Elizabeth Wade, adjunct instructor in the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication, has two flash pieces “Tympanoplasty” and “Exposure” in the inaugural issue of Weirderary, which can be accessed here. Her essay “The Rising” appeared earlier this year in The RS 500, which can be read here.
UMW to Offer Talk on Jane Austen’s Emma (The Free Lance-Star)
Subramanian Publishes Article in Women’s Heath
Sushma Subramanian, journalist and assistant professor of English, recently published “A Shock to the Senses” in the October issue of Women’s Health. The article explores how we can can protect our senses in light of constant media overstimulation.
Rafferty Publishes Essay in Anthology Devoted to Video Game
Colin Rafferty, associate professor of English, recently published the essay “Washington Bullets” in Enter Your Initials for Record Keeping, an anthology of essays about the video game “NBA Jam.” The collection was issued by Cobalt Books. Rafferty also read the essay at a book release event in Baltimore in July.
Mathur Publishes Article on Late-Sixteenth-Century Play
Maya Mathur, associate professor of English, recently published an article entitled “Rebellion from Below: Commonwealth and Community in The Life and Death of Jack Straw.” The article appeared in Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 45.2 (May 2015): 343-365.
Pineda’s Recent Poems Featured Over Summer
Jon Pineda, assistant professor of English and acting coordinator of the concentration in creative writing, has had four poems recently featured in high-profile venues of publication. “Translation” was one of the featured “Father’s Day” poems on The Poetry Foundation’s “Poetry Off The Shelf” podcast: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audioitem/5250. “Cinque Terre” and “The Muse, or Stars Out on Interstate 81 South” were featured on The Poetry Foundation’s “Poem of the Day” for August 11, 2015: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audioitem/5330 and http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audioitem/5332.
Finally, “Daughter” was featured as part of the Academy of American Poets’ “Poem-A-Day” program on August 21: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/jon-pineda.
Rochelle Publishes Short Story, Poem
Warren Rochelle, professor of English, recently published his short story “Finroc macFinniel Silmairë” in Empty Oaks 1 (Summer 2015): 60-72. He also published his poem “The House” in Crucible 48 (Fall 2014): 98-99.
Bookstore Kicks Off Wait for New Harper Lee Novel with Read-a-Thon of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (The Free Lance-Star)
Review by Barrenechea Appears in Journal of American Studies
Journal of American Studies, the preeminent journal of the field, recently published Associate Professor of English Antonio Barrenechea’s review of Colleen C. O’Brien’s Race, Romance, and Rebellion: Literatures of the Americas in the Nineteenth Century (University of Virginia Press, 2013). Professor Barrenechea’s review appears in Volume 49, Number 2.
Barrenechea Participates in Jessie Ball duPont Summer Seminar for Second Time
For the second year in a row, Antonio Barrenechea, Associate Professor of English, has been selected to participate in one of the two Jessie Ball duPont Summer Seminars sponsored by the National Humanities Center. His seminar, “Sound Studies in the Humanities and Beyond,” will meet May 31 to June 19 in Chapel Hill, N.C. His application was approved in conjunction with his on-going project on the poetics and politics of excess in the cinema of the Americas.