{"id":10779,"date":"2025-05-07T20:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/?page_id=10779"},"modified":"2025-05-07T20:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:45:40","slug":"the-words-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/home-2\/the-words-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Words: May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spring Capstones: Creative and Critical Works<\/h2>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t

This year\u2019s senior English Capstone presentations showcased the stunning range and depth of the department\u2019s creative and critical work. Spanning three evenings, students shared their projects that explored themes that ranged everything from identity, grief, love, memory, rebellion, language, and healing\u2014often through genre-defying forms. From novels and screenplays to poetry collections and academic essays, these Capstones reflect not only the individual voices of their author but also the intellectual curiosity, emotional resonance, and interdisciplinary thinking that characterize the department as a whole.<\/p>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t

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Time to Celebrate: English End-of-Year<\/h2>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t

As it does every year, the English Department hosted its End-of-Year Celebration to honor the achievements of its beloved students and faculty on May 5th. Accompanied by a singing performance with English major senior Eva Markham \u201925 and the Year in Review slideshow running in the background, the English community gathered to enjoy a celebration meal together. Department Chair Matt Burgess welcomed English majors, minors, and faculty, officially starting the evening\u2019s program.<\/p>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t

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Recent words from Livingston-Patnode award winners<\/h2>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t

The English Department\u2019s Livingston Patnode award is annually presented to an outgoing senior who makes a special contribution to the English Department in their time at Macalester. To see how our previous award recipients bring their skills and experiences gained in the English Department to the communities they\u2019re engaging with now, The Words reached out to each recipient for an update. Read on to find out their responses!<\/p>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t

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Birdie’s Parting Words<\/h2>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t

This type of community doesn\u2019t happen by accident. Aside from staggering skill in their respective fields, the English Department faculty possess incredible care, insight, and intention that they invest in their students; this is a massive part of what makes this department as special as it is. In Penelope Geng and Daylanne English\u2019s classes, I found genuine joy in doing analytic work. Professor Andrea Kaston Tange\u2019s class Ladies and Monsters was such a delight, and I now think about Gabriel Oak and Bathsheba Everdene more than I thought I would.\r\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t

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