{"id":1552,"date":"2019-01-28T21:22:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T21:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=1552"},"modified":"2024-08-05T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T17:54:26","slug":"february-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/february-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Words, February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor Marlon James’ New Book has Literary World Buzzing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sophie Hilker \u201920<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor Marlon James\u2019 new fantasy novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf<\/em>, published by Riverhead Books and released on February 5th, has already set the literary world buzzing. Heralded as the \u201cAfrican Game of Thrones<\/em>\u201d and a contemporary of Black Panther<\/em>, the book has garnered rave reviews from The Huffington Post<\/em>, Tor.com, and the likes of Neil Gaiman and Louise Erdrich. Gaiman praised the \u201cfantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter’s\u201d and Erdrich added, \u201cBlack Leopard, Red Wolf<\/em> is a fabulous cascade of storytelling. Sink right in. I guarantee you will be swept downstream.\u201d Read more about Professor James’ new book…<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meet the Candidates for Mac’s Newest Poetry Professor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Do you want to share your opinion on who the newest Professor of Creative Writing will be? Don\u2019t miss this month\u2019s opportunity to help guide the future of the English Department! For months, a committee within the department has been conducting a search for an Associate or Assistant Professor of Creative Writing – Poetry specializing in Native American, Latinx, or Asian American literature. Majors, minors, and all members of the Macalester English community have the incredible opportunity over the next few weeks to meet and give feedback on the four final candidates. Learn more about the search for a new professor…<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Premiere Opportunity for Playwrights and Actors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Throughout July, August, and September, I attended rehearsals for the Eden Prairie Players\u2019 annual collection of one-act plays, performed during the last two weeks of September. Founded in 1992, The Eden Prairie Players carry out their mission of \u201cinspiring and nurturing theatre opportunities for artists and volunteers, and entertaining and challenging theatre experiences for audiences.\u201d Read about Eden Prairie Players’ exciting opportunities…<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Words <\/em>Welcomes New Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome back to students, faculty, and staff alike! Outside may be cold, but in the English Department we have nothing but warm reunions and welcomes. This spring, we have the pleasure of welcoming new Social Media Strategist Malcolm Cooke \u201921 and Newsletter Editor Sophie Hilker \u201920 to The Words team. Learn a little more about them below. Learn more about our new staff members…<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are thrilled to have the work of creative writing major Cole Chang \u201919 opening a frosty spring semester\u2019s \u201cWordplay.\u201d Cole grew up in New York and tends to write about his family, in particular his father with regard to race, cultural heritage and what it means to be a biracial Chinese-American. In addition to creative writing, Cole is also a studio art major and likes to work in painting and photography. He is a big fan of hats, Li-Young Lee, and socialism. Read Cole’s poetry…<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Newsletter Staff<\/strong>
Senior Editor
Alex Harrington \u201919
Jen Katz \u201919<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Editors
Sophie Hilker \u201920
Miriam Moore-Keish \u201919<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Media Strategist
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Professor Marlon James’ New Book has Literary World Buzzing Sophie Hilker \u201920 Professor Marlon James\u2019 new fantasy novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf, published by Riverhead Books and released on February 5th, has already set the literary world buzzing. Heralded as the \u201cAfrican Game of Thrones\u201d and a contemporary of Black Panther, the book has garnered rave reviews from The […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1552","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1552"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7569,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1552\/revisions\/7569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}