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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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Feb. 13: Kelly Cresap's story gig

February 15, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Takoma Park Busboys and Poets will feature Kelly Cresap and others to honor Valentine's Day.

THE POET X Receives Two Additional Awards

February 08, 2019 English

The Poet X, written by University of Maryland almuna Elizabeth Acevedo, has recently won the Printz Award and the Pura Belpré Award.

Scott Trudell Guest Edits RESTORATION Journal

February 06, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Assistant Professor Scott Trudell recently guest edited a special issue of Restoration journal.

Shirley Logan & Wayne Slater publish book on Professional Writing!

February 01, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Academic & Professional Writing in an Age of Accountability grows out of a conference sponsored by the Academic Writing Board in 2014 and features articles by many UMD faculty members.

"Hamlet's Problem, And Ours": HAMLET REPLAYED Pre-Show Lecture by James Hollis, Ph.D.

January 28, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies will host a student-driven performance of Hamlet Replayed and a pre-show lecture by James Hollis, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Jung Society of Washington.

English Faculty Featured on UMD's Research Roundup

January 10, 2019 English

Tita Chico and the UMD BookLab were recently featured on UMD's Research Roundup. You can read the piece on Tita Chico's The Experimental Imagination:Literary Knowledge and Science in the British Enlightenment here, and the piece on the BookLab here.

Tita Chico Awarded Research and Scholarship Award (RASA)

January 08, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Professor Tita Chico has been awarded a Research and Scholarship Award (RASA) from the Graduate School for the academic year 2019-2020.

Mal Haselberger and Justin Thompson Win Awards

January 03, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Mal Haselberger and Justin Thompson have each been selected by the Graduate School for an Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award for 2018-2019.

Jason Rudy Publication Recognized

January 03, 2019 English

Jason Rudy's Imagined Homelands: British Poetry in the Colonies (Johns Hopkins University Press 2017) has made the Australian Book Review's "Books of the Year 2018" list.

UMD English at MLA

January 02, 2019 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Faculty presenting current research include Julius Fleming, Matthew Kirschenbaum, Lee Konstantinou, Kari Kraus, Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, David Carroll Simon, and Edlie Wong.