{"id":3786,"date":"2021-11-03T04:10:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T04:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=3786"},"modified":"2024-07-29T19:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:57:22","slug":"the-words-november-2021-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/the-words-november-2021-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Words: November 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor Penelope Geng\u2019s Highly Anticipated Book Launch a Success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dalton Greene ’22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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On October 8, the English department community came together for the first in-person faculty book launch in over a year. The book being celebrated, Professor Penelope Geng\u2019s Communal Justice in Shakespeare\u2019s England: Drama, Law, Emotion<\/i>, was published in April 2021, but the official launch was postponed until this fall, so that attendees could physically gather for the occasion. <\/span>As such, many in the audience had been eagerly anticipating the event for some time, and between the excitement of hearing about Professor Geng\u2019s important work, the joy of seeing familiar faces again, and the wonders of the ever-popular book cover cookies, their hopes were not disappointed. Click here to read more about the event…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty Profile: Professor Aurora Masum-Javed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Zo\u00eb Roos Scheuerman ’24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor Aurora Masum-Javed (she\/her) is one of the English department\u2019s new visiting faculty members this year, and she has quickly become a familiar, friendly face around the department. This month, The Words <\/i>reached out to Aurora with some questions, which she very kindly answered, so that the English community could learn a bit more about her. Click here to read more about Aurora…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Twin Cities BookFest Returns in Person<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chlo\u00eb Moore ’24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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On Saturday, October 16th, writers, readers, and editors from the Twin Cities and beyond gathered in the Progress Center of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds for a day of literature and love. I had the pleasure of going, along with a friend, Maddie Wayne ’24 (who, incidentally, I met in Introduction to Creative Writing with Professor Emma T\u00f6rzs). Of the event, Maddie said, “It was so exciting to be around so many people who love to read and love books. The energy was great and everybody was clearly just happy to be there.” <\/span>Click here to read more about the BookFest…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catching up with Professors English and Kaston Tange!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kira Schukar ’22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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With several English professors taking a break from teaching and working off-campus this semester, the editors at The Words decided to catch up with two of our beloved faculty members. We reached out to Professors Daylanne English and Andrea Kaston Tange\u2014both on sabbatical for the 2021-2022 academic year\u2014to hear more about their personal projects, time spent at home, and reflections on life outside of the classroom. Click here to read more about Professors English and Kaston Tange’s sabbaticals…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Prior’s Inauguration Poem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Patrick Coy-Bjork ’23<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

English Professor Michael Prior was recently invited to come back to St. Paul to compose and share a poem at President Suzanne Rivera\u2019s inauguration on October 9th. As Michael said when he introduced the work, the poem is meant to commemorate and celebrate the event, as well as remind the Macalester community \u201cto look after one another,\u201d as advised by his grandfather. Click here to read the poem…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome to Professor Bognanni’s English Department!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chlo\u00eb Moore ’24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This year, with Professor Andrea Kaston Tange on a well-deserved sabbatical, Professor Peter Bognanni has assumed the position of the English Department Chair. I talked to Prof. Bognanni about the role, its impacts on him, and his hopes for the department this year. Click here to read the interview…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Humans of Old Main: Fall Collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Patrick Coy-Bjork ’22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This year, the English department\u2019s social media team has been going around Old Main every day to take pictures of people and happenings around the building. We\u2019ve been posting these photos to Instagram and have called this series \u201cHumans of Old Main,\u201d after Brandon Stanton\u2019s famous \u201cHumans of New York.\u201d We’ve assembled a collection of some of our favorite Humans of Old Mains posts so far, just for your viewing pleasure. Click here to see the images…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wordplay with Roon Mahboub<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alice Asch ’22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This month at The Words<\/i>, we\u2019re excited to feature the work of Roon Mahboub \u201822! Roon (she\/her), is a Chemistry Major and English Minor from Wilmar, MN. She says that her journey as a creative writer began in her seventh grade science class, when\u2014bored of learning about photosynthesis\u2014she decided to write a poem about leaves. Roon specializes in \u201cmelodramas with comedic flairs.\u201d Her writing often explores her own culture, and she enjoys poking fun at societal norms. \u201cThe concept of death also fascinates me, and I always like to include the way people deal with loss of human life,\u201d she told us. She\u2019s inspired mainly by \u201cnarratives of those around me, and dreams.\u201d Click here to read Roon’s work…<\/a>
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Professor Penelope Geng\u2019s Highly Anticipated Book Launch a Success Dalton Greene ’22 On October 8, the English department community came together for the first in-person faculty book launch in over a year. The book being celebrated, Professor Penelope Geng\u2019s Communal Justice in Shakespeare\u2019s England: Drama, Law, Emotion, was published in April 2021, but the official […]<\/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-3786","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3786","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=3786"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7041,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3786\/revisions\/7041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}