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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.
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.
Maryland Today January 30, 2024

A Peek Inside … English Professor Christina Walter’s Office

With collection of optical toys, seeing isn’t always believing.

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MFA Student Leigh McDonald Completes Work on First Season of Lean & Hungry Podcast

September 02, 2016 English

MFA Student Leigh McDonald completed work on the first season of the Lean & Hungry Podcast, which breaks down classic literature and makes works entertaining and accessible.

Peter Mallios' Essay appearing in AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY

September 02, 2016 English

Peter Mallios’ essay “On Foreign Grounds: Towards an Alternative US Literary History, Archive, Methodology” will be appearing in American Literary History as part of a special issue on Archives in Winter 2017.

Laura Rosenthal Appointed Director for Faculty Leadership in the Office of Faculty Affairs

September 02, 2016 English

Congratulations to Laura Rosenthal, who has been appointed Director for Faculty Leadership in the Office of Faculty Affairs!

PhD Student Gerard Holmes Presents on Emily Dickinson, will Present at MLA, among other news

September 02, 2016 English

In June, second year PhD student Gerard Holmes presented a paper, "'...all from her own inspiration: Composition and Improvisation in Emily Dickinson's Work,"

Stanley Plumly's New Book of Poetry, AGAINST SUNSET to be Published in November, Among Other News

September 02, 2016 English

Stanley Plumly's The Immortal Evening: A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, & Lamb is just out in paperback (W.W. Norton); and his new collection of poems, Against Sunset is due out in November, 2016 (also W.W. Norton).

Washington Area Group for Print Studies lecture: Daniel Shore

September 02, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Sept. 9 at 3:30 pm: "From Bacon to Edges: Remediating the Early Modern Social Network"

Umd Initiative On Public Education And Civic Participation Featured On Wypr

September 01, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Kimberly Coles discusses campus initiative and relationship between public education and civic participation.

Stephen Rojcewicz Joins Editorial Boards

August 31, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Stephen Rojcewicz, a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature, is now on the editorial board of two scholarly journals:Delos: A Journal of Translations and World Literature; andThe Journal of Poetry Therapy.

Peter Witte Publishes Essay

August 30, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Peter Witte's essay, "He and I (and Her Too)," was published in the fall 2016 issue of The Threepenny Review. 

Shirley Logan Discusses Rhetoric on WYPR’s “Midday”

August 26, 2016 English

Shirley Logan recently spoke with Professor Trevor Parry-Giles on WYPR on rhetoric and its role in politics.