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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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Congratulations to the Department of English Award Winners

May 22, 2020 English

Congratulations to our award winners for the 2019-20 academic year in Graduate and Undergraduate studies. 

BookLab End of Semester Recap

May 22, 2020 English

Despite the sudden move to online, UMD English's BookLab has had a busy 2020 spring. 
The Atlantic

Tree Beyond Your Window

May 21, 2020 English

Poem by Professor Michael Collier in The Atlantic.

Vin Carretta published in The Cambridge History of Black and Asian British Writing

May 20, 2020 English

Vin Carretta has recently published “Black People of Letters: Authors, Activists, Abolitionists” in The Cambridge History of Black and Asian British Writing.

Ross Angelella, Short Story and Screenplay

May 19, 2020 English

Find senior Lecturer Ross Angelella's recent publications.

Congratulations to our 2020 English Honors Graduates

May 14, 2020 English

The Department of English's Honors Program is pleased to recognize its 2020 Honors Graduates.

Congratulations to the Graduates of our Ph.D. in English Program

May 14, 2020 English

The Department of English is pleased to congratulate the latest Doctors of Philosophy in English.

Virginia Butler wins Bruce Harkness Young Scholar Award

May 14, 2020 English

Presented by the Joseph Conrad Society of America, for her article, "Race, Gender, and Closure in *Lord Jim*."

Max Lasky Published by Frontier Poetry

May 13, 2020 English

Frontier Poetry published Max Lasky’s poem, “Bad Aesthetic,” in May 2020.

UMD English's Priya Hay-Chatterjee Wins the Loving Award

May 06, 2020 English

English Senior Priya Hay-Chatterjee has won the Loving Award, named in honor of Mildred and Richard Loving for their bravery and perseverance in invalidating miscegenation laws via the landmark Supreme Court decision in Loving vs. Virginia.