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Events:
December
2011
Give a book to someone you love this
Christmas. Books make wonderful Christmas gifts. Not
only are they great for book lovers, but almost anyone will
appreciate a nice book that deals with a subject they enjoy.
Look over the following books written by faculty members of the
School of Literature and Language. Order your copy today.
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Susan
Roach. On
My Way: The Arts of Sarah Albritton.
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Dorothy
Dodge Robbins, ed. Critical Insights: Mrs Dalloway.
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James Rick Simmons, Jr. Carolina Beach Music. |
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Donald
P. Kaczvinsky. Lawrence
Durrell's Major Novels, or The Kingdom of the
Imagination.
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Ward Allen and Edward C. Jacobs. The Coming of the King
James Gospels |
Dorothy Dodge Robbins and Kenneth
Robbins, eds. Christmas
on the Great Plains. |
Sim
Shattuck. Basilisk. |
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Dodge
Robbins
and
Kenneth
Robbins, eds. Christmas
Stories from Ohio. |
Sim
Shattuck. Pleasant
Hurricanes. |
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James
Rick Simmons, Jr., ed. Factory Lives (Nineteenth-Century British
Autobiographies.
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Patrick
Posey
Garrett,
et al. Penumbra:
Shadows, Places, and People. |
James Rick Simmons, Jr. Defending South
Carolina's Coast. |
Robert W. Rudnicki. Percyscapes: The Fugue
State in Twentieth-Century Southern Fiction. |
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Shattuck. Yarilo's
Dance. |
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Sim
Shattuck.
Krewe of Hecate. |
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November, 2011
Gary Kennedy, Ralph Thomas,
and Alex Kennedy of Red Ball Oxygen, spoke to
English majors and the members of Sigma Tau Delta
about finding a career with an English major.
Gary Kennedy has been named as the Alumnus of the Year for the College of Liberal Arts.
Kennedy, a 1973 Tech English graduate and
1975 master's of English graduate, began working for Red Ball Oxygen
Company in 1975. He became president of Red Ball in 1987 before being
named the company's chairman and chief executive officer in 2007.
The Shreveport native, who played football for the Bulldogs in 1970
and 1971, also taught English 101 as a graduate assistant at Tech.
He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corp via its PLC
Program (Officer Candidate School) at Tech.
A player, coach and sponsor of the Shreveport Rugby Football Club,
Kennedy is also a supporter and sponsor of the Louisiana Tech Rugby Club.
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September 30, 2011
Banned Book Week
Banned Books Reading
The motto for Banned Books Week 2011 is "Celebrate the right to read."
Sigma Tau Delta is sponsoring a banned book event
on the steps of the library on Friday, September 30, 2011, to celebrate our basic
human right to read anything we choose. Between noon and 2:00 p.m., Tech
faculty and students will be reading excerpts from their favorite banned
books. Banned books will be available. Come to read or to listen! Bring
a favorite banned book!
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2010-2011 Press Releases:
January 2012
Dr. Rob Rudnicki, Graduate Coordinator and Professor of English, who holds the
Robert C Snyder Professor of English, has written a book chapter in
Lewis Nordan: Humor, Heartbreak, and Hope,
published in January by the University of Alabama Press. Dr. Rudnicki’s essay is
“Eulogizing Space: Eudora Welty’s ‘Still Moments’ and Gaston Bachelard’s ‘Dream Geometry’ in Lewis Nordan’s Fiction.”
From the press: “The book examines and celebrates the work of southern writer Lewis “Buddy” Nordan, whose stories reveal his own pain and humanity and in their honesty force us to recognize ourselves within them. Written by scholars and fiction writers who represent a fascinating range of experience—from a Shakespearean scholar to English professors to a former student of Nordan’s—this is a rich array of essays, poems, and visual arts in tribute to this increasingly important writer. The collection deepens the base of scholarship on Nordan, and contextualizes his work in relation to other important southern writers such as William Faulkner and Eudora Welty.”
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January 2012
Dr. Donald P. Kaczvinsky, Professor of English, recently had his book Durrell and the City: Collected Essays on Place published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Durrell and the City commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet (1957-60) and comprises fourteen essays by a group of international scholars and critics. The collection provides a critical consideration of Durrell's urban landscapes, from the London of his early novels to Avignon during World War II in his last novel series, while focusing on the place that made him famous—the city of Alexandria—in order to provide a reassessment of Durrell's career and achievement. Kaczvinsky edited the collection as well as wrote an introduction and chapter for the book. His chapter, entitled "'Where the Blue Algonquin Flows': Durrell, New York, and the American 'Spirit of Place,'" interprets Durrell's poem "Owed to America" in the context of American pop culture and the entertainment industry during the 1960's. Kaczvinsky is the George E. Pankey Eminent Scholar in English and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Read a longer article here.
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December 2011
William C. Johnson, the Executive Director of theSigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, wrote Dr. Robbins to congratulate our chapter of Sigma Tau Delta on the 80th anniversary of the founding of our Louisiana Tech chapter. He also congratulated our chapter on maintaining a high level of activity and said that we will receive special recognition at the 2012 International Convention in February in New Orleans. Dr. Robbins and about 8 of our students are planning to attend the conference.
