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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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UMD English at MLA 2023

January 03, 2023 English

University of Maryland faculty and graduate students will present recent research on a variety of topics at the Modern Language Association’s annual meeting from January 5-8, 2023

Katherine Joshi's Short Story 'Burning' is Published in The Raleigh Review

December 23, 2022 English

"Burning" is one of six fiction contributions to the new issue!

The American Library in Paris

City of Incurable Women Shortlisted for the 2022 American Library in Paris Book Award

December 23, 2022 English

Maud Casey's 'City of Incurable Women' continues to impress!

Gerard Holmes Publishes New Work on Emily Dickinson

December 19, 2022 English

Birdsong, nature, and music in Emily Dickinson’s poetry are explored in Gerard Holmes’ multiple new publications and service activities

Guernica

Andrew McKenzie Howard's Essay 'Gun Person' is Published in Guernica Magazine

December 12, 2022 English

"The walls in our classrooms are so thin. This training has not trained us. The lesson I take away is that I’m not ready."

Recent Publications by Vincent Carretta

December 01, 2022 English

Emeritus Professor Vincent Carretta share his recent honors and publications

Faculty News: Robert Levine

November 30, 2022 English

Distinguished University Professor Robert Levine shares his fall news!

Jonathan Rick: A Job You’re Interviewing for Requires an Unpaid Assignment. What Should You Do?