Nash Dunn

Oct 10, 2011

Two CHASS Faculty Summoned for White House Summit

Susan Miller-Cochran and Chris Anson at the White House English Professors Chris Anson and Susan Miller-Cochran were invited guests at the White House last week for a summit focused around their areas of expertise. Miller-Cochran directs the university’s First Year Writing Program. Anson, a university distinguished professor, directs the Campus Writing and Speaking Program. Here’s…

Oct 5, 2011

Dust off your old films—Home Movie Day is October 15

Home Movie Day is a celebration of local amateur home movies that also provides a chance for attendees to learn how to preserve those movies for the enjoyment of future generations. Come meet with local film archivists, learn about the long-term benefits of film over video and other digital media, and of course, watch a…

Oct 5, 2011

United States Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin Visits NC State

Join us at 7:30 on October 17 in Stewart Theatre, when the United States Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin will be our very special guest. Merwin is one of the most widely-read poets in America. During his 50-year career, his work has been recognized with two Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, and countless other accolades.…

Sep 28, 2011

Creating a literary culture

How do you enhance the literary culture of North Carolina? A culture that encourages aspiring writers from all over the state to contribute their imaginative best? The short answer: contests. Since the beginning of NC State’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program seven years ago, the program’s fiction and poetry contests have been…

Sep 26, 2011

Interactive Art Exhibit Features CHASS Faculty, Students

Tunnel Vision will be on display. A cutting-edge interactive art exhibition is opening at Raleigh’s Contemporary Art Museum, and faculty and students from the college’s interdisciplinary Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) doctoral program are among the artists. ID:ENTITY is a group exhibition that explores the complex dichotomy between the public and private versions of…

Sep 9, 2011

A poem for 9/11 by NC State’s Poet in Residence

A Fingerby John BalabanNC State University Poet in Residence After most of the bodies were hauled away and while the FBI and Fire Department and NYPD were still haggling about who was in charge, as smoke cleared,the figures in Tyvek suits came, gloved, gowned, masked,ghostly figures searching rubble for pieces of people,bagging, then sending the…

Sep 9, 2011

MFA Student Wins Second Nebula Award

On writing, MFA student Kij Johnson has one piece of advice: “Don’t be afraid of it—you just have to go do it.”  If her determination and dedication to writing are any indication, she takes her own advice seriously. Johnson (MFA candidate, 2012), who did not start writing until she was 25, is the winner of…

Sep 1, 2011

Creating a literary culture

How do you enhance the literary culture of North Carolina? A culture that encourages aspiring writers from all over the state to contribute their imaginative best? The short answer: contests. Since the beginning of NC State’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program seven years ago, the program’s fiction and poetry contests have been…

Aug 31, 2011

Time Machine: See and Hear John Donne Preach (Sort Of)

CHASS Professor of English John Wall is using modern technology to simulate time travel: He's working with an international team to recreate the sights and sounds of one of John Donne's most important sermons at St. Paul's in virtual space.Best of all, he’s hoping to make it available to anyone who is interested.

Aug 23, 2011

Meet Linda Watson, the ‘Cook for Good Lady’

Linda Watson (English ’79) has had an extraordinary career that spans the corporate, political, dot com, and environmental worlds. She is currently putting her communication and writing skills to use as the ‘Cook For Good Lady’ for the company she has founded. Watson’s recent book is Wildly Affordable Organic. Video produced by Jim Alchediak of…