Topic: English Department — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Features

AI vs. Creative Writing? Three Kenyon professors weigh in

At home, language is steam— rice cooker clicking into rest, my mother’s voice folding another country into the kitchen. Read More

by Chau Anh Nguyen
February 5, 2026
Section: News

Sunset on Sunset Cottage, historic building to be torn down

Sunset Cottage, the historic home of the Kenyon Department of English, will be demolished over winter break. Chief Operating Officer Roger Wakeman cited concerns… Read More

by Tadhg Sahutske
September 25, 2025
Section: Arts

Lars Horn talks trans embodiment, sea creatures at reading

On the afternoon of Feb. 15, Kenyon welcomed Lars Horn to campus. Horn is the award-winning author of Voice of the Fish: A Lyric… Read More

by Dorothy Yaqub
February 22, 2024
Section: Arts

Abou-Zeineddine reads story from new collection Dearborn

On Jan. 25, laughter mingled with a touch of sorrow in the Community Foundation Theater as the Department of English welcomed back author and… Read More

by Eric Ai
February 1, 2024
Section: Arts

James Fujinami Moore shares poignant poetry at reading

James Fujinami Moore read several poems from his book, Indecent Hours, on Tuesday in an event sponsored by the Robert P. Hubbard Professorship, the… Read More

by Emma Rice
November 2, 2023
Section: News

With several English professors on leave in fall, department undergoes search

With course registration for next semester underway, many English majors have noticed a significant drop in the number of English courses offered next… Read More

by Huijun Mao
April 22, 2021
Section: News

English department to review major requirements, courses

Continuing the changes that began last spring with the decision to remove the comprehensive written exam from the major requirements, the Department of… Read More

by Kayleigh McCoy
October 31, 2019
Section: Arts

Toni Morrison read-in event remembers the author’s works

A projection of Toni Morrison’s face, lost in dreamy contemplation, filled the front wall of Cheever Room. Her quietly powerful gaze watched over… Read More

by Chameli Belk-Gupta
September 12, 2019
Section: News

Professorship loses lease to Thomas House

In the reshuffling of Kenyon’s English faculty, a new College building is up for grabs: Thomas House — otherwise known as R-28 —… Read More

by Evey Weisblat
April 11, 2019
Section: Features

Department of English seeks next Richard L. Thomas Chair

Since poet and critic John Crowe Ransom accepted a professorship in 1937, Kenyon has been known as a writing school. This reputation is… Read More

by Dante Kanter
January 24, 2019