We are excited to congratulate recent MA graduate Holly Thompson on her position as the 2025-2026 Storozynski Writer in Residence at Notre Dame University Reilly Center. The Storozynski Writing Fellowship, sponsored by the Health, Humanities, and Society (HHS) program in collaboration with the Creative Writing […]
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Congratulations to Mackenzie Kozak on her debut collection, no swaddle, which has been awarded the Iowa Poetry Prize and will be published in April 2025. We look forward to hosting her for a reading in the near future. Mackenzie Kozak is a poet […]
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Hometown: Wolfville, Nova Scotia Major/Minor/Graduation Year: BSc with Honours in Math & Statistics and English (Acadia University, ’16); MA in English (McGill University, ’18), MDIV (Wake Forest University, ’21) Current Employment: Alternative Media Specialist, Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success, Wake Forest University What […]
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Hometown: Fenwick Island, Delaware Degree: English Master’s Degree (20th Century American Lit) Current Employment: Director of Partnerships at Raising The Village, a nonprofit working in poverty alleviation in Uganda What role has the English major played in your career path? Working at a small poverty-focused […]
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English alum Kim Jones ’05, MA.Ed ’06, is featured in this month’s Deacon Spotlight. She speaks about how her love of literature and her passion for culturally relevant and responsive teaching practices shapes her work as an English teacher, equity advocate, and change leader in […]
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A note: Since sharing this with us, Mr. Perry has been appointed Chancellor of the Chancery Court for the 30th Judicial District of Tennessee. He’ll be a participant at our Pre-Law Conversation hosted by Sigma Tau Delta and the English Student Association […]
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Hometown: Hobbs, New Mexico Majors and Graduation Year: English and Spanish, 2005 Current Employment: Director, Center for Self-Help and Dispute Resolution, Second Judicial District Court, Albuquerque, NM What role has the English major played in your career path? When I think of the ways my […]
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Hometown: Roanoke, Virginia Graduation Year: MA in English, 1983 Current Employment: Clergy (retired) / Poet What role has the English major played in your career path?: I entered the MA program at Wake with the intention of a teaching career, but life, and God, intervened. […]
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A poem by Wake Forest University creative writing alumna Nina Oteria can now be found on the Corcoran Poetry Wall, a new public installation painted by Bethany Bash. Bash’s mural, which includes Oteria’s poem alongside a poem by Kristi Stout, is located on Corcoran Street […]
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As an undergrad I double majored in English and Theatre, and I graduated in 2000. I finished my MA in English at Wake in 2013, and I earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of South Carolina in 2017. I am currently a […]
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