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Program News
The Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players will perform plays by two Shepherd University alumni—When the Bolt of Cupid Fell by Olyvia Thompson and The Poet and the Muse by LaShawn Taylor. Both plays will be performed on Sunday, July 7th, at 7:30 p.m.; Monday, July 8th, at 7:30 p.m.; and Tuesday, July 9th, at 7:30 p.m. The running time is about 8o minutes. All performances are in Reynolds Hall and are free for everyone. For more information, contact Dr. Betty Ellzey (bellzey@shepherd.edu).
Three Shepherd University English majors have had their work accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed academic journal LURe. LURe (Literary Undergraduate Research in English) has been published by the Department of English and Philosophy at the University of West Georgia since 2010 and receives submissions from around the globe. Taylor Beam of Jane Lew, West Virginia, wrote her essay entitled “There is no witch: Wieland and The Blair Witch Project” for Dr. Timothy K. Nixon’s course in American literature up until 1900. Lee DiFante of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, wrote their essay entitled “Queer Reproduction in ‘Morella,’ ‘Ligeia,’ and ‘The Fall of the House of Usher'” for Dr. Heidi Hanrahan’s senior seminar on Edgar Allan Poe. And Logan King of Paw Paw, West Virginia, wrote his essay entitled “The Duplicity of Time in the Latin American Literary Tradition: A Comparison of Borgesian and Márquezian Time” in Dr. Nixon’s senior seminar on twentieth-century Latin American literature. While the three students wrote outstanding essays initially, they all had to engage in careful revision processes for their work to meet the rigorous standards of the editorial team at LURe. Their work will be included in the upcoming volume 14 of the journal. Congratulations to these young scholars! We’re very proud of you.