By Chris Brown, Chair of English The first warm day of this spring, as I made my way toward the library, I could see through some open windows into a classroom on the first floor of Tribble. Students were seated in a circle at their […]
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Congratulations to our newly promoted and tenured faculty! On Friday afternoon the College announced Derek Lee and Alisa Russell’s tenure and promotion to Associate Professor, as well as Guy Witzel’s promotion to Associate Teaching Professor. Congratulations, everyone!
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This article was originally posted by Wake Forest University April 8, 2025 The University recently learned that Professor Emerita Claudia Thomas Kairoff passed away on Friday, April 4. Claudia retired from Wake Forest in 2022 after 35 years of service as a professor of […]
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We are happy to share that Professor Amy Catanzano’s new book, The Imaginary Present: Essays in Quantum Poetics, is now available! The book is published in the Poets on Poetry Series at the University of Michigan Press. Congratulations, Dr. Catanzano! The Imaginary […]
Categories: Creative Writing, Faculty News
Join us in congratulating Dr. Ebony Flowers on her publication in MoMA magazine. Her comic, titled A Sketch of Sunday, appeared in the magazine on December 3, 2024. Congratulations, Dr. Flowers! Ebony Flowers was born and raised in Maryland. She holds a PhD in Curriculum […]
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Join us in London this summer from May 27 to June 28 for Literature of the Witch, co-taught by Dr. Joanna Ruocco and Dr. Sarah Hogan! ENG 302 (D) / CRW 286 / WGS 377: This 3-credit study away summer course will introduce you to […]
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On Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 6 pm in Scales 102, the Department of English will host a film screening and discussion in celebration of Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English Eric G. Wilson’s study of John Boorman’s Point Blank for the British Film […]
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Associate Professor of English Jennifer Greiman will present a talk on her new book titled Melville’s Democracy: Radical Figuration and Political Form on Tuesday, April 4, at 5:00 pm in the ZSR Auditorium (room 404). You can access a description, reviews, excerpts, and purchasing options […]
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Professor Joanna Ruocco’s latest historical romance, Artfully Yours, will be available next week from Berkeley Books under the pen name Joanna Lowell. You can read an excerpt and find preordering options on the publisher’s website. Bookmarks is hosting a book launch for Ruocco on […]
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The Wake Forest University English Department is pleased to announce that five English, Writing, and Creative Writing faculty have been awarded research and travel funds for the spring and summer of 2023. These faculty will conduct primary research, attend scholarly conferences, hold panels, and share […]
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