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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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Rachel Carstens in the Atlas Review

February 19, 2013 English

Congratulations to Rachel Carstens, whose poem "The Hoodoos at Montauk" was published in the inaugural issue of the Atlas Review this month.

Undergraduate Arts Community and Terpmode

February 18, 2013 English

Terpmode, a student collective of artists and musicians across every major and every field, was founded by Deanna Wright, a student in Melanie Kill's "Topics in Advanced Writing: Web Authoring: Text, Image, and Design" course last semester.

Register now for Summer Term!

February 18, 2013 English

Registration begins February 19!

Marshall Grossman and the Spenser Review

February 07, 2013 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The journal The Spenser Review inaugurates its new format with a volume dedicated to the memory of our late colleague Marshall Grossman.

Hugh F. and Glen Hannah Cole Financial Aid Scholarship

February 06, 2013 English

Congratulations to Deanna Justine Wright, winner of the Hugh F. and Glen Hannah Cole Financial Aid Scholarship for Students in the Arts & Humanities for 2012-13.

Congratulations to Faculty RASA Award Winners!

February 05, 2013 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Congratulations to Kent Cartwright and Brian Richardson, who have won semester Research and Scholarship Awards for 2013-14

Audio Available: WJT Mitchell, "Seeing Madness"

February 04, 2013 English

Those who missed or want to revisit the October Petrou lecture can listen to Mitchell's talk via Soundcloud.

The Diamondback

Panel Discusses History, Controversy Surrounding Django Unchained