The Nightingale Review
Michaela Swedberg Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, winner of the 2015 BookBrowse Fiction Award, is a heartbreaking story of two sisters caught up in the terror of Nazi occupied France throughout […]
Between You & Me, this is a Great Book!
Courtney Wallace Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, written by Mary Norris, makes learning grammar fun. Part memoir and part usage guide, Norris tells her journey climbing […]
Michael Keaton—SWU History Professor by Day, Author When He Has Time
Courtney Wallace ME: I read a little bit about your biography and I noticed that you are a native of Seneca SC. Can you tell me a little bit about […]
The Long Wait for Hachi
Anna Marie Nieves I’m a lot older than you but I tend to think that there’s an element of music that cannot be captured. Life cannot be captured. Human heart […]
The Professor and the Madman
Marshall Tankersley, Student Editor In his book The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (1998), Simon Winchester chronicles the […]
Initium Novum
Sadie Wyant “Welcome to GENEsis Incorporated. My name is Darwin Oswald, and I am the lead geneticist here. How can I help you?” The man was tall and lanky, […]
Context, Creativity, and Service—An Interview with Dr. Basil “Chad” Chisholm, Director at CIFC
Ashton Dickerson Dr. Chisholm is a longtime fan of children’s literature, fantasy novels, science fiction, detective stories, J.R.R. Tolkien, and C.S. Lewis. He has been teaching for several years at […]
Why I declared war on the split infinitive rule (and so should you)
Chad Chisholm, CIFC Director When I was going through the public school system, I got my fingers figuratively bruised a few times by some old school English grammarians: there was […]
What I want: confessions and tidbits from an English professor
Chad Chisholm, CIFC Director When I began teaching almost 15 years ago, this time of year was often hectic for me and my students. Many of my nicest and brightest […]
By the Pricking of My Thumbs…
Dallas Collins The Walt Disney Productions movie, Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983), directed by Jack Clayton and written by Ray Bradbury (based on his novel), serves as an excellent specimen […]
A reflection on why we write
Chad Chisholm, CIFC Director In October 2002, I was a graduate student when I was asked to interview nationally-renowned poet Vivian Shipley for The South Carolina Review. She was a […]
All the Major Constellations
Daisy Rush Andrew’s world is very small. He’s always lived in the same place, he has two best friends, and he’s been infatuated with same girl for all four years […]