Dr. Trudier Harris I just finished reading—for the second time—Suzan-Lori Parks’s Getting Mother’s Body (2003). Parks is known primarily as a playwright, having won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Topdog/Underdog. […]
Tag: Spring 2015 Newsletter
An Evolving Perspective: 16 Years with Carol Appling
After spending 16 years working for The University of Alabama Department of English, former Graduate Coordinator Carol Appling has said her goodbyes. In 1998, Appling took on the role as […]
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Carl Peterson: MFA Alumnus
As the world changes at an ever-increasing pace, professionals of all stripes find themselves changing careers and adapting their skills from their original degrees to new settings and contexts. Carl […]
An Unorthodox Path
Shea Henderson waits outside Starbucks among his fellow students for our meeting, holding The Crimson White and intently reading an article as I approach him. Like the majority of students […]
Graduate Student Takes on Creative Writing
Meghan Tear Plummer is a graduate student at The University of Alabama. She is currently in the MFA program on campus and loves every minute of it. Plummer grew up […]
Dr. Heidi Staples: English Professor
Dr. Heidi Staples is a new faculty member in the Department of English, here at Alabama. A native Southerner, hailing from the Gulf Coastal Plain, Staples completed her MFA at […]
Dr. Raymond Wachter: English Instructor
Dr. Raymond Wachter studied creative writing and received his B.A. in English from the University of Iowa. He studied American literature and received his M.A. and PhD in English from […]
Hali Felt: English Professor
Hali Felt may be a fresh face within The University of Alabama’s Department of English, but her impressive accomplishments could convince anyone that she has already established a name for […]
Brian Oliu: Video Games and the Writing Process
This fall, I had the opportunity to sit down with The University of Alabama MFA graduate and current UA English Instructor Brian Oliu to discuss his career as a teacher […]
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Another Great Year Learning Teen Shakespeare
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview the UA Department of English’s Dr. Natalie Loper. She earned her PhD. at UA in Renaissance Studies and teaches a class called, “Teen […]
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