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Welcome to the English Department

When you study literatures in English, you engage with works of significant cultural and aesthetic value, wrestle with important philosophical questions, reconstruct histories of past times and places, and develop in writing your own critical and creative voice. We offer a diverse range of courses, a graduate program, an honors program, journalism, creative writing and medieval studies minors, scholarly lectures, readings by visiting writers, and other events, all of which give students a rich experience of the discipline of English.

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Explore English Department course offerings in Literature, Creative Writing, the Writing Program, and Journalism.

English majors and minors develop valuable wisdom and skills and successfully pursue careers in a wide range of fields.

Learn more about the English Department faculty’s teaching interests as well as their research and creative specialties.

Our faculty accomplishments include published books, articles, and creative work, conference presentations, and awards and recognition.

The Dean Family Speaker Series brings nationally and internationally recognized scholars to present their research to students and faculty.

The Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series brings emerging and established poets, fiction, and creative non-fiction writers to campus.

Julie Park to give a talk on “The Eighteenth-Century Commonplace Book: Index, Table, Self,” Thursday, Oct. 24

Visiting scholar Julie Park will give a talk on Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 3 p.m. in ZSR Special Collections & Archive (Room 625). Her talk, “The Eighteenth-Century Commonplace Book: Index, Table, Self” is about her research on eighteenth-century commonplace books, with a reception to follow. This lecture is co-sponsored… Continue Reading: Julie Park to give a talk on “The Eighteenth-Century Commonplace Book: Index, Table, Self,” Thursday, Oct. 24

Author Abbey Mei Otis to give a reading on November 21 for the Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series

Abbey Mei Otis, author of Alien Virus Love Disaster, will give a reading for the Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 6 p.m. in the ZSR Library Auditorium (404). The reading, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by a brief… Continue Reading: Author Abbey Mei Otis to give a reading on November 21 for the Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series

Nathaniel Mackey and the Our True Day Begun Soon Come Qu’ahttet to perform on October 29

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 6 pm in Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Art Center (Doors open at 5:30 pm.) The inaugural Edwin G. Wilson Distinguished Artist will be poet and prose artist Nathaniel Mackey, who will perform work from his forthcoming collection Double Trio with musical accompaniment from the Our True Day Begun Soon… Continue Reading: Nathaniel Mackey and the Our True Day Begun Soon Come Qu’ahttet to perform on October 29

Author Julie Schumacher to give a talk on October 21 for the Dean Family Series

Julie Schumacher, author of Dear Committee Members and The Shakespeare Requirement, will give a lecture for the Dean Family Speaker Series on October 21, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. in the ZSR Library Auditorium. The talk, which will be followed by a brief reception and book signing, is free and open to the… Continue Reading: Author Julie Schumacher to give a talk on October 21 for the Dean Family Series

Prof. Lamar Wilson’s documentary premieres July 22

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing L. Lamar Wilson’s documentary short, The Changing Same, premieres Monday, July 22 at 10:30 p.m. The short will be shown on POV Shorts, part of the POV documentary series on PBS. From American Documentary’s website amdoc.org: “Along with this year’s roster of feature documentaries,… Continue Reading: Prof. Lamar Wilson’s documentary premieres July 22

Kelsey Harrelson and Bri Carney awarded 2018-19 D.A. Brown Award for Excellence in Writing

Each semester, English faculty submit the best essays from their core (100-level) and upper-division (300-level) literature courses, and a faculty panel awards the writers of the top essay in each category the D.A. Brown Award for Excellence in Writing. The 2018-2019 recipients of the D.A. Brown Award for Excellence in… Continue Reading: Kelsey Harrelson and Bri Carney awarded 2018-19 D.A. Brown Award for Excellence in Writing

Welcome to the English Department

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