Post Tagged with: "English News"

Just the Right Amount of ‘Too-Muchness’: The Visceral Poetry of Diane Seuss, Dec. 7

Diane Seuss

The Ohio University Creative Writing Program hosts Visiting Poet Diane Seuss, for a reading on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m., in Walter Hall Rotunda. By Abby Mohler, intern for the Office of Special Programs The poet Diane Seuss writes imaginatively, lyrically, and lushly about the transition from girlhood and […]

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December 1, 2017 at 10:30 pmEvents

Spriggs Has ‘a Toe in Literature, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric’

Dr. Bianca Spriggs (Photo Credit: Brian Campbell)

  by Kristin Distel The English Department welcomes newly hired assistant professor Dr. Bianca Spriggs, who comes to Ohio University from the University of Kentucky. Spriggs earned a B.A. in history and studio art from Transylvania University, an M.A. in English literature and creative writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, […]

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December 1, 2017 at 12:17 pmNews

Brevity Magazine Now Translated into Chinese

Dinty W. Moore

  Brevity magazine is now available to Chinese readers thanks to a translation project undertaken by Tong Tong, a graduate student at Boston College, and Yumeng Yao, an M.A. student at University College London. The literary translation team is posting essays from Brevity‘s 20th Anniversary issue two-at-a-time, using the Chinese social media […]

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November 27, 2017 at 12:03 pmNews

Quitslund Selected for MAC Academic Leadership Development Fellows Program

Dr. Beth Quitslund

From Compass Dr. Beth Quitslund is one of three faculty and administrators from Ohio University selected as 2017-18 Mid-American Conference Academic Leadership Development Program fellows. Quitslund, Associate Professor of English; Christopher Hayes, director of the School of Music, and Sara Helfrich, a Teacher Education associate professor and Literacy Program coordinator, […]

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November 7, 2017 at 12:05 pmNews

Writers Harvest | Local Authors & Food Drive, Nov. 9

Writers Harvest | Local Authors & Food Drive, Nov. 9

  Writers Harvest, an annual event presented by the Ohio University Creative Writing program, hosts three local writers for an evening of literary nourishment on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Walter Hall Rotunda. The event—part of a nation-wide reading series—benefits hunger relief efforts in the region, with […]

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November 1, 2017 at 10:00 pmEvents

English Alum Publishes Book on ‘Case for Fanfiction’

Ashley Barner '15

Ohio University alum Ashley J. Barner ’15 Ph.D. has published her first book, The Case for Fanfiction: Exploring the Pleasures and Practices of a Maligned Craft, with McFarland. Barner earned a Ph.D. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. The book has its foundations in her […]

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October 30, 2017 at 8:50 amAlumni

Notable Alumni | Taylor Hagood Publishes Book After Book

Dr. Taylor Hagood

Editor’s Note: The College of Arts & Sciences launches the Notable Alumni Awards, honoring 37 Notable Alumni in 2017 for broad accomplishments in their careers, a commitment to community service, and valuable contributions to Ohio University, the College of Arts & Sciences, and its students. Dr. Taylor Hagood, ’96, ’98, […]

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October 25, 2017 at 1:57 pmAlumni News