https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/english-matters-from-utc-english--4243125enEducationCopyright Devori Kimbrohttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0fc76f4846ea4afc6d043b5dba4e5e2e.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/english-matters-from-utc-english--4243125Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:26:00 +0000Devori KimbroDevori Kimbrofeeds@spreaker.comThis is the podcast of the English Department of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Each episode features a short discussion with a faculty member or student about the unique and interesting work they do to show us how English Matters.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/utc-alum-erin-hicks-teaching-with-taylor-swift-and-making-wishes--63882024
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63882024Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:23:59 +0000Devori KimbroThis time, I’m chatting with recent UTC English graduate Erin Hicks about how she helped me design my Taylor Swift course, how she wanted to integrate the pop superstar into her studies her senior year, and how her degree set her up for success as a...
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)]]>1381a,academia,academics,chattanooga,college,course,degree,department,design,english,make,of,swift,taylor,tennessee,university,utc,wishfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mark-brooks-on-writing-and-laying-autumn-s-dust--62615063Laying Autumn’s Dust, available now!
To learn more about Mark and his novel, visit his website here.
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62615063Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:01:03 +0000Devori KimbroJoin us for a conversation with UTC English alum Mark Brooks as he talks about his time in Chattanooga, what happens when the plot surprises the author, and his new novel Laying Autumn’s Dust, available now! To learn more about Mark and his novel,...Laying Autumn’s Dust, available now!
To learn more about Mark and his novel, visit his website here.
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)]]>1163falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andrew-najberg-japanese-women-authors-and-publishing-in-horror-and-sci-fi--61853801
Find Andrew Najberg’s books wherever books are sold. For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61853801Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:53:10 +0000Devori KimbroSenior Lecturer Andrew Najberg returns to tell us all about his most recent publications in horror and looking forward to writing in the fantasy genre. Like English professors are wont to do, we discuss our ever-expanding TBR lists, what we’re looking...
Find Andrew Najberg’s books wherever books are sold. For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)]]>2059andrew,chattanooga,college,english,fiction,horror,japanese,literature,najberg,pedaogy,professor,publishing,science,sci-fi,teaching,tennessee,university,utc,writingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dominik-heinrici-and-teaching-old-english-monsters--59209530https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59209530Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:23:56 +0000Devori KimbroWe’re joined this time by Dominik Heinrici, long-time UTC English faculty member and student. Dominik tells us about how he came to be at UTC, and shares with us his exciting work developing his popular class on medieval monsters! We talk about...2076at,chattanooga,college,english,matters,medieval,monsters,of,old,pedagogy,reading,teaching,tennessee,texts,universityfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dr-karen-babine-wild-hungers-and-editing-non-fiction--58421711All the Wild Hungers (2019 Milkweed Editions). She tells us about her exciting course offerings in food writing and true crime at UTC, and also about her experiences managing UTC’s literary journal, The Sequoyah Review and her work with Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies.

You can find out more about Assay at https://www.assayjournal.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58421711Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:24:53 +0000Devori KimbroWe’re joined this time by Dr. Karen Babine, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing. In a wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Babine shares intimate stories about the inspiration for her award-winning memoir, All the Wild Hungers (2019 Milkweed Editions)....All the Wild Hungers (2019 Milkweed Editions). She tells us about her exciting course offerings in food writing and true crime at UTC, and also about her experiences managing UTC’s literary journal, The Sequoyah Review and her work with Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies.

You can find out more about Assay at https://www.assayjournal.com/]]>2270assay,babine,chattanooga,college,creative,editing,english,essay,fiction,karen,nonfiction,student,studies,teaching,tennessee,university,writingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dr-marcia-noe-and-three-midwestern-playwrights--56651278Three Midwestern Playwrights: How Floyd Dell, George Cram Cook, and Susan Glaspell Transformed American Theater, now out from Indiana University Press (link below). Dr. Noe tells us about her decades-long research process for this text, as well as the significance of the artistic community that grew from the collaboration of these three unique and influential creators.

Pick up Dr. Noe's book at Indiana University Press.


For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56651278Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:16:37 +0000Devori KimbroWe’re joined this time by Marcia Noe, Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at UTC, as she tells us about her new project, Three Midwestern Playwrights: How Floyd Dell, George Cram Cook, and Susan Glaspell Transformed American Theater,...Three Midwestern Playwrights: How Floyd Dell, George Cram Cook, and Susan Glaspell Transformed American Theater, now out from Indiana University Press (link below). Dr. Noe tells us about her decades-long research process for this text, as well as the significance of the artistic community that grew from the collaboration of these three unique and influential creators.

Pick up Dr. Noe's book at Indiana University Press.


