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Introducing the Carolyn Ann Phillips Creative Writing Competition
Feb 23, 2026

We are thrilled to announce the launching of the Carolyn Ann Phillips Creative Writing Competition.This competition is supported by an endowed scholar...

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A Poet's Path: A Conversation with Charlotte Isenberg
Feb 23, 2026

You can usually find Charlotte Isenberg hunched over a desk, writing under the soft glow of a lamp. Whether she’s breaking down a Shakespearian sonn...

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Scholars 'n Collars with DeAndra Davis
Feb 23, 2026

See the following video interview in Alex Gluth's Scholars 'n Collars featuring DeAndra Davis.[video:https://youtube.com/shorts/pIK31qv94GY?featu...

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Writers on Writing: Students spend 3 days with Vernon, Johnson and Powell exploring New York’s literary underground
Feb 23, 2026

Twelve lucky graduating Creative Writing seniors spent a whirlwind 2-day weekend with professors Caleb Johnson, Mark Powell, and Zackary Vernon, explo...

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Coffee Talk Podcast with Alex Gluth and Caleb Johnson
Feb 16, 2026

Lift the lid and peer inside the cool and creative brain of Caleb Johnson in this week's Coffee Talk podcast with Alex Gluth.[video:https://youtu.be/E...

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Haiku’d in 60 Seconds, starring Alex Sloop, by Ethan Atwood
Feb 16, 2026

Alex Sloop was not always the best student growing up. In fact, to be clear, he was a “D student” until high school. But come high school, somethi...

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ENG 5535: Electronic Literature and Digital Writing (Dr. Flores - Summer 1)
Feb 16, 2026

How do digital media technologies shape writing and literature? What happens when writers engage the artistic potential of digital media to produce li...

Joseph Bathanti will serve as macebearer for the Fall 2025 College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Ceremony. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Joseph Bathanti to serve as macebearer for Fall 2025 CAS Commencement
Nov 18, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Joseph Bathanti will serve as macebearer for the Fall 2025 College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Commencement Ceremony. Dr. Cat...

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From Backwards Walking to Forward Thinking: Dr. DeAndra Miller’s Late Discovery of Her Superpowers
Nov 17, 2025

Prof. DeAndra Miller spent her childhood obsessed with the word “paleontologist”—not because she loved dinosaurs, but because the syllables felt...

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Landscapes, The Paris Review, and Charlie XCX: A Quick Trip Around the World(s) of Dr. Hannah LeClaire
Nov 10, 2025

To have a sit-down conversation with Dr. Hannah LeClair is to be transported across centuries and continents. Though we never physically left her four...