News Archive
undergraduate paper awards
July 07, 2023
The Writing Committee is proud to announce the winners of our Undergraduate English Paper Awards!
card for awards
July 06, 2023
Congratulations to all of our Outstanding English Seniors!
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July 05, 2023
Congratulations to our graduate student winners of the Howard Pearce Award and GTA Awards.
Publishers Marketplace Report
July 04, 2023
MFA Creative Writing Alum Tochi Eze's debut novel will be published by Tiny Reparations Books in Spring 2025.
Hagood's Stringbean
July 03, 2023
The University of Illinois Press blog has a great Q&A with Professor Taylor Hagood on Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Music Legend.
Balkan's Rogues in the Postcolony
June 30, 2023
Prof. Stacey Balkan's Author's Note to Rogues in the Postcolony appears in Energy Humanities.
Spring 2023 MA and MFA Graduates
June 29, 2023
Congratulations to our MFA Creative Writing & MA English Spring 2023 Graduates!
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June 28, 2023
Many joyful congratulations to our colleagues on tenure, promotion, and retirement!
Review of Hagood's Stringbean
June 27, 2023
Patrick Roberts reviews Prof. Taylor Hagood's Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Music Legend in New City Lit.
The Best American Poetry 2023
June 26, 2023
Congratulations to Prof. Susan Mitchell—"Chopin in Palma" selected for Best American Poetry 2023!