Ojibwe poet and former Wisconsin poet laureateKimberly Blaeserwill arrive on campus in Spring 2024.

Madeleine Roux’08, bestselling author of the young adult horror series庇护, credits BeloitEnglishprofessorsSteve WrightandFrancesca Abbatewith being the support that she needed to pursue a budding interest increative writing.

“史蒂夫·赖特是这样一个巨大的我的部分Beloit experience, and still to this day such a huge influence on who I ended up becoming,” she says. “And I don’t know if I would have gotten into publishing as quickly as I did if I didn’t have Fran there.”

Bucket-list books like James Joyce’sUlyssescan be intimidating to read alone.EnglishprofessorShawn Gillen’s “Ulysses at 100” course provides an alternative — a book club structure that aims to improve student engagement and enjoyment.

Lorine Niedecker’s poetry was on the cutting-edge of 20th century modernism, but it was largely unknown and unrecognized until years after her passing in 1970. Passionate advocates hope to raise her profile on campus and throughout the Midwest.

This year’s Lois and Willard Mackey Chair in Creative Writing encouraged members of the Beloit community to embrace their inner child.

Creative writingandanthropologydouble major Sydney Moses’25 never saw herself as a poet, but after a workshop with English professorChris Finkand encouragement fromMackey ChairLynda Barry, she decided to send a piece to a few literary journals. Now, she has two poems published, and she won’t be stopping anytime soon.