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December 2011
Dr. Rick Simmons,
a Professor of English, has written a new book entitled Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Years. Just as the dances of beach music have their twists and turns, so, too, do the stories behind the hits made popular in shag haunts from Atlantic Beach to Ocean Drive and the Myrtle Beach Pavilion. In Carolina Beach Music, author and beach music enthusiast Rick Simmons draws on firsthand accounts from the legendary performers and people behind the music. Simmons reveals the true meaning behind "Oogum Boogum," uncovers just what sparked a fistfight between Ernie K. Doe and Benny Spellman at the recording session of "Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta" and examines hundreds of other true events that shaped the sounds of beach music. Carolina Beach Music examines 100 beach music classics by more than 70 artists recorded between 1947 and 1975. In their own words, the performers and the people who knew them tell the stories behind the greatest Carolina beach music classics.
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October 2011
Gary Kennedy has been named as the Alumnus of the Year for the College of Liberal Arts.
Kennedy, a 1973 Tech English graduate and 1975 master's of English graduate, began working for Red Ball Oxygen Company in 1975. He became president of Red Ball in 1987 before being named the company's chairman and chief executive officer in 2007.
The Shreveport native, who played football for the Bulldogs in 1970 and 1971, also taught English 101 as a graduate assistant at Tech. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corp via its PLC Program (Officer Candidate School) at Tech.
A player, coach and sponsor of the Shreveport Rugby Football Club, Kennedy is also a supporter and sponsor of the Louisiana Tech Rugby Club.
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October 2011
Dr. Dorothy Dodge Robbins, the Charlotte Lewis Endowed Professor of English, recently edited her fifth book,
Critical Insights: Mrs. Dalloway, a new release in the scholarly series published by Salem Press.
Along with editing the volume and writing its introduction, Robbins contributed the article "About Mrs. Dalloway," an overview of Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel that includes information about the work's origins and composition. Robbins considers Woolf's rejection of Victorian realism and the novelist's efforts to create a new form for the novel appropriate for a new age. According to Robbins, "The purpose behind this volume is three-fold: to enhance readers' understanding of this work; to facilitate research and new writing about Mrs. Dalloway; and to foster greater appreciation of Woolf's acclaimed novel."
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September 2011
Dr. Scott Levin,
a new Assistant Professor of English, came to Louisiana Tech University from
Fordham University in New York City where he completed his PhD and worked as a post-doctoral fellow. Professor Levin's specialty is 19th Century British Poetry and Literary Theory. While at Fordham, he created a new course entitled, "Rock, Rap, and The Poetic Tradition," which immediately became a popular courses on campus. The New York radio station, WFUV, recently broadcast an interview with Professor Levin that explored his choices for the class and what it was like bringing popular culture and contemporary music into the classroom. WFUV's "Fordham Conversations: Rock, Rap and the Poetic Tradition" is a thirty minute interview with Professor Levin, exploring how Professor Levin compared the poetry of writers such as William Blake, Langston Hughes and T.S. Eliot with musicians such as Nirvana, Eminem and Bob Dylan. Listen to this podcast.
WFUV-FM (90.7) or www.wfuv.org
Contact: Robin Shannon (718) 817-4557
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November 2011
Kennedy speak to English students.
Gary Kennedy, Ralph Thomas,
and Alex Kennedy of Red Ball Oxygen, spoke to
English majors and the members of Sigma Tau Delta
about finding a career with an English major. |
Spring 2011
Sigma Delta Pi Initiation 2011. The Sigma Delta Pi Spanish honor society held its initiation during the spring quarter.
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April 21, 2011
Shakespeare's Birthday 2011.
The College of Liberal Arts, the Department of English, and Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society, hosted a celebration of Shakespeare's Birthday on April 21, 2011. The party took place in the Shakespeare Garden in the GTM courtyard
and in the GTM foyer.
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June 2010
Tech-London 2010.
Fourteen students participated in the 2010 TECHLondon Summer Study Abroad Program. They were accompanied by Dr. Ken Robbins (School of Performing Arts) and Dr. Celia Lewis (Department of English).
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April 23, 2010
Shakespeare's Birthday 2010.
The Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society hosted a celebration of Shakespeare's Birthday on April 23, 2009. The party took place in the Shakespeare Garden in the GTM courtyard
and in the GTM foyer.
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September 30, 2009
Tailgating 2009. Faculty members from the School of
Literature and Language assist in the tailgating for the College of Liberal Arts. The game against
Hawaii was featured on ESPN2.
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June 2009
Tech-London 2009. The English and Theater Departments sponsor
the annual study in England.
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April 23, 2009
Shakespeare's Birthday 2009. The Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society hosted a celebration of Shakespeare's Birthday on April 23, 2009. The party took place in the Shakespeare Garden in the GTM courtyard.
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April 22, 2009
Earth Day 2009. Faculty and students recited poetry in honor of Earth Day on April 22, 2009.
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October 30, 2008
The First Poe Party. The Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society hosted a Poe Party in the Shakespeare Garden in the GTM courtyard. Dr. John Martin channeled the great Edgar Allen Poe, and students presented additional poetry readings.
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April 23, 2008
Shakespeare's Birthday 2008. Sigma Tau Delta dedicated a bust of Shakespeare in the Shakespeare Garden in the courtyard of GTM and held other events throughout the day.
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April 11, 2008
10th Annual ULM/Tech Graduate Conference. The English Departments at ULM and Louisiana Tech University held their tenth annual conference for graduate students to present their research. Click here for the schedule of papers and events.
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