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Five Must-Read Summer Book Picks by Asian and Asian American Authors

AAPI Literature and Media Club Founder and President Julie Cha ’25 recommends top reads.
May 09, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Carey Cameron ’24 Plans Future in Media and Entertainment

The senior English major and creative writing minor has held multiple arts and culture roles in the D.C. region.
April 22, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Dylan Lewis Named to Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography

The prestigious fellowship is a capstone graduate career achievement for the English doctoral candidate.
April 15, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

English Professor Elizabeth Arnold Dies at 65

Arnold was a poet of national and international acclaim and a beloved teacher and colleague.
March 12, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Professor Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Hoa Nguyen ’91 Receive Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists

They’re among four poets internationally to receive the award.
February 29, 2024 American Studies, English, Maryland Language Science Center

Three ARHU Faculty Win Do Good Innovator Awards

Perla M. Guerrero, Peter Mallios and Shevaun Lewis are among 57 staff and faculty from across campus who received the award.

February 13, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

M Pease ’22 Appointed to Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs

Pease is an alum of the Maryland General Assembly Program in the Department of English.
February 05, 2024 English

Ali Clingan ’25 Awarded 2023–24 Jack Godfrey Memorial Scholarship

Clingan is the fourth English major to win the scholarship since it was established in 2014.
December 01, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram to Read From 'Negative Money'

The poet will share some of their computational poetry Dec. 6.
November 29, 2023 African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities, English

$1.4M Mellon Foundation Grant Expands Black Digital Humanities at UMD

Initiative fosters broad range of scholarly, creative and experimental work at all levels–undergrad to faculty.
Poetry Society of America April 26, 2024

"Wave House" by Professor Elizabeth Arnold Wins Poetry Society of America William Carlos Williams Award

Arnold's book of poetry was one of two winners of the award.
The New Yorker March 25, 2024

“Bitter Water Opera" in Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Alum Nicolette Polek MFA '19's new novel is featured in The New Yorker.
Education Week February 07, 2024

‘Why Doesn’t Everybody Want to Do This?': A New Teacher’s Midyear Reflection

Alum Saxon Brown '23 discusses being an English teacher in Education Week.

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PhD Student Sarah Bonnie to Present Paper

March 25, 2015 English

Sarah Bonnie will be presenting a paper at NAISA's Annual Conference this summer titled “The ‘Authentic Indian’ as a Biopolitical Invention: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins’ Resistance to Colonial Constructions of Indianness.”

MFA Radford Skudrna Published

March 25, 2015 English

Radford's poem "Tree House" was published in the Winter 2015 issue of Agave Magazine.

PhD Candidate Porter Olsen Presents Paper at MLA

March 25, 2015 English

Porter presented a paper at MLA in Vancouver last January titled "The New Barbarians: The Postcolonial Hacker in the Age of Globalization" as part of a panel on postcolonial digital humanities.

PhD Candidate Amanda Visconti Launches Digital Edition of James Joyce's Ulysses

March 25, 2015 English

Amanda Visconti launched a participatory digital edition of James Joyce's Ulysses at InfiniteUlysses.com as part of her dissertation.

Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prize

March 24, 2015 English

Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prize!

English Degree “Invaluable” For Career At Federal Reserve

March 24, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

William Dowling (’13) uses his literature education to aid low-income communities.

Friday, April 3, 2015: Washington Area Group for Print Studies

March 23, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

 Vanessa Harding will present "Bibliography, Autobiography, and History: Richard Smyth of London (1590-1675)" in the Rosenwald Room (LJ 205), 2nd floor, Jeefferson Building of the Library of Congress.

English Professor Wins Regents Award

March 11, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Professor Randy Ontiveros calls award his proudest achievement.

International Literature: Christian Jungersen, Thurs. March 12, 12:00 pm

March 10, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Danish writer Christian Jungersen will read and discuss his novel You Disappear with European Reference Librarian Taru Spiegel. This event is free and open to the public.

Check Out This NASA Press Release for DUST!

March 10, 2015 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Kari Kraus and her students have helped to create DUST, an alternate-reality game, in partnership with NASA, among others.