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Cantwell’s Recent New Yorker Essay

David Cantwell, adjunct professor of English, recently published a piece on country singer Brandy Clark for The New Yorker online. Cantwell’s essay, published on March 6, 2020, reviews several of singer Brandy Clark’s songs.  Cantwell hopes that Clark’s most recent … Continue reading

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What We Ate 100 Years Ago

At 7 pm on Monday, March 9, Andrea Broomfield, professor of English, will be a featured guest for a special event titled, “What We Ate 100 Years Ago: Kansas City in the 1920s.”  Broomfield will speak on how working-class cuisine … Continue reading

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Alexander Interviews Pedaljets

Danny Alexander, professor of English, has published an album review and story on the Kansas City band Pedaljets for the website of 90.9 The Bridge.  The Pedaljets formed in 1984, broke up, and reformed in 2000.  The band’s most recent … Continue reading

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Alexander on London Calling

Danny Alexander, professor of English, has published a reflection/assessment essay of The Clash’s 1980 album, London Calling.  The opening of the essay summarizes the effect the album had upon Alexander 40 years ago.  Discovering the album in Walmart in 1980 “was … Continue reading

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Great Books Events for Spring 2020

Michael Carriger, Assistant Professor of English, will host three Great Books lectures in the spring: Feb. 5: Patrick Lafferty, Associate Professor of Web Development and Digital Media, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury March 4: Farrell Hoy Jenab, Director of Faculty … Continue reading

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