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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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The Baggett Lectures, Elissa Newport, Wednesday, November 19

September 09, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The Baggett Lectures Elissa Newport(Brain Plasticity and Development, Georgetown)

PhD Natasha Sajé Publishes Two Books

September 04, 2014 English

Natasha Sajé (Ph.D. 1995) has two books out this year, Vivarium (book of poems from Tupelo Press) and Windows and Doors: A Poet Reads Literary Theory (essays from U of Michigan Press).

"Living Spirit: Literature and Resurgence in Okinawa," Thursday, September 11, 4:00 pm

September 04, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Writer/editor Frank Stewart and scholar/translator Katsunori Yamazato will read from the MANOA special feature "Living Spirit: Literature and Resurgence in Okinawa" and participate in a moderated discussion with poet Brenda Shaughnessy.

Summer 2014 Bywords Available for Viewing

September 03, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

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2014-2015 New Faculty Appointments

September 03, 2014 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.

Martha Nell Smith Published Two Essays, Among Other News

September 02, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Martha Nell Smith published two essays

Randy Ontiveros Gives Talk on the Film EL NORTE, Among Other Updates

September 02, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

In July, Randy Ontiveros gave a talk on the film El Norte and what it reveals about American suburbia at the first-ever gathering of the International Latino Studies Association.

Jeanne Fahnestock Keynote Speaker at the International Society for the Study of Argumentation in Amsterdam

September 02, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Jeanne Fahnestock was a keynote speaker at the meeting of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation in Amsterdam, July 1 through 4, 2014.

Robin Earnest of PWP Spends Summer Serving as Defense Counsel with the Maryland District Court's new Appointed Attorney Program

September 02, 2014 English

Robin Earnest, J.D., LL.M., spent much of her summer serving as defense counsel with the Maryland District Court’s new Appointed Attorney Program.

Rebecca Ritzel of PWP Served as Critic-in-Residence at Chautauqua Institution

September 02, 2014 English

Rebecca Ritzel (PWP) served as critic-in-residence at Chautauqua Institution, a lakeside community near Buffalo dedicated to the literary, visual and performing arts.