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Vote for Dead Writers Podcast for the Listener's Choice Award!

Dead Writers is a podcast hosted by two members of the English Department, Tess Chakalakal and Brock Clarke. The podcast is a finalist for a Signal Podcast Award in the category of "Best Co-Host Team." They are up against some big names (Kyle McLachlan and Joshua Davis, co-hosts of "Varnamtown"). You have till October 17 to cast your vote and make Dead Writers a winner!

Bowdoin's English Department offers courses that develop students' skills in analytical reading, writing, and thinking while deepening their capacity for empathic understanding and meaningful self-reflection.

At the core of the liberal arts, the study of literature illuminates the many ways of being human and of being alive in our world.

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