Call for Papers: Symposium for English Graduate Students
SEGue is a gathering of MA students, their peers, mentors, and those interested in cultural conversations and creativity, for the purpose of showcasing the best work of English MA students through the previous academic year; connecting with other graduate students and faculty; and preparing for MA students' next professional steps, be those further study or entering a profession. From Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter to Concerned Student 1950, the dissenting voice has undeniable significance for our own cultural moment; the significance of that voice is not limited to any particular time or place. How have artists—whether themselves disenfranchised or not—represented those relegated to the margins of their cultures in poems, short stories, novels, or in drama? How, in short, does political and social struggle emerge within the space of narrative? How have texts throughout history, whether overtly or implicitly, resisted the status quo? What strategies have write...