For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)]]>1443archive,book,chattanooga,education,feminism,glaspell,history,marcia,midwestern,noe,of,playwrights,research,susan,tennessee,three,university,utcfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/catherine-meeks-and-utc-s-new-environmental-studies-minor--53529767https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/environmental-studies or reach out to Catherine at Catherine-Meeks at utc dot edu.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53529767Thu, 13 Apr 2023 22:17:59 +0000Devori KimbroThis episode, we’re pleased to talk to Associate Lecturer Catherine Meeks Quinlan about her work developing and implementing our exciting new interdisciplinary Environmental Studies minor. For more information about the minor and how to enroll in...https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/environmental-studies or reach out to Catherine at Catherine-Meeks at utc dot edu.]]>1092catherine,chattanooga,college,department,education,english,environmental,higher,meeks,minor,studies,tennessee,university,utcfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russell-helms-french-realism-and-the-importance-of-sympathy--52830172Sympathy, and how he came to the unique idea at its core.

You can find Helms' Sympathy at Solstice Publishing: https://solsticeempire.com/products.aspx?categoryid=521

For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52830172Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:21:00 +0000Devori KimbroWe're joined this time by senior lecturer Russell Helms as he talks with us about his love of French Realism and its significance to his own creative process. Russell also talks to us about his new novella, Sympathy, and how he came to the unique idea...Sympathy, and how he came to the unique idea at its core.

You can find Helms' Sympathy at Solstice Publishing: https://solsticeempire.com/products.aspx?categoryid=521

For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com)]]>1141book,chattanooga,college,department,emile,english,french,helms,professor,realism,russell,sympathy,tennessee,university,utc,zolafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/japanese-literature-in-the-classroom-andrew-najberg-returns--52532149
Be sure to keep an eye out for Andrew's newest work, Gollitok, coming soon from Cactus Moon Press!

Check out more about the English Department at UTC at https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52532149Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:48:25 +0000Devori KimbroAndrew Najberg is back on English Matters to discuss his interest in Japanese literature, how it has inflected his teaching and his own writing, and his upcoming course offerings in the subject. Be sure to keep an eye out for Andrew's newest work,...
Be sure to keep an eye out for Andrew's newest work, Gollitok, coming soon from Cactus Moon Press!

Check out more about the English Department at UTC at https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english]]>1779andrew,at,chattanooga,college,japanese,literature,magical,najberg,of,professor,realism,tennessee,university,utcfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/special-episode-mike-jaynes-and-josh-parks-talk-about-campfire-book-club-from-the-darksky-podcast--51697759
More info here: https://campfirebookclub.wordpress.com/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51697759Wed, 26 Oct 2022 19:51:26 +0000Devori KimbroWe have a special cross-over this time while lecturers Josh Parks and Mike Jaynes talk on the DarkSky Podcast about their upcoming outdoor adventure book club, CampFire! More info here: https://campfirebookclub.wordpress.com/
More info here: https://campfirebookclub.wordpress.com/]]>3189falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/utc-english-alum-jessica-york-and-the-masters-to-publishing-journey--51164267
For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51164267Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:45:04 +0000Devori KimbroJoin us on English Matters this time as we talk to UTC English MA program alumna Jessica York about her journey from grad student to published author. Since this recording, Jessica has signed with literary agent Elizabeth Copps, founding agent of...
For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>1330author,chattanooga,degree,department,english,fiction,grad,graduate,horror,literature,masters,novels,publishing,school,short,student,tennessee,university,utc,writingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dr-hannah-wakefield-podcast-as-pedagogy-and-race-and-protest--48469907
Segment #1 courtesy of Hunter Burnheimer, Jacey Spann, Malachi Knight-Smith, Trip Carruthers

Segment #2 courtesy of Aja Washington, Dillon Simpson, Kobe Clark, Mollee Sneed, Tyler Mullins

Segment #3 courtesy of Cassidy Yarborough, Hiba Arkawazi, Kimbra Dunning, Obi Obidiebube


For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48469907Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:24:30 +0000Devori KimbroFor this episode, English Matters talks with Dr. Hannah Wakefield about her recent Race and Protest course and using podcasting as pedagogy. We also get to hear student work from the class. (Credits below!) Segment #1 courtesy of Hunter Burnheimer,...
Segment #1 courtesy of Hunter Burnheimer, Jacey Spann, Malachi Knight-Smith, Trip Carruthers

Segment #2 courtesy of Aja Washington, Dillon Simpson, Kobe Clark, Mollee Sneed, Tyler Mullins

Segment #3 courtesy of Cassidy Yarborough, Hiba Arkawazi, Kimbra Dunning, Obi Obidiebube


For more information about English at UTC, visit https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/english

