UMD Grad Jason Reynolds Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’
Popular author of YA, children’s books about kids of color to receive $800K.
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Three Professors Receive Creative Arts Funding
July 13, 2010Professors Maud Casey, Michael Collier and Howard Norman are among the winners of the 2008 Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) summer awards.
Plumly Wins Los Angeles Times Book Award
July 13, 2010Professor Stanley Plumly's collection of poems Old Heart (2007) has won the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry.
Plumly Wins 2008 Paterson Prize in Poetry
July 13, 2010Professor Stanley Plumly's 2007 collection of poems, Old Heart, has won the 2008 Paterson Poetry Prize from the The Poetry Center in Paterson, New Jersey.
Plumly Book a Finalist for National Book Award
July 13, 2010Stanley Plumly, Professor of English and Director of the Program in Creative Writing, was named a finalist for the 2007 National Book Awards for his poetry collection, Old Heart (W.W. Norton & Company).
The Best of First Year Writing on Display in "Interpolations"
July 13, 2010The inaugural edition of Interpolations: A Journal of First Year Writing is now available on the English Department website.
In Memoriam, Nicholas Allocca
July 13, 2010Nicholas Allocca, a dear friend and colleague to so many in our community, passed away unexpectedly on September 12, 2007.
PWP Offers Best Writing Tips Ever
July 13, 2010Advice from Professional Writing Program Faculty is featured on UM Newsdesk.
Applications for QCB and Travel Grants
July 12, 2010The English Graduate Office is inviting applications from students in English and CMLT for the next round of QCB Research and Travel Grants.
Two Graduate Conferences Announced for Spring
July 12, 2010CFPs for "New Worlds: Cross-Cultural Exchange East and West" and "Nomenclature" have been posted.
Two Students Pick Up Travel Awards
July 12, 2010QCB Research and Travel Grants and ARHU Graduate Travel Awards help fund student projects.