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Welcome to the English Department!

  

Mission Statement

The faculty of the Grossmont College English Department endeavor to advance the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills of students so that they may appreciate a variety of cultural perspectives and participate autonomously and successfully in academic, artistic, civic, vocational, and/or professional communities. 


Department Chair Office Hours

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Dr. Cindi Harris

 cindi.harris@gcccd.edu

Sarah Martin

 sarah.martin@gcccd.edu

   

 Days and Hours

 

Monday-Thursday

Please email us to make an appointment.

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If you have a question about placement or need more information about summer or fall courses, we are available this summer to meet with you.


Project Success / 020 Support

Enroll in a learning community next semester in Project Success, the Grossmont College English Department’s linked courses program. Visit the PROJECT SUCCESS site for more info.

 


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27th Annual Literary Arts Festival
April 24 through 27, 2023

All LAF engagements are free of charge and available to the public. All events this year will be held on the Grossmont College campus but registration to attend virtually on Zoom will be available for most events. (In-person attendance will not require registration.) Visit individual events to register.

 

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Why Lit. Matters student/faculty panel

Mon., Apr 24, 2-3:15pm, Griffin Gate

(outer southwest corner of Student Ctr.)

Why Literature Matters panel writer Sonia Guttierez

story writer / poet, Sonia Gutiérrez

Mon., Apr 24, 7-8:15pm, Griffin Gate

Margarat Nee, 'zine-making workshop

Tue., Apr 25, 11am-12:15pm, PVAC Lobby

(Performing and Visual Arts Center)

Margarat Nee, zine workshop New Voices Student Reading

New Voices student reading

Tue., Apr 25, 7-8:15pm, PVAC

poetry: Adam Deutsch

Wed., Apr 26, 12:30-1:45pm, Griffin Gate

Adam Deutsch, poet Shilpi Somaya Gowda, author

novelist, Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Wed., Apr 26, 2-3:15pm, Griffin Gate

 

fiction author, Tara Stillions Whitehead

Wed., Apr 26, 7-8:15pm, Griffin Gate

Tara Stillions Whitehead, fiction writer Moni Barrette, Librarian

Moni Barrette, Graphic Literature and Social Justice

Thur., Apr 27, 12:30-1:45pm, Allied Health & Nursing Building Lobby (Rm. 34-206)

Deaf writer, playwright, and gay poet, Raymond Luczak

Thur., Apr 27, 7-8:30pm,  AHN Lobby

(Allied Heath & Nursing Building, Rm. 34-206)

poet and playwright Raymond Luczak
   
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The Creative Writing Workshops for Spring 2023

 

ENGL 126: INTRO TO CREATIVE WRITING

Mon/Wed 2:00 - 3:15 P.M., 3.00 cr., with Daniela Sow

Online, 3.00 cr., with Julie Cardenas

 

ENGL 130-133: SHORT FICTION WRITING I-IV

Wed 7- 9:50 PM, 3 cr., with Enrique Cervantes

 

ENGL 140-143: POETRY WRITING I-IV 

Online, 3.00 cr., with Karl Sherlock

 

ENGL 145-148: ACORN REVIEW EDITING I-IV

Online, 3 cr., with Julie Cardenas

 

ENGL 175-178: NOVEL WRITING I-IV 

Mon 7-9:55 PM, 3 cr., with Rich Farrell