Student Spotlight: Joseph Newell, Graduate Student

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Cary, MS

Why English?

I've always had a love for reading and writing. The type of literature that spoke to me when I was younger was poetry, and that has enhanced and evolved since.

Clubs and Organizations:

I am a member of MSU's Sigma Tau Delta and Phi Beta Kappa chapters. I became a member of both during the 2021-22 academic year.

Awards:

Richard F. Patterson Endowed Scholarship in English
William H. Magruder Scholarship
Howell H. and Elizabeth S. Gwin Scholarship

Publications:

"Cotton's Art", The Streetcar, vol.10 p.6
"Summer's Anatomy", The Streetcar, vol.10 p.74

The poems focus on history of social issues like race and racism and reflect on the response to those issues through observation of nature.

Hobbies:

road trips
go fun places
go to church
sing in the choir

Favorite books read for class:

Sam Selvon’s The Housing Lark
Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges are not the Only Fruit
Dickens’ Oliver Twist
A collection of poetry with Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost