The Scarlet Newsletter is a production of the Department of English at The University of Alabama. “Margaret Atwood Comes to Tuscaloosa” by Kalen Breland, English Major “An Interview with Professor […]
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Letter from Chair
Department of English The University of Alabama Fall 2017 Letter from Department Chair Joel Brouwer To the English Department Community, Greetings from Morgan Hall! I welcome this opportunity to share […]
Margaret Atwood Comes to Tuscaloosa
On November 14, the Department of English hosted “An Evening with Margaret Atwood,” held in the sold-out Bama Theater. This evening was not Atwood’s first time in Tuscaloosa; in 1985, […]
An Interview with Professor Trudier Harris
Trudier Harris is a University Distinguished Research Professor of the Department of English at The University of Alabama, an honor she has held since 2015. A graduate of Tuscaloosa’s Stillman […]
Dr. Delia Steverson: UA Alumna and SREB Fellowship Recipient
Dr. Delia Steverson graduated from The University of Alabama’s Department of English with a Ph.D. in African American literature in 2017. She is now an assistant professor in English at […]
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Professor Phil Beidler’s Beautiful War: Studies in a Dreadful Fascination
Dr. Philip Beidler has been a professor in the Department of English since the 1970s and holds Master’s and Doctoral degrees in English from the University of Virginia. He also […]
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Interview with Dana Sweeney, English Major Alumnus and Recipient of the Truman Scholarship
Dana Sweeney graduated summa cum laude in May 2017 with a major in English Literature. While at UA, Sweeney earned a prestigious Truman Scholarship, beating out 729 candidates from 305 […]
Interview with Lena Levendoski, English Major Alumna
Lena Levendoski graduated from UA with a BA in English in 1995. She is currently the founder of the non-profit organization, Stick’s Gift, which provides clothing to newborns in need […]
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What We’re Writing/Reading
Dr. Shanti Weiland I am currently editing my poetry manuscript, “Cracked Planet,” which is a dark, modern fairytale that explores the relationship between time and memory. I imagine the manuscript […]