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    How the Familiar Words of a Cliche Can Grant Comfort to the Grieving

    Rion Amilcar Scott on PBS NewsHour.
    June 24, 2020 English

    A Happy Ending For 3 Terp Authors

    Alums simultaneously have New York Times bestsellers with young adult books.
    April 22, 2020 English

    Quarantine in Seventeen

    Haiku contest looks for quick—but poetic—insights on life at home.
    January 10, 2020 English

    A Life of Sentences

    An armed carjacking at age 16 sent Reginald Dwayne Betts ’09 to prison—and started his remarkable path to the worlds of literature and law.
    June 18, 2019 English

    Carnegie Medal Goes to First Writer of Color in Its 83-year History

    Dominican-American Elizabeth Acevedo wins prestigious children’s award for "The Poet X," while Jackie Morris takes illustration prize for "The Lost Words."
    May 07, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities, English

    Storytelling and Survival

    Award-winning author speaks on the power of history in immigrant communities.
    April 15, 2019 English

    The Scale of Everything

    UMD English professor named Guggenheim and American Council of Learned Societies fellow.

    April 08, 2019 English

    Behind the State House Scenes

    Writing internship puts students in the General Assembly mix.
    December 03, 2018 English

    "The Poet X” Marks the Spot

    Alum wins National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
    November 14, 2018 English

    Writer, Teacher, Activist and Voice for Caribbean History

    Merle Collins combines scholarship, literature and activism in research about Louise Langdon Norton Little, the mother of Malcolm X.

    PBS NewsHour July 11, 2020

    How the Familiar Words of a Cliche Can Grant Comfort to the Grieving

    Rion Amilcar Scott on PBS NewsHour.
    The Atlantic May 21, 2020

    Tree Beyond Your Window

    Poem by Professor Michael Collier in The Atlantic.

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    Alumni Stephen Rojcewicz Featured Guest in That Shakespeare Life

    August 04, 2020 English

    That Shakespeare Life podcast invites UMD alum to discuss mummy poison in Shakespeare's Othello.

    Joseph Good to present at Institute for Humane Studies Conference

    July 13, 2020 English

    Good will present at the Institute for Humane Studies Graduate Conference (July 24-25, 2020).
    PBS NewsHour

    How the Familiar Words of a Cliche Can Grant Comfort to the Grieving

    July 11, 2020 English

    Rion Amilcar Scott on PBS NewsHour.

    Center for Literary and Comparative Studies Sponsors New Year-long Series on Antiracism

    July 10, 2020 English

    The Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, the dynamic venue for critical and creative work at the University of Maryland, has launched its next year-long event series titled, "Antiracism: Research • Teaching • Public Engagement."

    Alysia Sawchyn publishes Debut Essay Collection

    July 09, 2020 English

    A Fish Growing Lungs is released in June 2020.

    Writing for Change Course Launches Pandemic Perspectives

    July 08, 2020 English

    Curated by students in the University of Maryland’s Writing for Change program, this online collection of oral histories aims to uplift voices of people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences and broaden the public conversation around COVID-19.

    Shirley Logan Awarded Distinguished Service Award

    July 08, 2020 English

    Professor Shirley Logan was awarded the Rhetoric Society of America 2020 RSA George E. Yoos Distinguished Service Award.

    Martha Nell Smith Praised in PEN America Interview

    July 06, 2020 English

    The UMD professor's work was referenced by Mark Doty in a PEN America Interview