Students and alumni of the IWU Division of Modern Language and Literature have been frequently recognized for their work by the Conference on Christianity and Literature.
Our faculty members are active in writing and publishing:
Mary M. Brown
Division of Modern Language and Literature
An Education in Zambia
You tell me school is just a room somewhere
with a swept dirt floor, some children
who have walked or run through
town, hours through the scorch
of morning, an adult or near adult whose
credentials are a red pen, wet, not yet dead
Read the full poem.
Lecture in Pastels
Near the end of spring semester, Professor
Phlox begins her lecture on the nature
and the character of bliss. "Remember
this:" she says. "Eternity is over-
rated. The ethereal is treasured
primarily by over-thinkers whose
conclusion is to dwell on the ideal.
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Academic Couple
For friends, disappointed at not having children
You wait for children like an old yellow
bus, dogged as a Monday dawn, without
any fuss at all. You swing out that arm
with absolute authority, without
a doubt that cars and trucks will fall in line
in front of you and behind, like days completely…
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