Archive: 2008 Notes of News and Events

English Alum Headed to Prague
December 15, 2008
Allyson Boggess, who is in the MFA program at Arizona State, was recently awarded a 2009 Piper Global Fellowship. Congratulations to Allyson!

Alum to be Included in Publication
December 1, 2008
Amy E. Hall's poem will be published in a collection due out September 2009. The book, a collection of newspaper blackout poems from Austin Kleon, is being published by Harper Collins.

Poems Included in Anthology
November 26, 2008
Heather Sellers's work has been included in When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women, edited by Andrea Hollander Budy. Heather is in great company in the book, along side Rita Dove, Jane Kenyon, Mary Oliver, Sharon Olds, many VWS readers, and poets with departmental connections like Marianne Boruch (teacher of David Cho), Patricia Jabbeh Wesley (friend of Kim Douglas), Naomi Shihab Nye (friend of Jack Ridl--but then most of the 96 poets in the book are friends of Jack). This publication nearly completes Heather's Manifest Destiny in taking over all of North America--she's in the Florida writers anthology, Best of the South, Canadian Poetry Anthology (go figure), and now she stands in the main stream of American women poets. All she needs for a clean sweep is something from Mexico--and she's working on collaborative translations of an important Mexican poet, so that can't be far behind.

Faculty Featured in The Irish Review
November 26, 2008
Julie Kipp has a fascinating article in The Irish Review for Spring 2008. "The Antiwar Movement in Northern Ireland and the Case of the 'Raytheon Nine,'" included in the "Disagreements" section of the journal, is a compelling example of Julie's commitment to scholarship that engages issues of social justice and seeks direct involvement and influence in matters of injustice and oppression.

Poem Accepted by Passages North
November 14, 2008
Good news from our grad Lauren Jensen: Lauren’s poem, “Nevertheless the Alewives” has been accepted by Passages North, one fine journal. This is Lauren’s first publication. She is in the MFA program at Virginia Tech working primarily with Bob Hicok.

Former Hope Student to Present Poetry
October 28, 2008
Alison Laurel has been accepted as a poet at the SWTX Popular and American Culture Association Conference in Albuquerque, NM in February. It will be her first public presentation of her work.

Hope Alum Hired at Northwest Community College
October 21, 2008
Good news from one of our alums: Rebecca Miller has been hired to teach in the English department at Northwest Community College in Archbold, Ohio. Rebecca received her MFA from Chatham.

Play Accepted for Publication
October 21, 2008
Hope alum Donald Steele has had his play "Dearly Beloved" accepted for publication in an anthology of ten minute plays.

Article Accepted to Teaching Professor
September 24, 2008
Barb Mezeske's article "When to Begin the End: The Role and Use of Summary in Course Design" has been accepted for the November Teaching Professor. In August she published "Low-Cost, High-Impact Faculty Development: Writing Camp" in Academic Leader.

Poetry Published in Premiere Journal
September 24, 2008
Kudos to Rhoda Janzen, who received word that one and perhaps two new poems will be published in Poetry. This will be her second appearance in this premiere journal.

Faculty Speech Published Alongside Obama, Clinton, Cheney
September 24, 2008
Congratulations to John Cox, whose convocation address "Where Do We Go From Here?" has been published in the October issue of Vital Speeches of the Day. John shares the front cover with Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Henry Paulson, and others.

Dante in American Culture
September 22, 2008
Kathleen Verduin's article "Dante's Inferno, Jonathan Edwards, and New England Calvinism" has appeared in the latest issue of Dante Studies. The article extends Kathleen's work on the reception of Dante in American culture and will become part of the book she is working on in this field. The article, she notes modestly, is "brilliant, of course."

Faculty Article Published in Thinking Classroom
September 22, 2008
David Klooster and Patricia Bloem, have an article "Reading the Hard Stuff" published in Thinking Classroom: An International Journal of Reading, Writing, and Critical Reflection (published simultaneously in Russian as Peremana). The article is a spin-off from the May faculty workshop at Hope on Reading Difficult Texts.

Whitman Annual Review Published
September 18, 2008
Congratulations to English Department faculty member Bill Pannapacker, on the publication of his annual review of Whitman scholarship in American Literary Scholarship (2006), Duke University Press. The review essay surveys "the surge in Whitman-related publications in the year after the 150th anniversary of the first edition of Leaves of Grass." Bill continues to publish monthly columns in the Chronicle of Higher Education and quarterly pieces in The Chronicle Review.

Second Edition of Poetry Anthology Released
September 18, 2008
Congratulations to English Department faculty member Peter Schakel and emeritus Jack Ridl, on the publication of 250 Poems: A Portable Anthology, second edition. Bedford/St. Martin's. The second edition includes a new introduction, "How to Read a Poem--and Why," and aims to make the book more usable in two settings--intro to literature and creative writing classes.

Katie Bode-Lang to be Published wtih Seven Kitchens Press
September 10, 2008
Katie Bode-Lang ('02) recently received second place in the Keystone Chapbook Contest. Her chapbook will be published Spring of 2009 with Seven Kitchens Press.

Hope English Grad Headed to Law School
September 5, 2008
Nick Vidoni ('05), English major and Newberry Library Program alumnus, has been admitted to the University of Iowa College of Law.

English Faculty Member to be Published in Controlled Burn
September 3, 2008
Congratulations to English Department faculty member Carla Vissers, whose short story "Moose Season" has been accepted for publication in Controlled Burn.

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