Category Archives: English Department News

Prof. Sykora is a Poet!

Bob Sykora’s debut poetry collection, Utopians in Love, was published this week from Game Over Books.   He’ll be doing some readings around Kansas City in the next few weeks: Sunday April 13th at Flagship Books, 3 PM Tuesday April 15 at Raven … Continue reading

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Prof. Kunkel is among the Best!

Marianne Kunkel informs us that her poem “Apostate Abecedarian,” which The Threepenny Review published in January 2024, will appear in The Best American Poetry 2025 anthology. Be sure to congratulate her as being among the best!

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Prof. Cryer publishes in Inside Higher Education

Daniel Cryer has just published an article in Inside Higher Education. The article,  “To Use AI or Not to Use AI? A Student’s Burden,” takes up the question in the title. Don’t have time to read it? Below is a summary—you guessed it—created by … Continue reading

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Professor Texter Tracks his Progress

In his latest article on the financial site The Humble Dollar, Doug Texter presents “Tracking my Progress.” There you can discover some of the financial details that he records in his journal but not the dollar amounts or credit-score figures that … Continue reading

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JOCO Con Has Landed

On Saturday, October 12, JCCC’s first Sci-Fi convention (in decades), materialized in the MTC. Around 100 people, both students and community, heard Roland Mann, a former editor from Marvel comics and current professor at Full Sail University, speak. JCCC English … Continue reading

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