Ralph Sneeden, Engiish Instructor, Reads from his Works
New Hampshire Public Radio

English Instructor Todd Hearon Wins 2009 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Competition
Crab Orchard Review

Ralph Sneeden Publishes Poem in Memorious
Memorious

Todd Hearon Publishes "To Childhood" in Sleepers Almanac No. 5
Sleepers Almanac

John Daves, English Instructor, Reviews Books in African American Review
African American Review

Todd Hearon and Matt W. Miller, English Instructors, Publish Poems in Memorious 11
Memorious 11

English Instructors Ralph Sneeden and Eimer Page Talk About Their "Cool Book" Picks
Independent School Magazine

Ellen Wolff, English instructor, Is Panelist at Royal Irish Academy Conference
Royal Irish Academy


PEA Welcomes Renowned Investigative Reporter/Author Bob Woodward | Seasoned Journalist Will Lecture on “The Press and the Presidency: Nixon to Obama”

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye to Read at PEA | First poet in the Phillips Exeter Academy Library's Lamont Poet Program for 2009-2010

Phillips Exeter Academy Senior Wins National Writing Awards | Student to be Honored at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in June

PEA Students Win Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | National Gold Key Winner to be Honored at New York City's Carnegie Hall on June 4

PEA English Instructor Matt W. Miller and Poet Ashley Capps to Read From Their Works | Selections from Mistaking the Sea for Green Fields and Cameo Diner: Poems will be among those heard

Lamont Poet Patricia Smith to Read at Phillips Exeter Academy | Four-time National Poetry Slam champion features poems from Blood Dazzler, chronicling the devastation of Hurricane Katrina

Academy Hosts Annual Shakespeare Conference for Teachers | Teachers from across the country study Anthony and Cleopatra this summer through stage production, film and Harkness discussion

Lamont Poet Major Jackson to Read | This year's kickoff Lamont Poet is the author of two poetry collections: Hoops and Leaving Saturn

Todd Hearon, English Instructor and Poet, Selected for Best New Poets 2007 Anthology | Nominated by Harvard Review, original publisher of Hearon's poem "In the Garden"

Ralph Sneeden Interviewed by Ploughshares Magazine | Sneeden, English instructor and poet, published Evidence of the Journey in 2007

Harkness Fellow U.S. Poet Laureate, Donald Hall '47, to give public reading | Class of '47 alum began writing poetry as a prep at Exeter

Wolff, English Instructor, Publishes Book and Essay | Explores the work of Irish novelists including Molly Keane and Samuel Beckett

English Teacher Publishes Poetry and Essays | Todd Hearon publishes in Slate, Harvard Review, Parnassus and more

Sneeden, English instructor, publishes poems in Slate, POETRY and Tiferet | More work to appear soon in Hayden's Ferry Review and DoubleTake/Points of Entry Magazine 


Lion's Eye Favorite: Lamont Younger Poets Read Their Works | Prep and 2 lowers win the annual prize

"Moving the Table" from The Exeter Bulletin, Spring 2009 | Exonians take their learning off-site and overseas

Exeter Shakespeare Society Takes on The Tempest | Caliban, Prospero, Ariel and the magic of theater this weekend

Lion's Eye Favorite: "The Gift of Literature that Lasts" | Early Shakespeare folio brings new life to the study of the bard at Exeter

Lion's Eye Favorite: Senior Bookmarks: from "Winnie-the-Pooh" to "Macbeth" and Beyond | Class of 2008 shows tremendous individuality in reading lists

Master Harold…and the Boys Gets Rave Reviews | A "priceless experience" says one student

Vive la technologie! | Language instruction enriched by new technology

Gaining Insights into Irish Literature | Members of the English department visited Ireland this summer

"My Day in the Life of Seymour Hersh" by Liani Balasuriya '07 (from The Exeter Bulletin, Spring 2007) |

Lion's Eye Favorite: Opening Eyes at Lamont Gallery, Through Writing | Writing about art excites students and leads to many discoveries

2007 Lamont Younger Poets to Read | Four lowers win the Lamont Younger Poets prize for 2007

Exeter Shakespeare Society Performs The Winter's Tale | A complex plot and interesting comedy/tragedy twists make for exciting acting experiences

Donald Hall '47 Reads from his Work April 9 at 7:00 p.m. | U.S. Poet Laureate returns to Exeter

"'The Beats' Go On", excerpt from The Exeter Bulletin, Winter 2007 | Harkness discussion filmed for Kerouac documentary

"A Place for Poetry," excerpt from The Exeter Bulletin, Winter 2007 | Faculty and staff poets muse on finding a balance between life and art



English

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The teaching of English at Exeter is shaped by the conviction that language is the essential means of gaining self-knowledge and of participating in community. The emphasis may vary from course to course, but the goals of instruction are constant— the development of skills of expression and of listening and understanding. The courses in our required sequence (English 120 – English 420) are differentiated primarily by the increasing complexity and sophistication in the writing we expect and in the works we read. At every level, students are likely to write in various forms and to read works representing diverse voices and experiences.

Each year, the Academy sponsors a writer-in-residence, the George Bennett Fellow. In addition, poets and prose writers regularly visit campus to read from their own work and to meet with groups of students. Two student publications, Pendulum and PIP, feature student prose and poetry.