JCCC Department of English Blog

Prof. Mark Jaskowski had a book published in June. It’s a horror novella called Beneath the Swimming Pools, the Teeth! published by Weirdpunk Books.
Check it out, but be warned: it might make you afraid to go swimming.

Beneath the Swimming Pools, the Teeth! – Mark Jaskowski | Weirdpunk Books Broke. Barely employed. Desperate.After blacking out at a party, Dusty wakes up in the morning different. His body is changing in upsetting ways. Now he has to piece together what happened.Part low-stakes dirtbag crime story and part eco-horror nightmare, Beneath the Swimming Pools, the Teeth! feels like Clive Barker and David Goodis drunkenly exploring the psychogeographic boundaries of the suburbs. weirdpunkbooks.square.site

On Sunday, August 13, Bob Sykora gave a poetry reading at Flagship Books. Dean Brian Shawver reports “Bob did a great job at the reading.” He also did a reading two days later in Lawrence.

Beth Gulley represented the English Department at the JCCC Night at the Nelson on Friday, April 11. 

On Friday, April 11, the English Department hosted another Cavalier Conference. With an attendance that filled up the main meeting room and a host of JCCC faculty helping out, it showed the college in a very favorable light as well as providing great ideas and networking opportunities for English teachers from around the region.

Who was in that host of JCCC faculty presenting?

• Shannon Carriger
• Michael Humphrey (journalism)
• Miguel Morales (library)
• Ayah Abdul-Rauf (photography)
• Maureen Fitzpatrick
• Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hook, Aubrey May, Noelle Johnson (students)
• Michael Price (journalism)
• Sayanti Ganguly Puckett
• Greg Luthi
• Danny Alexander
• Sam Bell
• Bob Sykora
• Nathan Jones