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Washington Area Group for Print Culture Studies: April 7, 2017

March 28, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The next meeting of the Washington Area Group for Print Culture Studies 2016-2017 series will take place on Friday, April 7, 2017, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the Rosenwald Room (LJ 205), 2nd floor, Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.

Ruth Osorio Publications

March 16, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Ruth Osorio's second peer-reviewed publication is out in Rhetoric Review, titled "Embodying Truth: Sylvia Rivera’s Delivery of Parrhesia at the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day Rally.”

Susanna Compton Forthcoming Publication

March 16, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

PhD Candidate Susanna Compton's essay "Sentimentalism and Secularism in Herman Melville's Pierre" is forthcoming in Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies.

Bob Levine Publications and Talks

March 16, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Bob Levine's recent publications include his coedited (with Cindy Weinstein) Norton Critical Edition of Melville's Pierre and an essay on Hawthorne and dueling in The Field of Honor (University of South Carolina Press).

Bill Peterson Delivers Paper

March 16, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Bill Peterson (emeritus) delivered a paper entitled "Only Connect" at a two-day symposium sponsored by the University of Delaware Library, 17–18 March

UMD English at CCCC 2017

March 15, 2017 English

The English Department is well represented at the NCTE's annual conference. 

Students Learn about the Free State’s Literary History in Randy Ontiveros’ Literary Maryland Course

March 03, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Students in Randy Ontiveros’ Literary Maryland course recently made the trip to the Riversdale House Museum in nearby Riverdale, MD.

Call to Submit: Academy of American Poets Prize

February 28, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

An honorarium will be awarded by the Academy of American Poets for the best poem or group of poems by a University of Maryland student.

Call to Submit: Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize

February 28, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

An honorarium will be awarded by the Department of English for the best short fiction entry by a University of Maryland student.

UMD Senior Radhika Tyagi Publish in 'Bird's Thumb'

February 28, 2017 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Radhika Tyagi’s Patient, a monologue written for Douglas Kern's ENGL275: Writing to be Seen: Scriptwriting for Theatre, Film, and Television in the fall of 2016, has been accepted for publication in the forthcoming June 2017 issue of Bird's Thumb.