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English Department Press Releases

VWS to Feature Two Hope Writers (January 16, 2012)
William Pannapacker Appointed to National Digital Humanities Council (November 3, 2011)
Visiting Writers Series to Open Season on Sept. 27 (September 19, 2011)
David James Authors Collection of Poetry (June 2, 2011)
Book of Poetry Explores Korean-American Experience (April 12, 2011)
Five Members of the Faculty to Retire (April 4, 2011)
Annual DeGraaf Lecture to Examine Fiction and Characters (March 31, 2011)
English Professor Jennifer Young Tait Dies (March 19, 2011)
Memoir by Heather Sellers to Receive Adult Literature Award (March 1, 2011)
Memoir by Heather Sellers Named Michigan Notable Book (December 13, 2010)
Prof. Heather Sellers to Appear on Rachael Ray Show (November 5, 2010)
Annual Muste Lecture to Discuss “Islam and the Practice of Non-violence” (October 14, 2010)
Memoir Reflects on Face Blindness, Family and Forgiveness (October 5, 2010)
Marathon Reading Scheduled of “The Fellowship of the Ring” (September 17, 2010)
David Cho of English Faculty Authors Poetry Chapbook (August 30, 2010)
Poetry Anthology Again Tops Best Seller List (August 20, 2010)
Emily Sicard of South Haven Receives Fulbright Award (May 3, 2010)
John Cox Featured on NPR Program on Shakespeare (April 12, 2010)
Garrison Keillor to Feature Poem by Jack Ridl (April 2, 2010)
Speaker to Discuss “Walt Whitman in the Digital Age” (February 4, 2010)
Screening and Discussion of “Seven Passages” on Jan. 29 (January 20, 2010)
William Pannapacker Speaking at Symposium in Denmark (January 20, 2010)
Essay by Heather Sellers Named Finalist (January 14, 2010)
NPR and Garrison Keillor to Feature Poems by Jack Ridl (November 17, 2009)
Memoir Reflects on Revisiting Mennonite Roots (October 13, 2009)
Winners Named in Vienna Summer School Competition (October 5, 2009)
Major Grant Funds Arts and Humanities Research Program (September 29, 2009)
Poems Capture World of High School Basketball (September 16, 2009)
Lecture to Focus on French Frankenstein Novel (September 14, 2009)
Fall Convocation Launches 148th Academic Year (August 30, 2009)
Text of 2009 Fall Convocation Address (August 30, 2009)
Convocation Will Open New School Year (August 12, 2009)
Poetry Anthology Tops Best Seller List (July 30, 2009)
Memoir Focuses on Breaking Cycle of Family Violence (May 15, 2009)
Visiting Writers Series to Feature Francine Prose (February 23, 2009)
Heather Sellers Has Work in Poetry Anthology (December 2, 2008)
Lecture on “Learning to Live Before You Die” (November 4, 2008)
British Scholar to Discuss C.S. Lewis (October 14, 2008)
Hope Announces 2008-09 Visiting Writers Series (August 29, 2008)
Convocation Will Open New School Year (August 6, 2008)
Recent Hope Grads Receive Teaching Fellowships (June 11, 2008)
Visiting Writers Series to Feature Karen Joy Fowler (April 7, 2008)
Book Views Teaching in Lewis’s Christian Writings (February 18, 2008)
Lecturer to Present “The Death of Criticism?” (February 18, 2008)
British Scholar on C.S. Lewis to Speak (January 7, 2008)
Book Analyzes Writing of Walter Wangerin Jr. (December 12, 2007)
Survivor of Rwandan Genocide to Speak (November 30, 2007)
Book Explores Faith and Doubt in Shakespeare (November 19, 2007)
Heather Sellers Authors Book of Poetry (November 7, 2007)
Chapbook of Poetry by David James Published (October 29, 2007)
Visiting Writers Series to Feature Two Authors (October 8, 2007)
Visiting Writers Series to Feature Cornelius Eady (September 4, 2007)
Hope Mortar Board Chapter Earns Multiple Honors (August 23, 2007)
Chapbook of Poems by David James Published (July 12, 2007)
Collection of Poems by Jackie Bartley Published (May 15, 2007)
Poetry Collection by Jack Ridl Wins Honor (May 1, 2007)
