Sixty Years of Chanter
Zeena Fuleihan ’18
This fall marks the sixtieth anniversary of Chanter, Macalester’s longest-running student literary magazine. To celebrate this outstanding achievement, we have put together a special book, Sixty Years of Chanter: an anthology. This anthology has been a long project, beginning with reading through Chanter’s entire archive and ending with the production of the 152-page book, which will be released on December 9th. …Read more about Sixty Years of Chanter
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Capstones?
Alex Harrington ’19
Time flies at Macalester, especially when you’re having fun (and an English major). As another semester draws to a close, a brave new class of senior English majors take the plunge into their capstone projects. Whether you are anxiously awaiting your own capstone experience, or curious to relive it, The Words has the inside scoop on all things capstone. …Read more about capstones
“Words, words, words”: Macalester English sees Hamlet
Jen Katz ’19
This month, The Words brings you a recap of the English Department’s trip to see Park Square Theatre’s Hamlet on November 5th. The English Honor Society (EHS) sponsored the trip, which was open to all English majors. On a Sunday afternoon students piled onto a school bus to downtown St. Paul to see Park Square’s interpretation of the classic Shakespearean tale of a son seeking revenge for his murdered father. …Read more about Hamlet
Studying at Shakespeare’s Globe
Evan Meerscheidt ’19
Shakespeare’s Globe embodies the palimpsest that is London; a space lived, acted and built on for centuries. Over 400 years ago Londoners walked across the London Bridge, the rich took boats to avoid traffic, to attend plays at the Globe. Today Londoners celebrate theatergoing, but now they take the Tube and buy their tickets online. Once in the Globe, however, with phones off and attention turned to the stage, time seems to fold in on itself, no moment is more modern than the next. …Read more about contributing editor Evan’s experience
What a Time for Topics Courses!
Spencer Brownstein ’18
And just like that, December is upon us. As both finals and the new year loom ever closer, let’s turn our minds from inevitable ends to new beginnings! For the Spring 2018 semester, the English department is offering a variety of wonderful topics courses covering a wide range of subject matters and practices. The Words has been lucky enough to learn more about each of these courses from the lovely professors who will be teaching them. …Read more about Spring topics courses
Wordplay
Zeena Fuleihan ’18
This month, we are proud to feature Abbie Cotter ’18 for Wordplay. Abbie Cotter is a senior from Madison, Wisconsin. They are a Physics major with minors in Chemistry and English. When Cotter isn’t in a science lab, they write fiction and occasionally meander into poetic territory. This poetry was part of their final project for Literature and the Environment: Between Eden and the Apocalypse, a topics course taught by Professor Benjamin Voigt. …Read Cotter’s poetry
Newsletter Staff
Senior Editor
Zeena Fuleihan ’18
Associate Editors
Spencer Brownstein ’18
Alex Harrington ’19
Jen Katz ’19
