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Actor, Cry It Out, Lean Ensemble: "One year after the production was cancelled, many of the members of Lean’s original company return to present Cry It Out virtually and free of charge."  https://www.leanensemble.org/

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In ETIS, we grow together as people, scholars, and professionals.  We provide students with a transformative education that expands their sense of the world around them as well as empowers them to act upon it. Through the study, appreciation, and impact of language and literature, creative and professional writing, interdisciplinary inquiry and research, performance and community engagement, we offer degrees in English, English Education, and Interdisciplinary Studies, and offer minors in literature, creative writing, professional writing, theater, and film studies.

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Amanda Mazeika, ENGL '20 USCB Student of the Year!

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Amanda Mazeika, ENGL '20 USCB Student of the Year!

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Presented her research about the 19th-century American writer Margaret Fuller at the
Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (GURC), and then published a reflection and her conference abstract in Conversations - The Newsletter of the Margaret Fuller Society (see pages 27-28). Amanda was the very first undergraduate scholar featured in the newsletter. She was mentored by Dr. Mollie Barnes.

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Writing Project at Whale Branch Middle School

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Writing Project at Whale Branch Middle School

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Dr. Sarah Swofford led a group of USCB Teaching of Writing and Writing Center Tutors to assist with helping Whale Branch Middle Student improve their writing skills.

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Participated in the Disney College Program, while taking an independent study course, Writing the Disney College Program.

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The Pen has been awarded its THIRD 1st Place prize by the American Scholastic Press Association!

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USCB's Society of Creative Writers is dedicated to sharing a passion for the written word with like-minded peers. This student-led group allows writers of any experience level to share their work, get constructive criticism and other feedback from classmates, network or just hang out and talk about writing. The group typically meets on campus once a week (the Facebook group gives the most current meeting information) and holds a public reading at the end of the semester. Each semester, society members and other contributors from diverse majors across USCB assemble their work in the university's literary magazine, The Pen, which reaches out to fellow students and the community to showcase a taste of the university's broad range of creative talent.

Contact

Dr. Ellen Malphrus ( emalphrus@sc.edu), Faculty Advisor
Join the Facebook Group!

The Pen is a biannual publication of the Society of Creative Writers, produced under the supervision of the Department of English, Theater, and Liberal Studies at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. The Pen features the original work of USCB students typically in the realm of creative writing, which includes primarily fiction and poetry, as well as other creative arts, such as photography. The aim of The Pen is to highlight commendable, creative student work and provide students a place where their work may be published with credit. See below for criteria for publication and instructions for submissions.

Download the latest edition!

Edited by Amanda Mazeika, Angela Stevens, Cecelia Codling, Christopher Hunt, Maddie Csernica, Madison Hayes, Matthew Rodriguez, and Selena Menjivar. Graphic design by Timothy Devine.

Selected Past Editions:

Edited by Alexis Henderson, Samantha Jones. Christopher Hunt, Madison Hayes, and Jayme Brinson.
Graphic design by Timothy Devine.

Fall 2013
Edited by Scotti DeRouen, Sarah Doty, and Victoria Hilton.

Spring 2013
Edited by Samantha Clevinger and David Goff.

Criteria for Publication / Instructions for Submissions

In order to be considered for publication in The Pen, writers must be current USCB students or prior students with no more than two years since their last active semester. Students do not need be enrolled in an English or art course to submit work.

All work submitted for publication must be original, unpublished and preferably produced while the writer/artist was a USCB student. Most types of creative writing, art and other expression will be happily considered. ("Fan fiction" will not be accepted.)

There is no limit to the amount of submissions per person, however, writers are expected to send only polished, college-level work. Writing pieces should not exceed 2,500 words each.

All writing pieces must be sent via email in an attached Microsoft Word document. Ensure work is formatted as it is intended to appear on the page, especially poetry. Each piece should be sent in its own file, and each piece must include a title and the author's name.

While it is The Pen's goal to publish work exactly as it is submitted, the editorial staff does reserve the right to edit submissions for publication. Typically, this will include editing for spelling, punctuation, grammar and consistency. Writers should inform the editorial board of any intentional misspellings to avoid unintended corrections.

All art and photography must be sent via email as a JPEG file no smaller than 5" x 7" at 300 dpi. Artists and photographers must include their name and a title for each entry as well as information on the medium (i.e., oil on canvas, charcoal on paper).

Published writers and artists will be provided with at least one free copy of The Pen.

To submit, or for more information, email the editorial board at ThePenUSCB@gmail.com.

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USCB's Society of Creative Writers is dedicated to sharing a passion for the written word with like-minded peers. This student-led group allows writers of any experience level to share their work, get constructive criticism and other feedback from classmates, network or just hang out and talk about writing.

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This list is always a work in progress. Please let us know what you're doing!

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Recipient of the 2020 James R. Bennett College English Association (CEA) Award for Literature and Peace, for her paper, “Changing Tides: Navigating Viet Nam War Literature."

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Louis Brown, IDST '18, Film Studies Minor

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Louis Brown, IDST '18, Film Studies Minor

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Produced Murdercycle.

