Stories about "Language and literature"
The Believing Game
Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:45 pm
Peer editing demands a desceptively simple act of faith.
Ask Me Another
Sunday, May 11, 2008 11:40 am
There's nothing alien about ET abduction, says Stephanie Kelley-Romano.
Reason and Rhyme
Sunday, May 11, 2008 11:22 am
Two Prizewinning alum poets praise Rober Farnsworth, recipient of the Kroepsch Aware for Teaching, for helping them navigate the writer's world.
Composition One-on-One
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 2:16 pm
Students teach students as writing becomes an explicit value of the Bates curriculum.
Poetry reading inaugurates John Tagliabue Poetry Fund
Saturday, May 3, 2008 3:14 pm
Award-winning poets Pamela Alexander '70 and X. J. Kennedy P'86 and '94 read from their work in celebration of the inauguration of the John Tagliabue Poetry Fund at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave., Bates College. A book signing and reception will immediately follow the reading, and the public is invited to attend at no charge.
Composition One-on-One
Saturday, March 1, 2008 2:16 pm
Students teach students as writing becomes an explicit value of the Bates curriculum.
Writer-in-residence Farnsworth receives 2008 Kroepsch Award
Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:29 pm
In winning the 2008 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching, writer-in-residence Robert Farnsworth won praise from current and former students, including two alums who are prizewinning poets themselves. Farnsworth will deliver the Kroepsch address, "Psst!: Poems Teach Themselves," on Feb. 13.
Gabriel Fried '96 reads from award-winning poetry collection
Thursday, September 27, 2007 2:33 pm
The English department opens its 2007-08 Visiting Writers Series with a reading by poet Gabriel Fried, Bates Class of 1996, tonight in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave.
2007 Summer Reading List
Monday, June 4, 2007 4:27 pm
Each spring, the College Store publishes a list of good summer reads suggested by members of the Bates community. In a new twist this year, submitters were also asked to suggest that one book they'd like to have with them if they were shipwrecked on a deserted, tropical island for several months. So, look for a few titles for desert-island reading in this, the 11th annual "Non-required Reading List, or Good Reads for Leisure Moments."
Musician Corey Harris '91 to speak at Bates Commencement on May 27
Wednesday, April 4, 2007 12:25 pm
Four honorary degree recipients will speak at Bates College's 141st commencement, on May 27. The honorands are children's book author Eric Carle, singer-songwriter Corey Harris '91, inventor-entrepreneur Dean Kamen and actor and author Anna Deavere Smith.