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>3736chattanooga,college,education,english,higher,learning,pedagogy,podcast,protest,race,teaching,tennessee,university,utc,wheatleyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spring-2022-course-preview--47317868
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47317868Thu, 04 Nov 2021 18:13:15 +0000Devori KimbroThis episode of English Matters is devoted to exploring some of our exciting offerings for Spring 2022 - schedule now available on the university website! Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>924academic,catalog,classes,college,courses,department,english,preview,schedule,semester,spring,university,utcfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dr-jenn-stewart-and-diversity-in-the-english-composition-classroom--46445404
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46445404Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:54:56 +0000Devori KimbroThis episode, we're chatting with Dr. Jenn Stewart, Director of Composition at UTC, about UTC's Read 2 Achieve Program, and how inclusion and diversity foster a fertile environment in the composition classroom. Theme music, “Storybook,” generously...
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>1801classroom,college,composition,diversity,education,engagement,english,inclusion,pedagogy,professor,univeristy,utc,writingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pedagogy-naming-and-transgender-and-non-binary-students-with-jo-kibble--44516816https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44516816Tue, 27 Apr 2021 17:49:34 +0000Devori KimbroOn this episode of English Matters, we talk with Jo Kibble, a graduating senior in English, about the importance of proper naming, pronoun usage, and its significance to the transgender/non-binary community at large. Jo shares their experiences with...1036binary,college,department,english,naming,non,pedagogy,pronouns,trans,transgender,universityfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tiffany-mitchell-and-david-pleins-on-anti-racist-pedagogy--43127464
*Please note that this interview was recorded in October 2020, prior to the last presidential election. Check in with the Walker Center’s website periodically for information about future book clubs and opportunities.

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43127464Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:29:25 +0000Devori KimbroThis week, we’re talking to English lecturer Tiffany Mitchell and David Pleins from the Walker Center about their recent pedagogy book club and the experience of reading bell hooks’ Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom. Tiffany and David...
*Please note that this interview was recorded in October 2020, prior to the last presidential election. Check in with the Walker Center’s website periodically for information about future book clubs and opportunities.

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>3142antiracist,bipoc,college,decolonization,diversity,education,english,higher,literature,pedagogy,teaching,universityfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andrew-najberg-on-creative-writing-and-the-goats-have-taken-over-the-barracks--41725916www.finishinglinepress.com

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41725916Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:00:02 +0000Devori KimbroOn this episode, we hear from author and UTC English Lecturer Andrew Najberg. Andrew talks to us about how he became a creative writing professor and how the teaching of creative writing differs from and mirrors other types of writing. Andrew also...www.finishinglinepress.com

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>1370college,creative,english,najberg,pedagogy,publication,teaching,university,utc,writingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/teaching-suffrage-in-the-composition-classroom-with-oren-whightsel--41326858
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41326858Tue, 06 Oct 2020 15:44:00 +0000Devori KimbroThis time on the podcast, we’re talking with Dr. Oren Whightsel about how the rhetoric surrounding the debate over women’s suffrage proved to be a helpful tool in composition courses. We discuss the value of historicizing the teaching of rhetoric and...
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>1573college,composition,education,enfranchisement,english,pedagogy,rights,suffrage,teaching,university,votingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/internships-with-utc-english-major-anna-brewer--40733086
For more information on UTC’s internship program, visit www.utc.edu/english/internships.

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40733086Sun, 06 Sep 2020 17:28:41 +0000Devori KimbroOn this episode, we talk to UTC English major Anna Brewer about her experience with the department’s internship placement program. Through the program, Ms. Brewer was able to secure an internship with The Borgen Project (borgenproject.org), a...
For more information on UTC’s internship program, visit www.utc.edu/english/internships.

Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>737career,college,education,english,higher,internships,majors,nonprofit,publication,university,writingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tiffany-mitchell-and-beth-pearce-and-teaching-intersectionality--28157829
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/28157829Sat, 23 May 2020 21:25:24 +0000Devori KimbroIn this episode, English department faculty Tiffany Mitchell and Beth Pearce discuss their process of teaching intersectional adolescent and YA literature in the UHON program, and how they hope to port those skillsets and questions into coursework in...
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>1620adolescent,college,department,ed,english,higher,intersectional,literature,pedagogy,teaching,team,university,yafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jessica-miller-j-kasper-kramer-and-the-road-to-publication--25412576
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25412576Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:29:58 +0000Devori KimbroOn this episode, UTC English instructor and alumna Jessica Miller (J. Kasper Kramer) talks about how UTC’s creative writing MA program poised her for success with her first novel, The Story that Cannot Be Told. Jessica tells us about the road from...
Theme music, “Storybook,” generously provided by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com).]]>1758be,cannot,college,department,english,fiction,humanities,jessica,miller,publication,story,that,told,university,yafalsefull