The OWU English Department Blog
A big part of going to a liberal arts school is having the opportunity to take classes in areas that we aren’t completely comfortable in. Senior psychology major Jackson Christman has found a a unexpected love for English saying, “Although I am a Psychology major, taking English classes here at OWU has provided me with invaluable experience.…
“As the end of senior year approaches (…I’m not counting or anything), I was reminded of a book that I have grown up reading called “The Little Prince.” It is a story that can take on many meanings and themes, but one that I feel is fitting for us seniors is to not let go of your childhood, as well as the theme of friendships and how they are one of the most important relationships you can have.…
I talk about the fact that I’m from Portland often, with much chagrin from my Midwest-native friends. In my mind, Portland has always been the heartbeat of the Pacific Northwest, a concrete blossom among some of the most creative and bold people in the world. The city has always felt electrically alive.…
Looking for literary love? The OWU English Department has you covered. Blind Date With a Book is an annual Spring semester event for bookworms of any majors. It is coordinated by the English Department Student Board and Beeghly Library and is in its second year. Books beloved by students and English faculty are pulled from the library stacks, wrapped up like gifts and placed around the library’s Bayley Room with notecards of description on them.…
Looking for literary love? The OWU English Department has you covered. Blind Date With a Book is an annual Spring semester event for bookworms of any majors. It is coordinated by the English Department Student Board and Beeghly Library and is in its second year. Books beloved by students and English faculty are pulled from the library stacks, wrapped up like gifts and placed around the library’s Bayley Room with notecards of description on them.…
The International Queer Film Festival (IQFF) is a yearly event created and coordinated by OWU students and focusing on equal representation for people of all gender and sexuality identities all around the world. It is sponsored by OWU’s Ross Art Museum, Wesleyan Council on Student Affairs (WCSA), People Regarding Individual Diversity Everywhere (PRIDE), Spectrum Resource Center, French Club and Horizons International.…
The first time I saw a play, I was seven years old. My nana took me to see my older cousin, Zoe, in her middle school production of “Arsenic and Old Lace,” a play about two elderly women who poison single, lonely, elderly men in mercy killings. Admittedly, this was a bit of a morbid start to my love of theater, but then again, I doubt it’s possible for anyone to find a play with no morbidity at all.…
Recommended by Madison Williams.
A Separate Peace by John Knowles follows Gene Forrester, a 16 year old boy attending a prestigious boarding school during World War II. The novel details his close friendship with fellow boarder Finny. Their friendship quickly evolves from mutual admiration to intense rivalry culminating in a shocking event that explores the idea of moral ambiguity.…
As we cross the midway point of the semester, we at The Sturges Script just want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who’s made the launch of this blog possible. Whether you’ve answered one of Anna’s thousand emails, provided Kirsten with a “What We’re Reading” or “Scholars of Sturges” quote, assisted Carrie in the OWU archives, edited your post per Dr.…
To celebrate Black History Month, Dr. Nancy Comorau (the resident postcolonial specialist of Sturges) teamed up with Kirsten Whitford and Carrie Kubicki (the resident Instagram gurus of Sturges) to share a book by a Black author every few days.
Books ranged from plays by Afro-Carribian British actors to volumes of poetry about being a Jamaican woman in the US to nonfiction works by journalists investigating the Black Lives Matter movement.…