The OWU English Department Blog
Favorite Authors, Genres, Periods, Interests?
Favorite author: Taran Matharu
Favorite Genre: Fantasy
What do you like most about being an English major?
The ability to use my writing ability to its fullest.
What has been your most exciting or transformative experience as a major thus far?
Experiencing writing and literature from a new cultural perspective when I was in London for a study abroad program.…
I just moved to Chicago, and I’m already loving it! The theatre scene out here is much different than what I was used to in New York– instead of having a centralized “theatre district,” Chicago seems to have theatres just about everywhere I turn. Right now, I’m in rehearsals for As You Like It with Odds Bodkins, a new Shakespeare troupe.…
Favorite Authors, Genres, Periods, Interests?
Shakespeare, the English Romantics, ee cummings, absurdism.
What do you like most about being an English major?
Getting to have classes under a brilliant faculty and explore new corners of human expression.
What has been your most exciting or transformative experience as a major?
Not only learning to write like Shakespeare, but putting it into practice to develop a full length original Shakespearean tragedy…
I ended up at a marketing firm in Columbus as a business development analyst, which is in line with my interests. I’m not happy unless I’m writing reports! Being an English major (particularly an English major from Ohio Wesleyan) meant I had to have diverse interests, and experience in a number of different fields.…
I’m now an editor at America’s Test Kitchen. It’s a dream come true for a writer who likes to cook. Although I spend about half of my time in the kitchen, no day goes by that I am not grateful for my time in the English department. ATK is very collegial and each piece of writing goes through a rigorous editing process.…
What did you do after graduation?
I went to graduate school for my MFA in Creative Writing at Chatham University.
What are you up to now?
I’m working as an Event Coordinator for a non-profit and I freelance write and edit.
How has being an English major helped you in your postgraduate career(s), or just in life in general?…
Favorite Authors, Genres, Periods, Interests?
I love Utopian novels or anything from the Victorian era.
What do you like most about being an English major?
The English department has given me so many opportunities to grow as a student academically and in my personal life as well. I have also become so much more confident in my writing through the courses here.…
What did you do after graduation?
I did a communications internship at Lakeside Chautauqua in Lakeside, Ohio before moving to New York City to work as a reporter for Blank Slate Media, a group of weekly community newspapers in the Long Island suburbs.
What are you up to now?
I recently accepted a position as a New York City reporter for Patch, a nationwide publisher of hyperlocal news sites.…