English
We believe that language is the key to gaining self-knowledge and participating in community. We focus on developing in students the skills of expression, listening and understanding.
Our writing program invites you to start with personal narratives. As you find your confidence and voice, you’ll move to more complex essays, journalistic profiles and literary analyses.
Seniors choose from more than 50 electives, including author immersions (more than 20, from Milton to Morrison) and genre-based courses.
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Art of Protest
From the grittiness of rap to the density of civil disobedience, this course examines a variety of literary-artistic protests. The approach is multicultural and interdisciplinary.
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9th-Grade English
In this sequence of courses, the English Department introduces 9th-graders to the reading practices, discussion principles and writing strategies they will use and on which they will build througho
The Common Read
Our incoming ninth graders read the same text before the school year begins. The “common read” is part of a program intended to connect new students and prepare them for life at Exeter.
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Writers speak on campus each year
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5 questions for Lamont Poet A.E. Stallings
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Creative Writing: Poetry
"Poetry," wrote Robert Frost, "is a way of taking life by the throat." From its origins in oral tradition and tribal lore, as well as its role in incantatory spiritual practice, poetry has carried
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Stepping-off places
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Exonians in review: Winter 2023
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Borges and I
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Scholarly Endeavors
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Martín Espada speaks for the silenced
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May 17
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