Chair and Professor Andrea Broomfield’s “Food and Culture” bibliographic essay for Oxford University Press’s Victorian Bibliographies project will be published in late April/early May.
Dr. Broomfield also published Iconic Restaurants of Kansas City (History Press, American Palate Series) this April.
On April 8, 2022 the JCCC English Department hosted the 7th annual Cavalier Conference on Writing and Literature. The keynote speaker was Adam Banks, noted composition scholar. He gave a presentation titled “Two Turntables and a Time Machine: Toward a Renewed Vision for—and Recommitment to—Students’ Right to Their Own Language.”
This conference evolved from a desire to share ideas among English instructors who come from many backgrounds and perspectives, from rural Kansas high schools to urban community colleges to four-year universities. We share a common goal and encounter many of the same issues in our classrooms and institutions, while at the same time our conference allows for us to share our diverse experiences and learn from each other.
More information about this conference is at https://scholarspace.jccc.edu/cavalier-conference/2022/
Doug’s essay “Anatomy of a Fiasco: The Culture of Molestation at a Catholic Boys’ School” was published in New English Review in April.
Link here: https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/anatomy-of-a-fiasco-the-culture-of-molestation-at-a-catholic-boys-school/
In March, Doug presented on Kathy Liao’s work “Between the Lines” for Noon at the Nerman.
Doug was also a fiction and poetry judge for the Johnson County Arts Council’s Shooting Stars competition.
Beth was the primary editor of the Writers Place Yearbook (https://thewritersplace.wildapricot.org/news/12637462). It is a collection of poetry and prose by 68 of the Writers Place members. It is available for free download or from Amazon.
Beth also published two short narratives. “The Price of a Bus Ticket.” What’s The Deal with Alien Buddha, Feb. 2022 and “Bucket List.” 105 Meadowlark Reader, Vol. 2 Issue 1, 2022.
On Dec. 2, Marianne Kunkel participated in a poetry reading in collaboration with The Writers Place and River Cow Cosmic Orchestra. She performed three poems, reading each one once for the jazz band to hear the poem and then again for them to improvise accompaniment. Fellow readers comprised Malcolm Cook, Hyejung Kook, Alexej Savreux, Greg Cenac, Kevin Rabas, Bill Bauer, and Silvia Kofler.
