Worldbuilding with Ursula Le Guin
The 50th anniversary of The Dispossessed , the utopian novel by Ursula Le Guin, brought faculty and students together to share the importance of public humanities.
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Madeleine Roux’08: Writing with purpose
Madeleine Roux’08, bestselling author of the young adult horror series Asylum , credits Beloit English professors Steve Wright and Francesca Abbate with being the support that she needed to pursue a budding interest in creative writing .
“[Steve Wright] was such a huge part of…
Remembering Bink
A poem in an old issue of The New Yorker evokes an author’s reminiscence of a beloved English professor who represented a world of sophistication, rigor, and effervescence.
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“O My Floating Life”: In Search of the Elusive Wisconsin Poet Lorine Niedecker ’26
Lorine Niedecker’s poetry was on the cutting-edge of 20th century modernism, but it was largely unknown and unrecognized until years after her passing in 1970. Passionate advocates hope to raise her profile on campus and throughout the Midwest.
moreAlmuna Brita Sauer’97 wins prestigious poetry award
Brita Sauer’98 is the recipient of the 2022 Ruth Scott Poetry Award, sponsored by the American Academy of Poets. Brita majored in Creative Writing at Beloit and earned master’s degrees from Temple University (Creative Writing) and Rutgers University (Library Science). She currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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The Gift of Grizzly Bears
An encounter with grizzly bears was an opportunity for Charlotte McGuinn Freeman ’85 to consider the relationship between human animals and apex predators living in the same part of the world.
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It’s a book, it’s a work of art … it’s an artist’s book!
The book as an art object is a relatively recent phenomenon. Artists’ books are unique works of art in book form that involve text, visual art, graphic design, printmaking, and publishing. Here are two examples from Erin McCluskey ’01 and Laura Basha ’73.
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