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Professor and alum release major literary work

Two Lewis & Clark literary scholars are earning major media attention for their role in bringing Ralph Ellison’s long-awaited second novel to life.
Professors share poetry with international radio audience

English Professors Mary Szybist and Jerry Harp share their poetry in an episode of the Australian radio show Poetica. Listen online.
Recognition of Student Achievements

The Department of English would like to congratulate several of its students for acceptance into distinguished creative writing seminars.
2010 Dixon Award Winners

Junior English majors Sarah Osborne and Riley Johnson were both recipients of the 2010 Dixon Award. Each student will receive a $2,500 grant to conduct research associated with their English studies. Both students will be studying materials at Trinity College, Cambridge, and the British Library. Applications for the 2011 Dixon Award will be available in November.
Professor Harp’s “Houses” Among Best Poems of 2009

Jerry Harp, Visiting Assistant Professor of English, is one of 75 poets from across the country included in The Best American Poetry 2009. Harp’s poem, “Houses”, appears in this year’s edition of the celebrated series dedicated to showcasing the work of poets at their best. The poem first appeared in the literary journal Pleiades.
Professor Pritchard’s Book Published

Will Pritchard’s book Outward Appearances: The Female Exterior in Restoration London was published in December 2007 by Bucknell University Press.
Professor Toutonghi discusses course on rock ‘n’ roll novel

English professor Pauls Toutonghi talks with the LA Times about his course on the rock ‘n’ roll novel.
Lewis & Clark College Fiction Writing Prize Contest

Lewis & Clark students are invited to submit a short piece (maximum of five pages) to the 3rd Annual Lewis & Clark College Fiction Writing Prize. Entry deadline is Friday, April 8, 2011, 3pm. Entries can be turned in to the box marked – FICTION PRIZE – in the central administrative offices of the English Department, on 4th Floor Miller. Please see Debbie Richman or Pauls Toutonghi with any questions.
An Occasion for Poetry: Mary Szybist and Michele Glazer

Monday, October 5, 7:00 p.m., Albany Quadrangle, Smith Hall

Baum Award Winner - Charles Macquarie

The 2009 Jerry Baum Award winner is Charles Macquarie for his senior seminar paper: “The Self that Springs from the Shadows: Irresponsibility, Lighting, and the Redefinition of Selfhood in Virginia Woolf’s ‘Street Haunting.’”
Lewis & Clark discusses Ralph Ellison with Professor Jerry Harp

On Monday, February 15, Jerry Harp, poet and visiting assistant professor of English, will engage students, faculty, and staff in a rich discussion about Ralph Ellison.
Jerry Harp’s Book, “Constant Motion” Released

Profesor Jerry Harp’s book Constant Motion: Ongian Hermeneutics and the Shifting of Early Modern Understanding was released November 2009 by Hampton Press.
Professor describes his experiences working with posthumous novels

Professor John Callahan, literary executor for Ralph Ellison, discusses the risks and rewards of posthumous publications in this Wall Street Journal article.
Mary Szybist Wins Two Prestigious Awards: the 12th Annual Witter Bynner Fellowship and NEA Grant

Professor Mary Szybist is on a roll….
Dixon Award Winner - Marley Badolati

Junior English major Marley Badolati received the 2009 Hillary and Adam Dixon Award.
Professor Gross Wins Graves Award

Assistant Professor Karen Gross has won an Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves Award for 2007-08.
Academy of American Poets Prize

Stephanie Elliott is the winner of the 2008 Academy of American Poets Prize for her poem, “What the Tattoo Artist Said.”
Senior Commencement Breakfast

Sunday, May 10, 2009
8:00am Miller 4th Floor Lobby

Graduating seniors, their families, and the English Department Faculty are invited to attend a breakfast honoring our graduates before commencement.
Student Fiction Reading

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
7:00pm Manor House, Armstrong Lounge

Students in Pauls Toutonghi’s Advanced Fiction Writing courses will read from the short stories they wrote and developed during the semester. This event is always popular and crowded, so plan to arrive early for a seat.
Literary Review Reading

Monday, April 27, 2009
7:00pm Manor House, Armstrong Lounge

The editors of the 2008-2009 Lewis & Clark College Literary Review will choose selected contributors to the journal to read their works. Students, faculty, staff and community members are encouraged to submit their work to the Literary Review.
Senior Student Poetry Reading

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
7:00pm Manor House, Armstrong Lounge

Students in Mary Szybist’s Advanced Poetry Writing courses will read from the poetry they wrote and developed during the semester. A limited number of broadsides will be available to those in attendance. This event is always popular and crowded, so plan to arrive early for a seat.
John Isles & Kristen Hanlon Poetry Reading

Thursday, April 16, 2009
3:00pm Pamplin Room

John Isles is the author of Inverse Sky (Iowa, 2008) and Ark (Iowa, 2003) and coeditor of the Baltics section of New European Poets. Kristen Hanlon’s chapbook, Proximity Talks, was published by Noemi Press in 2005.
Mark Edmundson Lecture: Why Read?

A prize winning scholar, Mark Edmundson has published a number of works of literary and cultural criticism including Teacher: The One Who Made the Difference, Why Read?, Nightmare on Main Street and Literature Against Philosophy, Plato to Derrida.
Jerry Baum Award

Alumni Establish Jerry Baum Award for Outstanding Senior Paper
D.A. Powell Poetry Reading

D. A. Powell’s books of poetry include Tea (Wesleyan, 1998); Lunch (Wesleyan, 2000); and Cocktails (Graywolf, 2004). The latter was a finalist for the PEN West, Lambda, Publishers’ Triangle and National Book Critics Circle Awards. Chronic, his fourth US collection, will appear in February of 2009.
Endi Bogue Hartigan Poetry Reading

Endi Bogue Hartigan’s first book, One Sun Storm, was selected for the 2008 Colorado Prize for Poetry by final judge Martha Ronk and will be available in November, 2008.
John Milton’s 400th Birthday Bash

There will be a lecture by David Biespiel, the editor of Poetry Northwest and author of Wild Civility. He will provide a commentary on reading Milton’s work. There will also be an image slide show, faculty and student readings from the works of Milton, and a birthday cake.
Mark Conway Poetry Reading

Mark Conway’s book of poetry ANY HOLY CITY won the Gerald Cable Book Award and was short-listed for this year’s PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry.
English Faculty Colloquium with Professors Kurt Fosso and Jerry Harp

In his recent book, ON LITERATURE (2002), J. Hillis Miller recounts his curious intuition, active in him since he was a young reader, that literary works precede their being written down; his perception or sense is that the text pre-exists in some Platonic realm.
Johnny Stallings presents “One Man Lear”

Johnny Stallings’ one-man performance of King Lear is a no-frills version that will amaze and fascinate.