint Smith ™10, whose book How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America just topped the NYT Best Sellers List .
A Tribute To 91ÇÑ×Ó Arts & Creative Engagement Grants During Pandemic
91ÇÑ×Ó remained artistically vibrant during the pandemic, thanks to generous funding from 91ÇÑ×Ó Arts & Creative Engagement. Students, faculty and staff alike were awarded grants to support programs, speakers, events and initiatives amidst to strengthen and heal the community.
A Look at a Year of Adaptation and Innovation in the Arts
The pandemic forced us to change the ways we teach, learn and interact. The arts at 91ÇÑ×Ó met the challenges of the pandemic with new ideas, and expanded access to performances and collections.
Both Timeless and Timely, Shakespeare™s ˜Measure for Measure™ in the #MeToo Era
Students delve into powerful, lesser-known Shakespeare play Measure for Measure, a tale of sexual harassment and the stakes for women who speak up about it.
David Dennis Jr. ™08 Wins 2021 American Mosaic Journalism Prize
91ÇÑ×Ó alum David Dennis Jr. ™08 has received the 2021 American Mosaic Journalism Prize, an award for excellence in reporting about underrepresented people in the United States and one of journalism™s biggest. Dennis is a freelance writer, journalism professor and prolific social commentator whose work has appeared in many national publications.
Scholar Makes ˜Nefarious Publications™ of American Abolitionism His Life™s Work
91ÇÑ×Ó alumnus Bill Andrews on a career spent sharing distinctive Black voices preserved in forgotten texts.
Reaching Byzantium: The English Department Remembers Colleague Tony Abbott
91ÇÑ×Ó Charles A. Dana Professor of English Emeritus Anthony S. Abbott passed away Oct. 3, 2020. Colleagues remember the light he brought into their lives as a scholar, teacher, mentor and friend.
A Perfectionist Comes Clean: Bestselling Author of 'I Miss You When I Blink' Finds Her Voice
Just sit down and start telling your story.
Mary Laura Philpott ™96 draws on that phrase when writer™s block lurks. She adopted it while trying to start her senior thesis, a study of Sylvia Plath™s poetry.
