Podcast: Professor of English Jessica Baldanzi and “Ms. Marvel’s America”
Professor of English Jessica Baldanzi and Hussein Rashid, co-editors of "Ms. Marvel’s America: No Normal," focus on the superhero Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan.
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Gayatri Patnaik ’90 receives Biographer’s International Organization’s 2020 Editorial Excellence Award
Gayatri Patnaik '90 received BIO’s 2020 Editorial Excellence Award on November 9, at an online ceremony. Patnaik is Associate Director and Editorial Director of Beacon Press, where for 18 years she has edited and published many books on race, ethnicity, and immigration.
Jenna Wysong Filbrun ’06 publishes book ‘The Unsaid Words’
Jenna Wysong Filbrun's '06 new book, 'The Unsaid Words,' is a small collection of poems about life with chronic pain.
Our faith must compel us to work for change
Greta Lapp Klassen, a sophomore at Goshen College, studying English and Education, shares a blog as part of a series on racial justice where writers reflect on what it means to do anti-racism work in their context.
Writer Don Marquis ’59 jazz-loving life in New Orleans comes to a close, with one last dance
For six decades, Don Marquis '59, a son of small-town Indiana, has been the bard of Big Easy jazz. A fixture of the French Quarter, he’s written countless articles and a classic book.
‘Walking in the World’ class takes on new meaning for students in quarantine
From Indiana to New Mexico to Colorado to Virginia, students in the"Walking the World" May term class explored the relationship between human ideas and environmental engagement, all while participating in the act of walking.
Ms. Marvel’s America: Looking toward a superhero in challenging times
A new book edited by Jessica Baldanzi, professor of English, titled “Ms. Marvel’s America: No Normal,” features essays about being Muslim and female in the Marvel Universe.
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey ’88 is Brittle Paper’s African Literary Person of the Year 2019
Brittle Paper‘s African Literary Person of the Year, now in its fifth year, recognizes individuals who work behind the scenes to hold up the African literary establishment in the given year. The 2019 Honor goes to Ellah Wakatama Allfrey '88.
Ann Hostetler explores difficult times in new book Safehold
Acclaimed as a “true work of Christian poetry,” Professor of English Ann Hostetler’s “Safehold” invites a thought-provoking, spiritual outlook on dealing with a loss of assurance.
Baldanzi draws lessons from graphic novels
Jessica Baldanzi, professor of English, published an essay titled “Beyond Hair Bows and Cleavage: Helping Women Draw Their Iconic Selves,” in the collection “Lessons Drawn: Essays on the Pedagogy of Comics and Graphic Novels."