The Five Points Podcast
We are proud to announce the launch of the first episode of the Five Points podcast. The Five Points podcast strives to create a discussion beyond the pages of the journal and engage readers with new content.
“The Now Dark Sky Setting Us All on Fire”
Please join us for a reading by award-winning poet Robert Krut—a former GSU lecturer! Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 2 p.m., Troy Moore Library. Robert Krut is the author of three books: The Now Dark Sky Setting Us All on Fire (Codhill/SUNY Press, 2019), winner of the Codhill Poetry Award; This Is the Ocean (Bona Fide Books, 2013), recipient of the Melissa… more »
Spring Break Study Abroad in Scotland
The Department of English is offering for Spring Break (March 14-20) “In the Footsteps of Boswell and Johnson: Literary Scotland.” The course is structured to meet pre-1800 and post-1800 requirements. It works as well for CW and Rhet/Comp students.
Price is c. $1200 for all accommodation, tours, and 3 breakfasts. All other food, airfare, and… more »
The English Department welcomes Lecturer Stephanie Hassan Richardson
The English Department welcomes Lecturer Stephanie Hassan Richardson. Dr. Hassan Richardson explores ways in which communicative strategies across cultures inform composing practices. She also interrogates composition pedagogy as a site for deconstructing potentially unjust and ineffective assessment practices, particularly as they apply to culturally marginalized and/or otherwise disenfranchised communities. Her primary goal as an educator… more »
English Department Lecturer Daniel Holmes won a two-week residency at the Hambidge Center
English Department Lecturer Daniel Holmes won a two-week residency at the Hambidge Center in August 2019 to continue work on a historical novel set in the borderlands of southern Arizona and New Mexico in the 1880s. The Hambidge Center provides a residency program that empowers talented individuals to explore, develop, and express their creative voices; residencies… more »
John Maxwell to Perform “Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write?”
Come see John Maxwell as Faulkner at 3:30 pm, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in the Troy Moore Library (2349 25 Park Place). For more information, contact Pearl McHaney (pmchaney@gsu.edu).
“Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write?,” a one-man show based on the life of William Faulkner, has become a southern storytelling classic. John Maxwell… more »
Please join us for a Retirement Celebration honoring Dan Marshall
Friday, April 26th, 2019, 12 noon-2 p.m.
Troy Moore Library, 25 Park Place, 23rd Floor. Refreshments will be served.
Please come celebrate the work of a brilliant teacher and mentor. The department has come to depend upon Dan’s steady presence among us, collegial spirit, and wisdom. His absence will be palpable.
RSVP to Heather… more »
Wesley Dunkirk
What is your concentration?
My concentration is Literary Studies.
Why are you majoring in English?
In both high school and college, my favorite courses were always related to English. I chose English as my major because it was the subject matter I most enjoyed.
What was your favorite English class at Georgia State (so far)?
My favorite English class at Georgia… more »
Benjamin Dell
What is your concentration?
Literature
Why are you majoring in English?
I chose to major in English because I wanted to learn how to read critically and communicate complicated ideas in both my day-to-day life and career.
What was your favorite English class at Georgia State (so far)?
This is a very tough question, but I would say Introduction… more »
Gina Caison’s new book, Red States: Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, and Southern Studies.
The University of Georgia Press has just released Assistant Professor Gina Caison’s new book, Red States: Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, and Southern Studies, as part of their New Southern Studies Series.
From Amazon: Red States uses a regional focus in order to examine the tenets of white southern nativism and Indigenous resistance to colonialism in the U.S. South.… more »
