Literary Pursuits of Faculty
CofC faculty are experts in their fields, as this roundup of their new books attests.
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01, 2023
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04, 2019
Editor of ‘The Paris Review’ Lends Advice to MFA Students
Students in the College's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program got to hear from the editor of 'The Paris Review' during a recent event.
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09, 2018
Creative Writing Project Builds Cross-Continental Community in Bahrain
Two M.F.A. candidates spent the spring semester mentoring undergraduates at the University of Bahrain, creating a cross-cultural community of creative writers.
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07, 2018
The Case of the Immortal Detective
Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed literary human character on screen, which delights Elizabeth "Betsy" Bramlett Backer '81.
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01, 2018
M.F.A. Student Joins National Conversation on Women’s Rights
M.F.A. student McKayla Robbin was recently featured on the PBS show 'Newshour' after poems from her first book of poetry, 'we carry the sky,' were translated into a short film.
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09, 2017
English Major’s Works Published in S.C. Anthology
Junior Stella Rounsefell has a poem and a short story published in the second volume of "Writing South Carolina."
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06, 2017
Caffeine Fueled Words: A Creative Story
Laura Westby Cannon '09 is one of 12 writers in the Collegeโs new M.F.A. program in creative writing, which held its first classes in the fall of 2016.
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04, 2017
CofC English Professor Awarded Juniper Prize for Fiction
Malinda McCollum recently received the Juniper Literary Prize for Fiction for her short story collection The Surprising Places: Stories.
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10, 2016
Senior Citizen Pursues Lifelong Goal to Earn Degree
Cathy Keaton, who dropped out of college in 1969, is proving that it's never too late to go back to school.
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09, 2015
Alum Braves Arctic to Pen First Novel
Alexander Lumans '06 spent three frigid yet exhilarating weeks aboard a tall ship sailing through the Arctic Circle.