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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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Introducing BookLab!

August 24, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

BookLab is a hands-on space for engaging with the codex book that seeks to blend elements of the book arts with digital experimentation.

AWP Announces Change to Autonomous Non-Profit Model

August 03, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Association for Writers and Writing Programs will spin off from partner universities, keep location in UMD’s Discovery District.

RSA Awards Maggie Ray (Ph.D '14) a Secondary School Grant for Innovative Teaching

July 25, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Ray will teach AP Language & Composition students at Bowie High School (Prince George's County, Maryland) about Renaissance Commonplace books so that they may create and maintain their own.

Kari Kraus Named Kluge Fellow for 2018-19

July 24, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress sponsors the annual fellowship in Digital Studies to support scholars exploring how “groundbreaking technological innovations” can serve as “agents of broad and profound [societal] change.”

For the Birds: Do We Choose Who We Love?

July 12, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Emotions and science were closely linked in medieval literature.

Alum Jason Reynolds: "A YA Book of His Own"

June 26, 2018 English

Reynolds '05 featured on TERP for his eleven books and successful career as NY Times best-selling author.

Senior ARHU Lecturer Receives Provost's Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty in Teaching

June 22, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Justin Lohr honored for teaching excellence.

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A YA Book of His Own

June 03, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Alum writes the stories he didn’t see as a youth.

Martha Nell Smith to Participate in Q&A at Baltimore Pride's Screening of "Wild Nights with Emily"

May 31, 2018 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Baltimore Pride will screen Wild Nights With Emily, a new film about Emily Dickinson, which draws heavily from our own Martha Nell Smith's work on Dickinson.

Update from Alumna Elissa Washuta