The world that we inhabit is the world that we have created and it is in our ability to transform it. Such an idea might be considered as utopian, but it is great literature that preserves and nurtures such utopias. An engagement with literary and artistic texts is what makes a society self-reflexive and humanistic. Regardless of the academic or industrial expertise one may pursue, it is the relationship with narratives that shapes the selfhood of individuals. It is through narratives that we form our individual and collective identities. Engagement with narrative and poetic imagination is crucial not only to make sense of our lives, but also to relate to others. An ability to empathize with others is developed through an immersion into the imaginative world, much like Scheherzade reforming the mad king by telling stories every night and altering his sense of the ‘self’ bit by bit until he emerged as an enlightened being. The Department of English at SJCC believes in this ability of imagination and seeks to nurture it through all that we do.