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Special Collections Opens Their Doors (from Laura Cleary)

November 29, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

This semester we hosted an Open House for University staff and displayed some of the interesting material found within our collection.

Tim Bruno Publication

November 29, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Tim Bruno's "Nat Turner after 9/11: Kyle Baker's Nat Turner" appeared in the November issue of Journal of American Studies.

Into Journals Project Nominations

November 29, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

The MFA Program in Creative Writing is pleased to announce our nominees for AWP's Intro Journals Project (2017)

Peter Witte New Publications

November 29, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Peter Witte's letter was published in November as part of The Rumpus's "Letters in the Mail" program.

Sarah Bonnie Publication and More

November 29, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Sarah Bonnie presented a paper titled “Continuity Across Disruptive Colonial Borders in Zitkala-Ša and Louise Erdrich’s Poetry on Indian Boarding Schools” on the Native American Literature Panel at the MMLA Conference in November.

Professors Contribue to New Anthology

November 29, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Elizabeth Papazian and Caroline Eades served as editors of The Essay Film: Dialogue, Politics, Utopia published by Wallflower Press (2016), which features writing from several UMD faculty members.

Faculty Members Receive RASA Grants

November 29, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Please join us in congratulaing all of the RASA winners on the receipt of these awards. Read more about the faculty members who received RASA grants from the Graduate School for 2017-2018.

Share-A-Bear

November 22, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

That time of the year is here! Share-A-Bear (Or Any New Stuffed Animal)!

Jhumpa Lahiri Visits George Mason University in Arlington, VA

November 22, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Jhumpa Lahiri will  visit The Mercatus Center at George Mason University on Monday, December 5 at 6:00 PM in Founders Hall Auditorium.

Linda Reiss Freeman Updates

November 22, 2016 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

When retired lecturer Linda Freeman spent three weeks in London this past September, among other places she visited was the home of 19th-century writer and sage, Thomas Carlyle.