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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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Aqdas Aftab Wins the LGBT Equity Center's Graduate Student Involvement Award

May 20, 2021 English

Lavender Graduation recognizes an important milestone in the lives of our LGBTQ+ and Allied graduates.

Spring 2021 Graduate Student Fellowships, Awards, Prizes, Publications and Placements

May 20, 2021 English

A list of some of the many awards, prizes, publications, and placements of English Graduate Students for the 2020-21 academic year.

Maryland Today

English Major Balbina Yang Named a Senior Marshall

May 19, 2021 English

The Senior Marshal program recognizes graduating Terps who demonstrate the highest levels of scholarship, service, extracurricular activity and personal growth.

Interview with Retiring Professor Merle Collins

May 19, 2021 English

Distinguished Grenadian poet, short story writer, and Guggenheim Fellow Merle Collins will retire from the University of Maryland in spring 2021

Interview with Retiring Professor Theresa Coletti

May 19, 2021 English

Medievalist Theresa Coletti has been with UMD English for over 45 years and served as English Department Chair during pivotal times in the department.

William Wong Wins 2021 Library Award for Undergraduate Research

May 14, 2021 English

The Library Award for Undergraduate Research aims to promote the value and use of library services and information resources.

Recipients of James A. Robinson Awards for Teaching Excellence

May 12, 2021 English

Congratulations to English graduate students Kerishma Panigrahi, Garth Libhart, and Brittany Starr

2021 AAP Poetry Prize & KAP Fiction Prize Winners

May 12, 2021 English

The MFA Program in Creative Writing is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize and Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize.
Fortune Magazine

English Alum Dwayne Betts Listed on Fortune Magazine's World’s 50 Greatest Leaders

May 12, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

Today Betts is also striving to give other incarcerated people the same opportunity he had for a transformative encounter with literature.