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    Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, English

    Orrin Wang Wins 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award

    English professor Orrin Wang is the 2020 recipient of the Keats Shelley Association of America's Distinguished Scholar Award.
    January 04, 2021 English

    MFA Alum's Novel Listed Among Forbes' Best YA Books of 2020

    Elizabeth Acevedo's (MFA '15) book Clap When You Land is listed among the best YA books of the year.
    November 09, 2020 English

    How poetry helped MFA alum Elizabeth Acevedo know when to stop writing

    UMD English alum discusses narrative structure in her young adult novels.
    October 19, 2020 English

    Scott Trudell Wins the 2020 Roland H. Bainton Prize for Literature

    Trudell's monograph has been chosen as the recipient of the 2020 Bainton Prize for Literature by the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference.
    October 06, 2020 English

    English Alum Kian Kelley-Chung ’19 and Influential Author Victor LaValle Talk Storytelling

    The conversation is part of a year-long Antiracism Series sponsored by the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies.

    September 28, 2020 English

    GerShun Avilez Featured in the Center for the Study of Southern Culture

    Avilez's featured essay draws connections between Douglas T. Ward's Day of Absence and Black Lives Matter activism.

    September 11, 2020 English

    Long Fellowship Supports Launch of New Journal

    English department students use fiction, design and more to explore the role of neurodiversity in art and literature.
    August 31, 2020 English

    UMD English Wins 6 Innovation Grants

    Congratulations to the recipients of the Teaching Innovation Grants.
    July 11, 2020 English

    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.
    Deadline December 16, 2020

    MFA Alum Elizabeth Acevedo's Novel in the Works for a TV Series

    Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories has acquired the rights to bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo’s YA novel 'Clap When You Land.'

    New York Times November 29, 2020

    MFA Alum Featured in New York Times Style Section

    Author Alison Stine ‘02 discusses wildfires and weed in the Sunday edition.

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    New Publication by English Alum Anita Sherman

    January 25, 2021 English

    PhD alum releases a new book, titled "Skepticism in Early Modern English Literature: The Problems and Pleasures of Doubt"

    English Alum Norrell Edwards Named Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow for 2021

    January 18, 2021 English

    Norrell Edwards (English PhD 2019) has been named the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow at Texas Christian University for 2021.

    Orrin Wang Wins 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award

    January 07, 2021 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, English

    English professor Orrin Wang is the 2020 recipient of the Keats Shelley Association of America's Distinguished Scholar Award.

    UMD English at MLA

    January 06, 2021 English

    University of Maryland faculty and graduate students will present recent research on a variety of topics at the Modern Language Association’s annual meeting from January 7-9, 2021.
    Poetry Magazine

    MFA Alum Featured in Poetry Magazine's January 2021 Issue

    January 05, 2021 English

    Tyler Miller's (MFA, '08) "Occasion" and "Oak" are featured in Poetry Foundation's first issue of 2021..

    MFA Alum's Novel Listed Among Forbes' Best YA Books of 2020

    January 04, 2021 English

    Elizabeth Acevedo's (MFA '15) book Clap When You Land is listed among the best YA books of the year.
    Deadline

    MFA Alum Elizabeth Acevedo's Novel in the Works for a TV Series

    December 16, 2020 English

    Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories has acquired the rights to bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo’s YA novel 'Clap When You Land.'

    Seminary Co-op

    GerShun Avilez's Black Queer Freedom on Notable Books List of 2020

    December 14, 2020 English

    Seminary Co-op Names Black Queer Freedom Among Notable Books for 2020

    MFA Program Announces Nominees for the Association of Writers & Writing Program's Intro Journals Project

    December 07, 2020 English

    Nominations announced for annual literary competition for the discovery and publication of new work by students currently enrolled in AWP member programs.

    English Alum Dr. Martin Camper Wins American Forensic Association's 2020 Daniel Rohrer Memorial Outstanding Research Award

    December 02, 2020 English

    The award is given for achievements in argumentation & public advocacy.