English Department News
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November 29, 2000
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Volume 3, No. 13
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November 30
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Charlie Smith lecture, 4:00 p.m., Pebble Hill
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December 4
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Graduate Studies Committee meeting, 9:10 a.m., HC 9030D
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December 4
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Assessment of Technical Writing and Business Writing meeting, 3:00 p.m., HC 3184
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December 6
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Graduate Faculty meeting, 3:30 p.m., HC 3104
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December 7
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Classes End
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December 8
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Dead Day
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December 9, 11-14
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Final Exams for Semester
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December 16
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Graduation
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January 29, 2001
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Littleton-Franklin Lectures, Elaine Pagels, Auburn University Hotel and
Conference Center, 4:00 p.m.
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March 5, 2001
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Littleton-Franklin Lectures, E. O. Wilson, Auburn University Hotel and
Conference Center, 4:00 p.m.
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April 9, 2001
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Littleton-Franklin Lectures, Lynn Margulis, Auburn University Hotel and
Conference Center, 4:00 p.m.
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Southern Humanities Review Publishes "Notable Essays"
 Dan Latimer reports that the Southern Humanities
Review has four entries under "Notable Essays of 1999" in the new volume of Best
American Essays, surpassing the previous record of two mentions. The honorees include:
Lydia Davis, "Remember the Van Wagenens"; Patricia Foster, "The New Royalists"; Jeffrey Hammong, "The ABC
of It: A Meditation on the Alphabet"; and John Shepley, "Three-Part Invention."
Congratulations to the honored essayists and to the editors and staff of
SHR for their record of excellence in publishing.
Making a List and Checking it Twice
The Great Books Committee invites all members of the department to let
us know by December 7, 2000 what revisions you think we ought to make to the checklists, which we plan to use to evaluate
the papers and exams we will be collecting at the end of the term as part of our assessment
program. To view the checklist, click HERE.
Please contact any member of the committee
Craig Bertolet,
Jon Bolton,
Tristanne Connolly,
Alex Dunlop,
Owen Elmore, or
Constance Relihan,
with your comments and suggestions. Thanks!
Novelist and Poet Charlie Smith to Lecture at Pebble Hill
Charlie Smith, Coal Royalty Visiting Professor of English at the
University of Alabama, will discuss his novels and poetry on Thursday, November 30, 2000 at
4:00 p.m. at Pebble Hill.
Smith, a Georgia native, lives in Manhattan and teaches at Princeton
University. He is the author of five books of poetry and six novels, the most recent being
Cheap Ticket to Heaven (1996). A reception will follow the program.
For additional information, call 844-4946. Pebble Hill programs are free
and open to the public.
Final Issue
The English Channel will resume publication in Spring Semester
with the January 17, 2001 issue. Submit items for inclusion in the January 17, 2001 issue by
the deadline, 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2001. Thanks for your contributions and for
reading The English Channel. Of course, the English Channel Forum is always open
for your questions and responses.
Question of the Week
What do you suggest for holiday reading? Please respond to this week's question in The Forum. If you have forgotten your password, please
contact George
Crandell.
Craig Bertolet's
article, "'Wel bet is roten appul out of hoord': Chaucer's Cook, Commerce, and Civic
Order," was accepted for publication in Studies in Philology. Publication is
tentatively scheduled for the summer of 2002.
If you would like to include an item in the
"Professional Notes" section of The English Channel, please submit your note
to George Crandell.
If you would like to include an item in the
"Personal Notes" section of The English Channel, please submit your note
to George Crandell.
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