Sewanee English Department

Keep up to date on what is happening in the English Department by following our official Twitter account!

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Congratulations to our English majors who just finished their comps!!

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TODAY!
The first of our two-part lecture series on Literature and the Environment, we have Dr. Nathan Hensley of Georgetown University presenting on George Eliot in the Age of Climate Breakdown.
Naylor Auditorium in Gailor Hall, 4:30 PM, Feb 15th, 2023 (today!)

[Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford @OxLifelongLearn]

Which Oxford library is this? We’ll give you some clues…

- 70,000+ books
- Key print journals and a film and documentary collection
- Houses the Jessup Reading Room

#LibraryLoversDay #OxfordLifelongLearning 📚

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TODAY!
The first of our two-part lecture series on Literature and the Environment, we have Dr. Nathan Hensley of Georgetown University presenting on George Eliot in the Age of Climate Breakdown.
Naylor Auditorium in Gailor Hall, 4:30 PM, Feb 15th, 2023 (today!)

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

A glimpse into the online dating profiles of your favourite literary characters: Lizzie Bennet, Frodo Baggins, Count Dracula and more 👇
https://t.co/obC3DaFhgA

[Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibs]

Feeling very conflicted right now

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Hey in case Twitter dies, please give your dear social media manager books recommendations. I'll need something to read other than the niche book Twitter tea.

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While it isn't necessary for the degree, staying up until five in the morning after a bad day reading a fun but awful book IS a suggested activity for prospective English majors

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The 2022 Haines Lecture is upon us! Come listen to Pulitzer Prize winning, two time poet laureate of the United States, Natasha Trethewey give a talk in Convocation Hall at 4:30 PM

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As dark academia winter approaches, here are some cozy reads set in libraries! https://t.co/CVBYHXyE6p

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

Fredrik Backman’s dream dinner guests would be Douglas Adams, Astrid Lindgren and Charles Dickens: “They would trick me into going outside and then lock the door and not let me back in, but that’s all right.” https://t.co/kCh1IkbAKW

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Hear novelist and memoirist Justin Taylor (who is also teaching in Creative Writing this semester as a Brown Foundation Fellow) read from his work. Thursday, September 29 at 4:30 PM in Gailor Auditorium. A book signing will follow.

[Sewanee Medieval @SewaneeMedieval]

So excited to announce SIX amazing threads for the 48th Sewanee Medieval Colloquium (March 24-25). Get inspired by these exciting sub-themes: https://t.co/xXjkcuInCo

[ScienceInsider @ScienceInsider]

BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on @ScienceInsider.

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Join us tonight at seven in Gailor auditorium for a reading from Professor Haskell’s new book, Sounds Wild and Broken!

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https://t.co/MzoZ3J1QdL

[Goodreads @goodreads]

It's Friday! What are you reading this weekend?

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

‘You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.’

C.S. Lewis

#FridayFeeling

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Dr. Macfie will be reading an excerpt from her memoir today in Gailor auditorium at 4:30 PM!