@EnglishCon

The International English Honor Society. Conferring distinction for high achievement in English language and literature in undergraduate and graduate studies.

 DeKalb, IL
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Joined November 2011
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Sigma Tau Delta is excited to announce the 2027 Common Reader will be Angie Cruz’s How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water. #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #EnglishHonorSociety english.org/for-students/202…
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Visit the Humans of Sigma Tau Delta Facebook page to learn about this week's featured member: Antonio Anderson #EnglishHonor #SigmaTauDelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #EnglishHonorSociety #HumansOfSigmaTauDelta #FeatureFriday bit.ly/3wp1Rnd
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What habits do “super-readers” have in common? #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #NationalEnglishHonorSociety #nehs4hs #EnglishHonorSociety bit.ly/3VTnnkz

What Are the Routines of So-Called Super-Readers?

They read laps around the rest of us, wearing out their library cards and overflowing their bookshelves. They stack up hundreds of finished books each year. They are super-readers: people who read …

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2027 Convention Update. #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #EnglishHonorSociety #footnotes bit.ly/4z4r2Lb
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Can a book change who you are without changing what you believe? #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #NationalEnglishHonorSociety #nehs4hs #EnglishHonorSociety #ELAHonorSociety #elahs #sigmakappadelta #skd
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Which human experience deserves to be written about more often? #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #NationalEnglishHonorSociety #nehs4hs #EnglishHonorSociety #ELAHonorSociety #elahs #sigmakappadelta #skd
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Applications for the Long-Term Study Abroad Scholarship close on October 26. Check out this week's blog to learn about Johnna Ryan's experience on Oxford. bit.ly/4i9mHim #EnglishHonor #SigmaTauDelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #WORDYbyNature #EnglishHonorSociety
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What are some things Jane Austen simply couldn’t stand? #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #NationalEnglishHonorSociety #nehs4hs #EnglishHonorSociety bit.ly/4itqQyV

An incomplete list of things Jane Austen disliked.

Famously, Jane Austen disliked Bath, both when she visited it in 1799 and when she moved there with her family in 1801. But Bath loves Jane Austen: the city is now home to the Jane Austen Center, a…

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Flooding the Classroom Library in a Literacy Drought. #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #EnglishHonorSociety #footnotes bit.ly/3U0iuFJ
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What makes a story worth telling more than once? #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #NationalEnglishHonorSociety #nehs4hs #EnglishHonorSociety #ELAHonorSociety #elahs #sigmakappadelta #skd
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A Biography of 2027 Common Reader Author ANGIE CRUZ by Alexandra Hale youtu.be/ozK1pTWyiO8 #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #EnglishHonorSociety #SalvageTheBones #JesmynWard #26engcon
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Can artistic ego be a blessing—or a Faustian bargain? #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #NationalEnglishHonorSociety #nehs4hs #EnglishHonorSociety bit.ly/4BeOXJ2

Is Artistic Ego a Faustian Bargain? Karl Ove Knausgaard on Plot, Narcissism, and His New Novel

The moral fulcrum of Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, in which a scholar gains knowledge and power through a demonic pact, is a relatively straigh…

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Submissions are now open for the 2027 Convention in Milwaukee, WI. Submit your critical or creative papers, student or faculty roundtables, and Research in the Round proposals by October 27 for consideration. bit.ly/4xMNFCK
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Which experimental anti-novels completely rethink what a novel can be? #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #NationalEnglishHonorSociety #nehs4hs #EnglishHonorSociety bit.ly/4Bj2oba
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If silence could be a character in a story, what would its personality be? #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #NationalEnglishHonorSociety #nehs4hs #EnglishHonorSociety #ELAHonorSociety #elahs #sigmakappadelta #skd
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Join the English Honor Societies for the next installment of 2026-2027 Author Webinar Series on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 6 p.m. with Helene Meyers, author of English Majors at Work. Register today and ask your questions!⁠ bit.ly/4xMLZcH
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Click the link in our bio to learn 25 things you didn’t know about Isaiah Russell! bit.ly/4yXtBhP #MemberMonday #MeetTheDeltans #EnglishHonor #nehs4hs #SigmaTauDelta
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Relaunching Gaillardia Journal: My Exhilarating Internship Experience Working on the Editorial Team. #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #EnglishHonorSociety #footnotes bit.ly/4yRa82u
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Does gamifying reading change how we experience books? #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #NationalEnglishHonorSociety #nehs4hs #EnglishHonorSociety bit.ly/4zBeV7T

What We Lose When We Gamify Reading

At the dawn of 2026, I spent an irresponsible amount of time cataloguing what I did in 2025. There are so many ways to aggregate a personality these days: Letterboxd kept track of how many movies y…

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What truth do you think fiction can reveal better than reality? #EnglishHonor #sigmataudelta #InternationalEnglishHonorSociety #NationalEnglishHonorSociety #nehs4hs #EnglishHonorSociety #ELAHonorSociety #elahs #sigmakappadelta #skd
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Applications are open now through October 26, 2026, at 4 p.m. CT for the Fall Awards Cycle. Apply now for scholarships, awards, grants, and internship opportunities. bit.ly/45G22MF
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