Recent Department News & Events
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The Dean Family Speaker Series – Imaginiary Amendments in American Science Fiction – Dr. Isiah Lavender III – January 24, 2024
The Sterling Goodman Professor of English at the University of Georgia, Dr. Isiah Lavender III, is the author of six books in science fiction. He will join us in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, January 24 to discuss his work, a reception will follow.… Continue Reading: The Dean Family Speaker Series – Imaginiary Amendments in American Science Fiction – Dr. Isiah Lavender III – January 24, 2024
Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series Hosts Horror with Stephen Graham Jones February 20, 204
Stephen Graham Jones will join us at 6:00 pm on Tuesday February 20, 2024 in the Byrum Welcome Center. The event is free and open to the public Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author of nearly thirty novels and collections, and there’s some novellas and comic books in… Continue Reading: Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series Hosts Horror with Stephen Graham Jones February 20, 204
Poet-Trees: A Reading of Work by Wake Forest University Poet-Scholars
Thursday, November 2, 5pm, The Autumn Room, Reyholda Hall. Sponsored by the William R Kenan, Jr Professorship in the Humanities
Poetry Reading with Michael D Snediker and Cole Swensen – October 19, 2023
ZSR auditorium (404) October 19th 5 pm FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Scholars Christopher Freeburg and Michael D. Snediker to give Dean Family Series talks on October 18
The Dean Family Speaker Series has invited American literature scholars Christopher Freeburg and Michael D. Snediker to visit Wake Forest University on October 18 & 19, 2023. On October 18, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. in the ZSR Library Auditorium (ZSR 404), Freeburg and Snediker will each give a public… Continue Reading: Scholars Christopher Freeburg and Michael D. Snediker to give Dean Family Series talks on October 18
Eric G. Wilson “Point Blank” Film Screening & Book Talk
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 Institute’s distinguished BFI Classics Series. A… Continue Reading: Eric G. Wilson “Point Blank” Film Screening & Book Talk
Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series hosts Fred Moten & friends for Poets’ Theatre & Reading Sept. 13-14
Cultural theorist and poet Fred Moten will be a featured guest of The Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series and the Wake Forest University Interdisciplinary Arts Center this fall for two special events: a Poets’ Theatre presentation on Wednesday, September 13, and a night of Poetry Readings & Performances on Thursday,… Continue Reading: Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series hosts Fred Moten & friends for Poets’ Theatre & Reading Sept. 13-14
Announcing the 22-23 D.A. Brown Essay Award Winners
Each year, English faculty nominate the top essays from their lower- and upper-level literature courses for the department’s D.A. Brown Essay Awards. This summer, three students were recognized for exemplary essays written in the 2022-2023 academic year. The 22-23 D.A. Brown Essay Award for Literary Scholarship: Ellie Grubbs ’23,… Continue Reading: Announcing the 22-23 D.A. Brown Essay Award Winners
Class of 2023 contributes books to the Sigma Tau Delta shelf in Ammons Lounge
The 2023 seniors from Wake Forest’s Sigma Omega chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, will be the fifth class to add their favorite books to the organization’s permanent collection in Ammons Lounge in Tribble Hall. Each senior selected a book that they studied at Wake Forest… Continue Reading: Class of 2023 contributes books to the Sigma Tau Delta shelf in Ammons Lounge
Student Scholarships and Awards for 2022-2023
On Wednesday, April 19, members of the English department gathered in the Magnolia Room for our annual awards reception to honor the outstanding work of our majors, minors, and graduate students. The award recipients are listed below. The Robert N. Shorter Medieval Prize: Ashley Simon H. Broadus Jones Shakespeare Prize:… Continue Reading: Student Scholarships and Awards for 2022-2023
2023-2024 Executive Board for Sigma Tau Delta
Announcing the newly elected executive board for Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society: President: Frances Riggs ’24 Vice President: Alexis Williams ’25 Secretary: Mary Outland ’24 Historian: Sydney Pasceri ’25 Treasurer: Mackenzie Jackson ’24 Membership Chair: Anna Beim ’25 Public Relations Chair: Lily Klett ’24 Social Events Chair:… Continue Reading: 2023-2024 Executive Board for Sigma Tau Delta
Book talk with Prof. Jennifer Greiman: Melville’s Democracy
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 on the Stanford University Press… Continue Reading: Book talk with Prof. Jennifer Greiman: Melville’s Democracy
Prof. Joanna Ruocco releases new novel: Artfully Yours
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 Tuesday, February 21, at 6:30 pm.… Continue Reading: Prof. Joanna Ruocco releases new novel: Artfully Yours
Author Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi to visit Wake Forest campus on March 23
Poet and writer Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi will visit the Wake Forest University campus on March 23, 2023, for a student chat and public reading. This event is sponsored by the Dillon Johnston Writers Reading series. Araki-Kawaguchi events: Student chat March 23 from 2:00-3:00 pm DeTamble Auditorium, Tribble A110 Public reading, followed… Continue Reading: Author Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi to visit Wake Forest campus on March 23