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Murdercycle: Ride or Die (2019) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

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ZOOM talk with Jewish Educational Alliance, Savannah GA.

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Enter the Undead Author: Intellectual Property, the Ideology of Authorship, and Performance Practices Since the 1960s. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

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The Department of English, Theater, and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of South Carolina Beaufort

Contact: etis [at] uscb.edu

Department Chair
Lauren Hoffer
hoffer [at] uscb.edu

Administrative Assistant
Lauren Presnar
presnar [at] uscb.edu

Editor of this (submissions, error notifications welcome.)
Rob Kilgore
kilgorer [at] uscb.edu

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Recipient 2018 Society for the Study of American Women Writers Best Essay Prize, sponsored and juried by Legacy: The Journal of American Women Writers. This prize is awarded once every three years, recognizing the top essays at the conference; her paper on Charlotte Forten will appear in a future issue of Legacy. Dr. Barnes also recently had another essay on Margaret Fuller accepted for publication in Reframing Nineteenth-Century Activist Rhetorics, forthcoming from MLA Press in 2020.

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The Year of the Witching is the first novel of two forthcoming from Penguin Random House. This book began out of her Creative Writing Senior Thesis.

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"This is a beautiful, powerful, important book, and I hugely recommend it."-Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of The Unkindest Tide

" The Year of the Witching is a dark wood ready to swallow you whole with its tense stakes and beguiling prose. Henderson takes witchcraft to its very depths, unraveling the horrific nightmares of bone-deep ideology and devastating oppression." - Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles series

"A haunting, unique read I couldn't put down-a story that cuts to the heart."-Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tempests and Slaughter

"A thrillingly brisk and bracing tale of magic and power, I loved this book. It takes the best tropes of horror and witchcraft and gives them a refreshingly feminist twist."- S.A. Chakraborty, National bestselling author of The Daevabad Trilogy

"A dark, dramatic tale of oppression and rebellion, ideology and morality, with a complicated, appealing protagonist caught in a Handmaid's Tale nightmare."- Louisa Morgan, Author of The Age of Witches

"Grips you by the throat from the very first page and refuses to let go. Gothic, dark, and utterly enthralling, this is a world I wanted to sink into and never leave. I adored this book." - Emily A. Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Saints

"A masterfully eerie, feminist story that binds itself to the reader's mind and won't let go." - Shea Ernshaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep

"Creepy, compelling, and compulsively readable...blends the terror of the supernatural with the all-too-recognizable human evils of power and dogma." - Fonda Lee, Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga

"Bone-chilling and breathtakingly beautiful...storytelling at its finest." - Rena Barron, author of Kingdom of Souls

"A brutal tale of religion, witchcraft, & patriarchy. The perfect read for fans of The Handmaid's Tale." - amanda lovelace, National bestselling author of the princess saves herself in this one

"This book will haunt your dreams."-Christina Henry, National Bestselling author of Alice and The Ghost Tree

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The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson: 9780593099605 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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"This is a beautiful, powerful, important book, and I hugely recommend it."-Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of The Unkindest Tide " The Year of the Witching is a dark wood ready to swallow you whole with its tense stakes and beguiling prose.

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Managing Editor, Golf.com

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Minnow, 2015, Hub City Press

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Untying the Moon - A Novel. University of South Carolina Press.

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Congratulations to this year's Interdisciplinary Studies Degree Program Award recipients: Josh Bing (Gordon K. Haist Award), Victoria Hodge (Ovation Award), & Michael McIntyre (Gold Scout Award)! Kudos to you all and cheers to the class of 2020! See more about Josh here.

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Congratulations to AMANDA MAZEIKA—Tombe/Eby Academic Award for Outstanding English Major & LEAH NIXON—Outstanding Graduate in English Award & CHRISTOPHER HUNT—Society of Creative Writers Award for Editorial Excellence. See more pics on Insta. And See more about Amanda here.

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2019: Shannon McAleer
2018: Robert Raley
2017: Hayley Edwards
2016: Brenda Hill
2015: Charles Taylor Johnson & Maribeth Stone
2014: Alyse Bingham & Scott DeRouen
2013: Matt Piscitello & Kyree Whitehead
2012: Stefny Ankney & Luke Kerr-Dineen
2011: Reid Kirkpatrick & Lindsey Upton
2010: Joe Vermilyea
2009: Megan Summers
2008: Heather Denardo
2007: Rebecca Varicak
2006: James McTeer
2005: Jennifer Hampton & James Frazier

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Each spring, the Department awards the Tombe/Eby Award for Outstanding English Major. This university-level academic award recognizes the outstanding graduating senior in English who has maintained a strong GPA within the university and the major, and whose written work and participation inside and outside the classroom are recognized for excellence.

The Tombe/Eby Award honors
Dr. Sheila J. Tombe and Dr. Carl P. Eby.

