English Department, Saint Louis University

Welcome back, Billikens! Have a wonderful fall semester!

How memorizing poetry can expand your life I was always a reluctant reader of poetry, but memorizing a poem every week gave me a new understanding of myself.

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in 1817, Jane Austen died at the age of 41. In mourning, her sister Cassandra wrote: ‘She was the sun of my life, the gilder of every pleasure, the soother of every sorrow.’

📖 The world lost a literary giant and Jane was never to know the extent of her influence.

💐 Today at Jane Austen’s House, we will be remembering Jane and her incredible legacy.

The Original Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland Manuscript, Handwritten & Illustrated By Lewis Carroll (1864) On a summer day in 1862, a tall, stammering Oxford University mathematician named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson took a boat trip up the River Thames, accompanied by a colleague and the three young daughters of university chancellor Henry Liddell.

Read From Ralph Ellison’s Novel, Juneteenth The following is from Ralph Ellison’s posthumously published novel, Juneteenth. * No, the wounded man thought, Oh no! Get back to that; back to a bunch of old-fashioned Negroes celebrating an…

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Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships Fellowships of up to $2,000 to support PhD students' travel and research toward publication, degree-completion, or transformative experiential learning.

Alice Munro, the author whose career spanned 14 collections of stories and earned her the Nobel Prize in Literature, died on Monday at 92. Although she was often described as a Canadian writer, her stories evoked not Canada itself but the bittersweet triumphs, mishaps and humiliations of small town life. https://nyti.ms/4bEvXGg

Kudos today at Tower Grove Park!

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For Austen’s 250th Birthday: Free Student Membership » JASNA JASNA is gearing up to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday in 2025 with special events and activities, and we’re starting early with a special offer for students!*

Congratulations to Dr. Allen Brizee, who received the Excellence in Research for Instructional Materials Award from the College of Arts and Sciences today!

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It’s not to late to apply! Deadline is Wednesday the 8th

Congratulations to our students who read for the Kiln Project this evening, and thanks to Professor Ron Austin for his work as advisor!
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Congratulations to Alex, Morgan, Grant, and Abby on their Senior Legacy research and creative presentations today!

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The English Department’s Spring Award Ceremony held on April 24th!

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Saint Louis University is honored to be presenting the St.Louis Literary Award! Check out the link below for more information ⬇️

Link: https://hecmedia.org/posts/schankmans-st-louis-the-st-louis-literary-award

Happy Earth Day 🌎 🌲🌹

How are you celebrating today and everyday?

The last Textual Revolutions for the academic year with presentations by Ahlam Jaber and Ryan Prewitt today!

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Don’t miss these exciting events next week!

Did you buy your tickets for the Award Ceremony and register for the Author Craft Talk? You don’t want to miss the events honoring 2024 St. Louis Literary Award recipient Jamaica Kincaid next week! Click the link for tickets and registration: https://alumni.slu.edu/s/1264/17/interior.aspx?sid=1264&gid=1&pgid=8352&cid=&_ga=2.256010443.1947583082.1713103891-594348287.1706131612

Join us in celebrating all those who make the English Department all that it is ! 🎉🥳

New York Times reporter, Rachel Swarns, joins us today to discuss her book, The 272. In which she looks at the history of Jesuit institutions around the country and their use of slave labor and exploitation. Come join us for what is sure to be a fascinating talk!

Location: CGC auditorium today at 6 p.m.

The Jamaica Kincaid Campus Read series wraps up on Tuesday morning (9:30-10:30 a.m. CDT), April 2, with an interview with humorist Ian Frazier, longtime staff writer for The New Yorker. Frazier just celebrated his 50th year with the magazine and 50 years of friendship with Jamaica Kincaid, both writers of the magazines's The Talk of the Town. This should be a fun one! Free and open to the public on using this webinar link: https://slu.zoom.us/j/99281336545

Happy Easter everyone! Wishing lots of love and joy today and everyday 🐣🐰🌸🌷

It’s not too late! Make sure to check out Dr. Roopika Risam’s talk concerning the opportunities and challenges facing digital public humanities.

Location: Pere Marquette Gallery, DuBourg Hall, Room 240

Dr. Vince Casaregola presenting "Futures Foretold from within Small Boxes" with a musical setting at the March Textual Revolutions!

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