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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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Robert S. Levine's New Book Listed as History Books to Lookout For Summer 2021

April 06, 2021 English

"A Failed Promise" is Listed in Summer 2021 History Publications by Library Journal.

New York Times

English Alum Elizabeth Acevedo Understands That ‘People Read Like They Eat’

April 01, 2021 English

Elizabeth Acevedo's (MFA '15) discusses reading and writing experiences with New York Times Books.

Maryland Today

Graduate Programs Highly Ranked by U.S. News

March 30, 2021 English

Counseling, criminology keep no. 1 ratings; 25 place in top 20.

Joshua Weiner and Translation Team of "Anniversary Snow" Win the Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry In Translation

March 26, 2021 English

The Sarah Maguire Prize recognizes the best book of poetry by a living poet from Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Middle East published in English translation.

In Session

March 25, 2021 English

An internship at the Maryland General Assembly is helping English major Sumayyah Ghori ’21 prepare for a future in law.

2021 Jiménez-Porter Literary Prizes Announced

March 23, 2021 English

Congrats to our English major awardees in the prose and poetry categories.

Cecilia Shelton's Publication Selected for the Best of the Journals in Rhetoric and Composition 2021

March 23, 2021 English

Shelton and CLCS guests were awarded for their article "Dressed but Not Tryin’ to Impress: Black Women Deconstructing 'Professional' Dress"

The Diamondback

UMD English department hosts webinar on anti-racism and student activism

March 11, 2021 English

The student activism event is the latest installment of anti-racism talks.

Recent Publication by UMD English Language, Writing, and Rhetoric Faculty and Alumni

March 01, 2021 English

Nineteenth-Century American Activist Rhetorics documents rhetoric that is overtly political and oriented to social reform.

Cecilia Shelton Wins the 2021 Outstanding Dissertation Award and 2021 Technical and Scientific Communication Award

February 12, 2021 English

The National Council of Teachers of English awarded the English professor two awards for her work surrounding “A Techné of Marginality.”