Book Commemorates Faculty Member (April 11, 2007)
Artist to Discuss Art in Tibet and Give Reading (March 29, 2007)
Two Hope Faculty Poets to Read (January 16, 2007)
How-to Guide Designed for Book Writers (January 10, 2007)
Address to Focus on Chronicles of Narnia (October 16, 2006)
Winners Named in Vienna Plaggemars Competition (October 9, 2006)
Journals Publish Writing Students’ Interviews (September 18, 2006)
Visiting Writers Series Named for Jack Ridl (September 14, 2006)
Jack Ridl to Open Visiting Writers Series (August 28, 2006)
Nonfiction Collection Includes Work by Hope Profs (August 22, 2006)
Chapbook of Poems by David James Published (May 15, 2006)
Dianne Portfleet Presented H.O.P.E. Award (May 7, 2006)
2006 Commencement Address (May 7, 2006)
Author Discusses Racial Harmony in Michigan’s Past (April 4, 2006)
Poetry Volume Features Mathematical Connection (April 3, 2006)
Production Featuring Prof Nominate for Emmy (March 3, 2006)
Presentation on Health, Nutrition and Stress (February 28, 2006)
Poetry Explores Circus Life (February 13, 2006)
VWS to Feature Poet Victor Rodriguez- Núñez (January 16, 2006)
Charles Huttar Co-Edits Book on Susan Howatch (December 14, 2005)
Winners Named in Vienna Plaggemars Competition (November 4, 2005)
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist to Read (October 27, 2005)
Jack Ridl to Be Honored by Westminster College (September 14, 2005)
Book Provides “The Way into Narnia” (September 8, 2005)
Heather Sellers Has Poetry in Anthology (August 30, 2005)
Jackie Bartley Awarded Ragdale Residency (June 1, 2005)
Scholar to Participate in Whitman Conferences (March 21, 2005)
Two Profs Receive NEH Fellowships (February 10, 2005)
Chapbook of Poems Forthcoming (February 2, 2005)
Prof Writes How-to Book for Writers (January 27, 2005)
Profs Co-Author Literature Anthology (September 14, 2004)
Book of Poetry by Francis Fike Published (May 19, 2003)
Poem by Heather Sellers Featured Online (May 13, 2003)
Tolkien Reading Marathon Planned for April 5 (April 26, 2003)
Visiting Writers to Read on April 22 (April 8, 2003)
Alumni Lecture on American Literature and History (April 8, 2003)
Visiting Writers to Read on March 27 (March 10, 2003)
Visiting Writers to Feature Glenis Redmond Feb. 27 (February 10, 2003)
VWS Features Author Peter Ho Davies Jan. 28 (January 13, 2003)
Hope Professors Edit Poetry Anthology (November 26, 2002)
Visiting Writers to Read Nov. 14 (November 4, 2002)
Philosopher Poet Will Lecture and Give Reading (October 29, 2002)
Viena Plaggemars Essay Winners Announced (October 28, 2002)
Lecture on Shakespeare and Herbert (October 25, 2002)
Book Names Finalist in Fiction Competition (July 9, 2002)
Book on Ambrose Bierce's Civil War Writings (June 26, 2002)
Peter Schakel Writes Book on C.S. Lewis (June 19, 2002)
Inaugural Poetry Prize Recipient Named (April 16, 2002)
Lecture on Medieval Religious Art (March 20, 2002)
Visiting Writers Series Continue March 11 (March 4, 2002)
Visiting Writers Series Presents Samuel Hazo and Nahid Rachlin (February 11, 2002)
Jack Ridl Wins Poetry Competition (February 11, 2002)
Visiting Writers on April 17 (February 8, 2002)
New Award Established for Hope Student Poets (February 4, 2002)
Poetry Collection Published (September 26, 2001)
Poetry Collection Published (September 11, 2001)
Stephen Hemenway Honored by College (June 14, 2001)
Jack Ridl Wins Competition (May 7, 2001)
Francis Fike to Retire (April 30, 1998)
Academic Honors (April 23, 1998)
John Hollenbach Dies (April 20, 1998)
Provost Honors Two Professors (January 5, 1998)
Huttar & Schakel Honored for Book (October 27, 1997)
John Cox Chosen for Folger Seminar (October 14, 1997)
Fike Poetry Published (September 30, 1997)
Bartley Poetry Published (September 16, 1997)