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Sarah Minor, Ph.D. candidate in English (nonfiction), has republished her essay, “Handling the Beast,” with Proximity magazine. The essay was originally published by Conjunctions as a traditional text-only piece. Download, print, shuffle, and re-read her essay. In Proximity, however, “Handling the Beast” takes on a new, tactile element: the essay […]

by Kristin Distel Micah McCrary’s debut memoir, Island in the City, published by the University of Nebraska Press, received advanced praise from reviewers. McCrary is a doctoral candidate studying rhetoric and composition in Ohio University’s English Department; he has a secondary specialization in creative writing (nonfiction). His memoir grows out of […]

An excerpt of Ohio University alum Dr. Kelly Sundberg’s memoir Goodbye, Sweet Girl: A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival was featured in Good Housekeeping. Sundberg, who earned a Ph.D. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences in 2018, is now a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at OHIO. “Here, Kelly […]

Dr. Katarzyna Marciniak, Professor of English at Ohio University, is a guest editor of Aporias of Foreignness: Transnational Encounters in Cinema (Special Issue of Transnational Cinemas 9:1 2018). The other guest co-editor is Dr. Bruce Bennett of Lancaster University, United Kingdom. Abstract: This introduction examines the meaning of foreignness, drawing […]

Dinty W. Moore, along with Tom Hazuka, has co-edited a new book, Flash Nonfiction Funny: 71 Very Humorous, Very True, Very Short Stories (Woodhall Press). The book features concise essays, all consisting of 750 words or less, that are sure to delight and entertain readers. “It is hard to say […]

Dr. Mara Holt, Associate Professor of English & Director of Composition, authored a book titled Collaborative Learning as Democratic Practice: A History (Urbana, IL: CCCC/NCTE 2018). Collaborative learning is not only a standard part of writing pedagogy, but it is also a part of contemporary culture. Collaborative Learning as Democratic […]

The work of Hugh Martin, doctoral student in Creative Writing, has been featured on The Kenyon Review‘s website. His poem, “This Morning, We Carry Body Bags,” was selected as a Kenyon Review Weekend Read. Hugh Martin is a veteran of the Iraq War and the author of The Stick Soldiers (BOA Editions 2013) and […]