Central College English Department

This is the official Twitter account of the English Department at Central College. Views expressed represent the department, not Central College.

[Central College English Department @CentralEngl]

English, Art, and Psychology majors represented Central at the Iowa State Women's and Gender Studies conference last month! Read about their experience here:

https://t.co/CARSe1pPRR

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Central English students travel the globe! Read about the off-campus study adventures of four English majors and minors here!

https://t.co/UIwVlTMcGw

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We're excited to announce that the inaugural issue of Synaptic is now live! Synaptic is a reboot of The Writing Anthology, which Central published for over 40 years as a collaboration between English and Art. Check out our new content!
https://t.co/QsSib6IR4d

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Senior English major Cal Evans talks about his love of baseball and the twists and turns that brought him to English. We're glad you found us, Cal!

https://t.co/bJGUF6U3yW

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Senior Mattie Francis shares her experience in Writing for Nonprofit Organizations, a course taught by English prof @nesbitkate, last spring

https://t.co/FJuaoTjMGa

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This fall we're excited to welcome a new creative writer to Central English! Meet Dr. Dyzak here! https://t.co/lfxc9Y0zeo

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Welcome back, students! To kick off the year, English major and student body president @DeahlQuinn talks about why she's passionate about Central: https://t.co/jr5X1vVMMc

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Congratulations, seniors! Two weeks ago we celebrated our seniors at our annual English spring picnic. See what are seniors are up to next year!

https://t.co/c1VuFnSPnz

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Explore the online edition of the 2022 Writing Anthology here! https://t.co/QsSib6IR4d

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Last night we celebrated the release of the 2022 issue of The Writing Anthology! Published since 1981, the Anthology celebrates excellent student writing across the disciplines and artwork by Central College students. Here is this year's fabulous editorial team!

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English major Cal Evans talks about life as a student athlete!

https://t.co/4hF2hb7bJF

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It's National Poetry Month! What IS poetry, anyway? The New York Times invites us to explore.

https://t.co/nT5ivqCi9X

[Central College English Department @CentralEngl]

View but this tulip, rose, or gillyflower,
And by a finite, see an infinite power.
(Hester Pulter, "View But This Tulip," c. 1640s-1660s)

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Calling all Bronte fans! An exciting find! https://t.co/tgPB0f0oTa

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Our blog, Calliope, features the hard work of students in making change on campus, including the leadership of English/Philosophy double major @DeahlQuinn!

https://t.co/NVU3aPCHw0

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Welcome back, Central students! We're excited to start the semester with a day of activities devoted to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and we're grateful for all of the hard work students did to make this day happen. More info here: https://t.co/gi42fa52TZ

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Today is Jane Austen's birthday! You know her as a novelist, but did you know she was also a poet?

https://t.co/5cOI5hILWZ

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Rest in peace and power, bell hooks.

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“Love is an action, never simply a feeling” ― bell hooks

We mourn the tremendous loss of bell hooks. A woman of great compassion, courage, & extraordinary intellect. Thank you for always putting your love for Black people in action - for challenging us to imagine a bolder future

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Today is Margaret Cavendish Day! She's the self-educated author of the first work of science fiction in English, in addition to dozens of plays and hundreds of poems and essays.

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Margaret Cavendish, one of the first women writers to publish under her own name, died #onthisday in 1673. Read about her proto-sci-fi fantasy The Blazing World, and what it can teach us about empire, gender + imagination in the seventeenth century: https://t.co/sXJtuHnFTJ #OTD

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Students! Join us on Friday for some pumpkin treats and socializing!