[For my annual Fall semester reflections series, I wanted to share some of the new texts and ideas I encountered this semester. I’d love to hear things you discovered or rediscovered this Fall in comments!]
Two years
ago, at the start of the Fall 2021 semester, I took over as the Chair of our Graduate
English Program at Fitchburg State, in the midst of the crises of
enrollment and sustainability about which I wrote in
this post. We’ve worked throughout those two years to address those issues
and grow our program and continue to do so this Fall, and I’d certainly love
for you all to help spread the word to anyone who might be interested in
completing an online English Studies MA (and/or our newly created Creative
Writing Certificate). I have lots of selfless reasons for wanting the
program to survive and grow, but also selfishly I learn so much from our grad
students, and perhaps especially from the many with whom I’ve been able to work
on their MA Thesis. I’m advising one such Thesis this semester, from the
phenomenal student and teacher Heather Ferguson who’s working on
representations of LGBTQ+ identities in the works of William Shakespeare and Douglas Stuart. I had never heard of
Stuart before Heather began this work, and have greatly appreciated the chance
to connect with his two novels, which do indeed portray LGBTQ+ identities in
thoughtful ways but are also and especially just great 21st century
literary works. Want to explore such works in your own graduate studies, or know
someone who does? Maybe FSU’s Graduate English program is the spot for you!
Spring
preview post this weekend,
Ben
PS. What
do you think? Other Fall finds you’d share?
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