Dr. Sheila J. Tombe taught Shakespeare at USCB for many years and retired as an associate professor in 2008. Professor Tombe was the 2006-07 recipient of the SC Arts Commission Poetry Fellowship. She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and has studied in Scotland, Spain, and the U.S. She taught English in Spain and Spanish in Japan. She edited Apostrophe: USCB Journal of the Arts for ten years, and acted for Lowcountry Shakespeare, Rogues and Vacaboundes, The Rafael Sabatini Players, and Beaufort Repertory Company (roles include Shirley Valentine, Queen Gertrude and Lady Macbeth). Her poetry (in English) has been published in Alembic, Eclipse, Rosebud, Yemassee, Fortnight (Northern Ireland), Mindful Living, A Millennial Sampler of SC Poetry, and Essence of Beaufort: she is also recipient of the first Gival Press Prize for poetry in Spanish ("Velázquez pinta en color por primera vez"), published in Poetry Without Borders.

Dr. Carl P. Eby taught at USCB from 1998 to 2013 and served for many years as Chair of the Department of English and Theater. The author of Hemingway's Fetishism: Psychoanalysis and the Mirror of Manhood (SUNY P, 1999) and more than a dozen scholarly articles on Hemingway and modernism, he has recently co-edited Hemingway's Spain: Imagining the Spanish World (Kent State UP, 2015). During his years at USCB, he was a Carolina Trustee Professor, was twice named USCB's Professor of the Year, and was twice awarded the South Carolina Governor's Distinguished Professor Award. He now is Professor of English at Appalachian State University, but he loves the Lowcountry and USCB and remains a loyal Sand Shark.

Past Winners

2020: Amanda Mazeika

2019: Shannon McAleer

2018: Robert Raley

2017: Hayley Edwards

2016: Brenda Hill

2015: Charles Taylor Johnson & Maribeth Stone

2014: Alyse Bingham & Scott DeRouen

2013: Matt Piscitello & Kyree Whitehead

2012: Stefny Ankney & Luke Kerr-Dineen

2011: Reid Kirkpatrick & Lindsey Upton

2010: Joe Vermilyea

2009: Megan Summers

2008: Heather Denardo

2007: Rebecca Varicak

2006: James McTeer

2005: Jennifer Hampton & James Frazier

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Each spring, the Department awards the Tombe/Eby Award for Outstanding English Major. This university-level academic award recognizes the outstanding graduating senior in English who has maintained a strong GPA within the university and the major, and whose written work and participation inside and outside the classroom are recognized for excellence.

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Rachel Campbell (2019)
Maddie Wilkinson (2018)
Mat Bex (2017)
Elizabeth Higginbotham (2016)
Sunny Raulerson (2015)

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presentation for Johns Hopkins' Macksey Symposium

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Description

John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress was an immensely popular novel that played an important role in Louisa's education and is often referenced in her own popular novel Little Women. Both novels aspire to teach their readers how to be good Christians with high morals and few desires through their characters whom they humanize through faults and improper actions, Bunyan mostly from the male gaze and Alcott through the female. But it is the author's treatment of their female characters and their actions that has garnered my attention. Using both texts, a variety of literary criticism, and biographical texts; this essay comparatively examines the relationship, motivations and techniques employed by Bunyan and Alcott to examine and define feminine spirituality and morality by focusing on the characters Christiana and Marmee. By examining these women, this reader hopes to discover another, possibly overlooked, teaching that these authors were trying to impart.

Recommended Citation

King, Taylor, "A Woman's Spirit" (2020). 2020 JHU Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium. 253.
https://www.mackseysymposium.org/virtual2020/all/presentations/253

DOWNLOADS

May 7th, 12:00 AM

A Woman's Spirit

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John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress was an immensely popular novel that played an important role in Louisa's education and is often referenced in her own popular novel Little Women. Both novels aspire to teach their readers how to be good Christians with high morals and few desires through their characters whom they humanize through faults and improper actions, Bunyan mostly from the male gaze and Alcott through the female.

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presentation for Johns Hopkins' Macksey Symposium

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In my essay, "Faking Our Deaths: A Look at the Glamorization of Death in the Media," I propose that the Young Adult publishing and film industry have glamorized death, creating an unrealistic representation of it, that is inappropriate and unsuitable for YA audiences. I use The Fault in Our Stars, as my focus to argue that Green's idealized and romanticized depiction of Hazel's and Gus's cancer conveys an unjust misconception of death. I demonstrate how Green created a standard of death that is comfortable, thus unfair and unhealthy for his audiences to consume. I draw upon Kathryn James's Death, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Adolescent Literature, and her claim that society has created of a construct of a "good" vs. "bad" death. I use James to read the death story Green tells as an unattainable expectation, one that needs to be stopped. I attest that Green's concept of death is problematic because it does not prepare audiences to be able to cope with the reality, that their own death, or the passing of others may not be glorious or noteworthy.

Recommended Citation

Perilstein, Natalie Page, "Faking Our Deaths: A Look at the Glamorization of Death in the Media" (2020). 2020 JHU Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium. 79.
https://www.mackseysymposium.org/virtual2020/all/presentations/79

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Apr 29th, 12:00 AM

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Faking Our Deaths: A Look at the Glamorization of Death in the Media

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A Padlet Compiled with fortitude by Rob Kilgore, USC Beaufort.