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Andrea Broomfield’s Forthcoming Book

Posted on 08/27/2019 by jmcward

Andrea Broomfield, professor of English, has recently signed a contract with History/Acadia Press to write a book for the American Palate series on Kansas City’s iconic restaurants.

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Dave Davis to Co-Host Film

Posted on 08/27/2019 by jmcward

Dave Davis, professor of English, and Doug Patterson, professor of astronomy, will co-host the film Patema Inverted at 6:30 pm on Thursday, Aug. 29, in the Polsky Theatre. Patema Inverted, originally released in 2013, is a Japanese animated film set in … Continue reading →

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Writing Assignment Autopsy

Posted on 02/06/2018 by jmcward

A message from Farrell Jenab, Faculty Development Coordinator at JCCC: Did your last writing assignment flop? Have you just stopped giving writing assignments altogether? Attend the writing assignment audit from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 in the CoLab. … Continue reading →

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David Cantwell reviews Bastard Out of Carolina for New Yorker

Posted on 01/22/2018 by jmcward

In November, David Cantwell published an essay on Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina, as part of the New Yorker‘s Second Read Series. Cantwell’s essay, titled “An Essential Novel About Poverty, Bigotry, and Sexual Abuse, Twenty-Five Years Later,” considers the major themes of … Continue reading →

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Cavalier Conference for Spring 2018

Posted on 01/10/2018 by jmcward

The English Cavalier Conference is scheduled for April 20, 2018. This year’s theme is “Researching, and our keynote speaker will be Doug Hesse, writing program executive director and professor of English at University of Denver, past president of NCTE, and … Continue reading →