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April 13, 2012
In Memoriam: Reed Whittemore, Former Poet Laureate [1]
 Reed Whittemore passed away on Friday, April 6 at the age of 92. 
March 6, 2012
Josh Weiner Wins the “Amy Lowell Travelling Scholarship” [2]
Read here to find out about Josh's big news.
November 23, 2011
Nominations for 2011-2012 Intro Journals Project [3]
Tim DeMay, Daniel Knowlton, Erik Kozlik, Emily Lyons, and Caroline Randall are nominated.
September 19, 2011
Sarah Blake: Petrou Writer in Residence 2011-2012 [4]
The department welcomes Sarah Blake, author THE POSTMISTRESS (2010), as Petrou Writer in Residence for 2011-2012.
April 28, 2011
MFA Program Awards Major Departmental Prizes! [5]
Check out the 2011 Academy of American Poets Prize & Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize Winners!
March 14, 2011
Howard Norman Selected for Scotiabank Giller Jury [6]
Norman will serve on the jury of a premier Canadian literary prize.
March 2, 2011
Michael Olmert's Play Debuts at the Lincoln Theatre [7]
Olmert's new play, "Moving the Chains: The Darryl Hill Story," appears as a rehearsed staged reading, a co-production of Theatre J and the Lincoln Theatre on Monday, March 21, 2011.
February 3, 2011
Maryland at AWP [8]
Tomorrow and Saturday, the AWP Conference will be in full swing!  And, this year, it's local.  Please check out how our wonderful Creative Writing Department will be involved.
January 25, 2011
Plumly to Delivery Turnbull Lecture at Johns Hopkins University [9]
Stanley Plumly, Professor and Director of Creative Writing, will deliver the 2011 Turnbull Lecture at Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday, February 15. His talk is titled "My Keats."
January 12, 2011
Michael Dirda: Petrou Reader in Residence, Spring 2011 [10]
The English Department is bringing Michael Dirda, "Book World" columnist for the Washington Post, to campus for the spring semester as the "Petrou Reader in Residence." The goal is to have Dirda be a real presence in the department and contribute to its already-vibrant intellectual community in an ongoing way.

Featured Profile

Stanley Plumly [11]
Professor, Director of Creative Writing

Director of Creative Writing Stanley Plumly was named Maryland's Poet Laureate in 2009.

read more > [12]

Upcoming Events

Thursday, October 25

4:00 pm Petrou Lecture: W. J. T. Mitchell [13]
Source URL: http://www.english.umd.edu/academics/creativewriting

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[1] http://www.english.umd.edu/news/3481
[2] http://www.english.umd.edu/news/3272
[3] http://www.english.umd.edu/news/3077
[4] http://www.english.umd.edu/news/2887
[5] http://www.english.umd.edu/news/2701
[6] http://www.english.umd.edu/news/2615
[7] http://www.english.umd.edu/news/2411
[8] http://www.english.umd.edu/news/2369
[9] http://www.english.umd.edu/news/2350
[10] http://www.english.umd.edu/news/2331
[11] http://www.english.umd.edu/profiles/splumly
[12] http://www.english.umd.edu/featured_profiles/1380
[13] http://www.english.umd.edu/events/3167