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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.
November 08, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD English Launches New Stanley Plumly Lecture Series in Creative Writing

The series honors the late Distinguished University Professor and state Poet Laureate.
October 25, 2023 English

New Faculty Spotlight: Rebecca N. Liu

Read our Q&A with our new assistant professor of English.
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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Brian Richardson Publication News

December 21, 2012 English

Brian Richardson’s article, “Unnatural Narratatology: Basic Concepts and Recent Work,” appears in DIEGESIS: Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung I.1 (2012).

Theresa Coletti Delivers Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture

December 21, 2012 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

On Thursday, November 8, Professor Theresa Coletti delivered her Distinguished Scholar-Teacher lecture, “Medieval Women, Mary Magdelene, and Me,” to an admiring audience of colleagues, students, and friends.

Jeremy Metz Essay Appears in Textual Practice

December 20, 2012 English

Jeremy Metz' essay, "Reading the victimizer: Toward an ethical practice of figuring the traumatic moment in Holocaust literature," appears in the current issue (26:6) of Textual Practice.

Bob Levine and Frederick Douglass

December 20, 2012 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, Douglass Center

Bob Levine has recently presented his work on Frederick Douglass at Rice University, the American Studies Association, and the Frederick Douglass Papers at Indiana University.

Congratulations to Peter Mallios!

December 20, 2012 English

Peter Mallios has been awarded the Adam Gillon Prize from the Joseph Conrad Society of America for best book written on Conrad from 2009-2011. His book is Our Conrad: Constituting American Modernity (2010).

Edlie Wong Essay Appears in American Literature

December 20, 2012 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Edlie Wong's essay “Comparative Racialization, Immigration Law, and James Williams’s Life and Adventures" appears in this month's issue of American Literature 84.4 (December 2012): 797-826.

Linda Kaufmann to Remember Frank Lentricchia

December 20, 2012 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Linda Kauffman has been invited by Michael Hardt to present a paper at a one-day symposium at Duke University on March 21, 2013

News from the Professional Writing Program

December 20, 2012 English

Danuta Hinc was a guest speaker at The Writer's Center in Bethesda on Nov. 15. Zahara Heckscher received a grant for a book she is co-writing about international volunteering.

BLOODWORK: THE POLITICS OF THE BODY Volume Headed to Palgrave

December 19, 2012 English

Ralph Bauer, Kimberly Coles, Zita Nunes, and Carla Peterson, co-editors for a volume of essays that emerged in part from the 2011 symposium, anticipate the volume's publication in January 2015.

BLOODWORK: THE POLITICS OF THE BODY Volume Headed to Palgrave

December 19, 2012 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Ralph Bauer, Kimberly Coles, Zita Nunes, and Carla Peterson, co-editors for a volume of essays that emerged in part from the 2011 symposium, anticipate the volume's publication in January 2015.