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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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David Biespiel's Book Release

September 18, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

David Biespiel's book, The Education of a Young Poet (Counterpoint Press, 2018), will be released on Tuesday, October 9th. David Biespiel is the former coordinator of the MFA program and a University of Maryland alumnus.

THE POET X by Elizabeth Acevedo (MFA '15) is on Longlist for National Book Award

September 13, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The National Book Foundation recognized ten authors for "Young People's Literature."  

Jamie Kantor Published in PMLA

September 13, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Recent PhD alumnus and Ohio State University-Mansfield Assistant Professor Jamie Kantor was recently published in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (PMLA). 

2018-19 New Faculty Appointments

September 11, 2018 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Japanese, Persian, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes the new faculty cohort to UMD.

Libraries Napping Pods originate in Anthony Escalante's Business Writing proposal

September 11, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Mary Turner provided the classroom instruction and coaching that helped inspire the successful proposal. #UMDWrites

New Publications from Heidi Scott

September 11, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Heidi Scott has a new book out, Fuel: An Ecocritical History (Bloomsbury Press, 2018).

Tung-An Wei (Miranda) Receives Scholarship

September 11, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Comparative Literature PhD candidate Tung-An Wei (Miranda) received a merit scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. 

Stewart Foehl (Stewart Lewis) Publication

September 11, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Stewart Foehl (pen name: Stewart Lewis) had a piece published recently on Motherwell Magazine:https://motherwellmag.com/2018/08/09/how-to-swerve-my-unconventional-path-to-fatherhood-as-a-gay-man/ 

New and Forthcoming Publications from Martha Nell Smith

September 11, 2018 English

Martha Nell Smith has a new publication: I dwell in Possibility: Collaborative Emily Dickinson Translation Project. Coedited with Baihua Wang, Fudan University.

Talia Fishbine's New Publication

September 11, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

MA student Talia Fishbine's paper, “The Presence of Gatsby in the Absense of Towers: 9/11 Literature and the American Dream” was recently accepted for publication with the open access ejournal, Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies (LLIDS).