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Palatine Hill Review, Student Magazine at Lewis & Clark College, Wins Highest Honor for Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) contest

February 24, 2024

February 15, 2024 (Portland, Oregon)—Palatine Hill Review from Lewis & Clark College, has been recognized as a REALM First Class magazine for the 50th Anniversary Edition, “growing pains” by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).

Palatine Hill Review, “growing pains”, Volume 50 Student Editors: Jillian Jackson, AJ Di Nicola, Elizabeth Huntley, Zach Reinker, Max Allen, Burton Scheer

Four Commemorative Cover Artists: Anneka Barton, Dakota Binder, Zach Reinker, Kincaid DeBell

Faculty Advisors: Karen Gross, Mary Szybist

Staff Advisor: Amy Baskin

Faculty book release: “Edges of Noir: Extreme Filmmaking in the 1960s” by Michael Mirabile

November 23, 2023

Please join us in congratulating Assistant Professor with Term Michael Mirabile on the upcoming publication of his latest book, “Edges of Noir: Extreme Filmmaking in the 1960s” (Berghahn, February 2, 2024).  

On Monday, March 11th, Michael Mirabile will discuss “Edges of Noir” with Jerry Harp, starting at 3:30pm in Miller Hall, Room 102. The event is open to the public.

2023-24 Visiting Writers Series Announced

October 23, 2023

Please save the dates, spread the word, and join the LC English Department in welcoming these four fine writers to our 2023-24 Visiting Writing Series. Bios and links to more author information below.

All four events will be held in the Frank Manor House, Armstrong Lounge, at 6pm.

Literary Review Wins National Magazine Prize

September 23, 2023

The 2022 edition of the Lewis & Clark Literary Review, now called the Palatine Hill Review, earned the Association of Writers & Writing Programs National Program Directors’ Prize for Content.

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NanoPoetry, a Creative Approach to Chemistry

In Nanomaterials Chemistry, a 300-level course, students’ microscopic musings become poster-worthy poetry and art.

The 2024 Dixon Award Application

October 23, 2023

The Lewis & Clark College English Department is pleased to announce this year’s application process for the Dixon Award. Through the efforts of two of our alumni, Hillary and Adam Dixon, this $2,500.00 award was established in 2002 by the Dixon Family Foundation. It is given to one junior English major each year.

“The Refugee Ocean” Selected as Barnes & Noble Discover Pick of the Month

October 23, 2023

The LC English Department is excited to learn that Creative Writing Professor Pauls Toutonghi’s latest novel, The Refugee Ocean (Simon & Schuster, October 10, 2023) has been selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick of the Month!
Per B&N, “With two plots that jump around time and place, and characters that are immediate and real, The Refugee Ocean is as masterfully told as it is emotionally satisfying. It grapples with complex topics that will leave the reader deep in thought, contemplating long after that final page.”

Pauls will also be in conversation with Jon Raymond on Sunday, October 15th at Powell’s City of Books.

NIGHT MOTHER, a new book by Marly Williams (BA ’14)

November 23, 2023

The LC English Department is excited to learn that Marly Williams (BA ’14) recently published an essay collection entitled Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of the Exorcist(Ohio State University Press, Oct. 2023)

Portland

Write Around Portland Offers Writing Workshops for First-Years

To foster a greater sense of belonging among first-year students, L&C’s Center for Community and Global Health is partnering with Write Around Portland to offer a series of writing workshops.

Students: Apply for the Bates Center Summer Sustainability Internship!

The Bates Center Summer Sustainability Internship Course will provide students with direct access to employers working on issues broadly related to sustainability in Portland, nationally, and internationally.

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Jake Bartman, LC English '15.

Jake Bartman Receives Pushcart Special Mention

Congratulations to Jake Bartman (LC English, ’15)! Jake’s “Night Swim,” originally published in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue of Ninth Letter, has received a special mention in the 2022 Pushcart Prize anthology.

Former Poet Laureate Shares Treasure Trove of Poems, Early Writings

Fans of former Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford can get a never-before-seen look at early drafts of his poetry—and the folk art and Americana that informed them—at an exhibition devoted to the Kim Stafford Archive. The exhibition, located in Watzek Library, will be on view from March 18 to August 20, 2022.