Department Events and Highlights
English Department Colloquium Series -- Authors' Teaching Circle: Changing Society
Join authors Jerome Schwab and Amy Love for a teaching circle and reception for their newly released course reader, Changing Society. Schwab and Love will talk about the process of putting together the texts for this composition-oriented text, and they will address how instructors might use it to foster student engagement in reading and writing. Thursday, November 12, 3:30-6pm in Humanities 587.
Geoffrey Green, Professor of Literature, reads from his book Voices in a Mask
Geoffrey Green will read excerpts from his book Voices in a Mask on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 7pm at The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. The phone number is 415-431-6800.
Retirement party held for Stephen Arkin, Gayle Davies, and Tom Scovel
Retirement party was held on Friday, June 5th, 2009 for Stephen Arkin, Gayle Davies, and Tom Scovel. To see photos and videos from the party, please click here.
Peter Weltner, Professor Emeritus of English, publishes e-chapbook
Peter Weltner, professor emeritus of English, has had a long poem of his published as an e-chapbook on Barnwood Intenational Poetry Mag. Peter's poem"Laguna Beach: After Shelter," is accompanied by images created by Gerald Coble. The direct link is http://web.mac.com/tomkoontz/Site_22/Shelter.htm
Sarah Manyika, lecturer in Literature, publishes her first novel
We are very pleased to announce that Sarah Ladipo Manyka's debut novel, In Dependence, will be coming out on September 27th. Here is an excerpt from Legend Press Independent Book Publisher about Sarah's novel: "IN DEPENDENCE is a tragic love story fraught with post-war idealism, post-colonial disappointment, and the bittersweet taste of mistimed love. " For more information, please visit the publisher's website at http://forward.legendpress.co.uk/mainsite/in-dependence-by-sarah-ladipo-manyika/ .
Geoffrey Green, Professor of Literature, publishes a new book, fiction
Fusing music, history, drama, opera plots, behind the scenes gossip, fiction and farce, pomp and poignancy, Geoffrey Green's newly published Voices in a Mask creates through language an equivalent of the myriad art forms that are brought together in opera. For more information, please click here.
Thomas Scovel, Professor of Linguistics, featured in The New York Times's "Home and Garden" section
An excerpt from The New York Times's "Home and Garden" section, December 17, 2008: "Tom Scovel seems equally unlikely to part with his 19th-century German crèche, which has survived in his family for decades: it was hidden during Japan’s occupation of China in World War II; trucked across the battle lines of the Chinese revolution; and smuggled into Hong Kong in 1951, at the height of the mainland’s communist zeal." To read the complete article, "Many Takes on a Traveler’s Tale," and to view the photo slideshow, please click here (the part featuring Professor Scovel starts on the second page of the article).
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