accents on english | fall 21-spring 22

volume 25, issue 1

We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.
—Walter Mosley

changes

Arrivals

Advising on the rise: The Department of English welcomes new student-centered staff
Kira Assad

Engaging the past, defining the future: New faculty in medieval and early modern studies
Kira Assad

New program staff are an investment in excellence
Kristen LaRue-Sandler

Creative writing adds Pulitzer and Whiting Award winners
Emily Balli

Departures (retirements)

A CARE-ing member of our department retires: Karen Dwyer is always thinking in terms of community
Sarah Duerden

Like a rolling stone: Steve Farmer decamps for retirement
Sarah Duerden

A tribute to Maureen Daly Goggin
Shirley Rose

Honoring a compassionate mentor: On Keith Miller's retirement
Cindy Tekobbe

A beloved medievalist retires
Richard Newhauser

giving

Touchdown! A sports connection enables literary philanthropy
Sheila Luna

word lovers' corner

Everything old is new again: Crossword déjà vu
Alberto Ríos

in memoriam

Adelheid Thieme (1953-2021)
Shirley Rose

heritage and change in the news

Leaving faith behind (Transformations)
Ron Broglio's journey to self acceptance

Debut films Aloners and Violet immerse us in the lives of women on the brink of change (Ms. Magazine)
Aviva Dove-Viebahn reviews two new feminist films from the Toronto International Film Festival

Ahmaud Arbery and the white man’s justice (Runner's World)
Mitchell Jackson articulates the painful facts of 'running while Black'

Abolitionist newspaper revived as fight over CRT in schools intensifies (Newsweek)
Neal Lester points to the unfortunate relevance of what should be a historical artifact

Bending the clock: New perspectives on nineteenth-century ageing (Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century)
Devoney Looser contributes to a roundtable conversation about Victorian ideas of old age

'Harry Potter for adults’: Netflix lures Bridgerton fans with live events (The New York Times)
Katherine Morrissey comments on stereotypical fandoms

Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga star in Broadway's new Macbeth, a cathartic release for our times (Vogue)
Ayanna Thompson discusses nuances of performing race in Shakespeare

new books & media

Faculty, staff, student, & alumni publications

upcoming events

2022-2023 Department of English events

editorial staff

Accents on English 2.0 is produced by the Department of English at Arizona State University.

Executive Editors: Larry Ellis, Kristen LaRue-Sandler | Web Editor: Kristen LaRue-Sandler

Copy Editors: Kira Assad, Sheila Luna

Newsletter Committee: Larry Ellis (Co-Chair), Kristen LaRue-Sandler (Co-Chair), Gabriel Acevedo Velázquez, Kira Assad, Mollie Connelly-MacNeill, Elizabeth Horan, Jenny Irish, Devoney Looser, Sheila Luna

about the masthead image

A skyward view from inside the new ISTB7 on ASU's Tempe campus. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU

ASU photographer Charlie Leight snapped this skyward view from inside the new ISTB7, which houses the Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health, home of the UNESCO BRIDGES Sustainability Coalition Flagship Hub at ASU. Read more about the BRIDGES Coalition and the story of the gorgeous new building in this piece about environmental humanities at ASU.

accents on english | fall 21-spring 22

volume 25, issue 1

We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.

—Walter Mosley

heritage and change

alumni feature

research and engagement

heritage