Divided We Fall

Based on McComiskey’s introduction, this book is clearly designed—apart from its intention to introduce us, the students, to the various disciplines within English Studies—to the potential for interdisciplinarity within those same English fields.  To put it mildly, I agree.  I believe I have tried to do just that in my own English classroom; I may [...]

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blogging….check…check….

I really enjoyed reading these articles! They gave me such a deeper understanding of the english studies field as a whole.  I never knew there were quite so many political and personal obstacles in this particular discipline! I was wondering to myself, is it really possible for linguistics, creative writing, rhetoric and composition, plus everything [...]

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Creative Writing and Academia

While I enjoyed McComiskey’s Introduction, and the essays by Haake and Lauer, I’m going to admit that Barton’s essay was tough to get through. Perhaps it’s because I’ve never taken a course in Linguistics, so some of the “lingo” or “language” just wasn’t translating for me.
That said, I really did enjoy the other two [...]

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What happens to creativity?

Admittedly, the introduction to McComiskey’s English Studies threw me for a somewhat painstaking historical loop, and I can’t say that I was looking forward to reading 3 chapters over my three-day weekend, but seriously? I was surprised- and happily.
For me, the highlights and majority of empathy resided in the final reading, Haake’s “Creative Writing.” As [...]

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Write On

  Since completing my undergrad degree in English Communications awhile back, I’ve been focusing most of my time, money, and energy on further developing my writing skills.   Though I’ve started in fiction,  I’ve been concentrating on nonfiction and journalism over the past two years or so.    I’m always open to learning more about other genres.  I [...]

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