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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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UMD English Alum Norrell Edwards (PhD '19) Awarded Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship

October 29, 2020 English

The Texas Christian University fellowship was designed to promote diversity and support stellar scholars who are committed to research and teaching.

PEN/Faulkner

Rion Scott featured on Pen Faulkner's Next "Literary Conversations"

October 26, 2020 English

The evening will also feature Margaret Atwood, Nisi Shawl, and moderator Morgan Jenkins

New York Times

Alum Weighs In: Kamala Harris, Mass Incarceration and Me

October 20, 2020 English

English alum Dwayne Betts reflects on the complex vision of Harris' VP candidacy in the New York Times.

Scott Trudell Wins the 2020 Roland H. Bainton Prize for Literature

October 19, 2020 English

Trudell's monograph has been chosen as the recipient of the 2020 Bainton Prize for Literature by the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference.

Arts and Humanities Colloquium: Marisa Parham Discusses "Purpose, Frivolity, Futures: What, Really, is inclusion?"

October 12, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities, English

ARHU professor's talk is part of a new series centering racism, equity and justice.

English Alum Grace Aneiza Ali Publishes Book on the Women of the Guyanese Diaspora

October 07, 2020 English

Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora is Open Access.

English Alum Kian Kelley-Chung ’19 and Influential Author Victor LaValle Talk Storytelling

October 06, 2020 English

The conversation is part of a year-long Antiracism Series sponsored by the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies.

Two ARHU Alumnae Granted ACLS Postdoc Fellowships

September 29, 2020 American Studies, English

American Council of Learned Societies Emerging Voices Fellows spend one year at leading humanities research universities.

GerShun Avilez Featured in the Center for the Study of Southern Culture

September 28, 2020 English

Avilez's featured essay draws connections between Douglas T. Ward's Day of Absence and Black Lives Matter activism.

MFA Alum Named 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award Winner

September 24, 2020 English

Fiction writer and University of Maryland 2019 MFA graduate Temim Fruchter is a 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award winner.