News Archive
congratulations colleagues
March 28, 2022
Many joyful congratulations to our colleagues who have just received confirmation letters from President Kelly about their tenure and promotions!
teaching LIT 2030
March 25, 2022
Get an in-depth look at an Interpretation of Poetry class designed by Dr. Kate Polak, and leave with ideas and activities to try in your own classes.
bell hooks Lecture
March 24, 2022
On March 28th, Professor Manoucheka Celeste (University of Florida) will deliver a lecture—"It’s All Love: bell hooks and the Formation of Black Diasporic Feminist Media Studies."
Willian Blake Illustration
March 23, 2022
Dr. Carla María Thomas will deliver a Faculty Brown Bag Lecture on Wednesday, March 30th at 10am (on Zoom). Their talk is titled “Þe Æfter Lihten”: Erasure, Intimacy, and Light in “The Grave and Pandemerica.”
Baker Reads For Witness Magazine
March 22, 2022
On Saturday March 5, MFA Alum Aiden Baker read an excerpt from their short story, "Blue Faced Honeyeater," as part of Witness Magazine's Witness Weekends reading series.
deadline extended
March 21, 2022
The proposal deadline for the EGSS 2022 Graduate Conference has been extended to Monday, March 28.
English at the Breezeway Dialogues on Climate Change and Capitalism
March 18, 2022
Professor Stacey Balkan and star English major Autumn Bryan were brilliant at the Breezeway Dialogues event—"Did Capitalism Cause Climate Change, and Is 'Green Capitalism' The Solution?"—on February 24th.
empty bottle, chicago Illinois
March 17, 2022
Congratulations to MFA alum Matthew Hawkins on publication of their nonfiction essay, "Home Home" in Passages North #43.
barn
March 16, 2022
Congratulations to MFA alum Corrine Binnings on two recent poetry publications—"After Ananda" in Pree and "I Could Tell You of True Love, But…" in Bim.
Blood Orange Review
March 15, 2022
Congratulations to MFA alum Aiden Baker on publication of their short story, "History of Glass," in Blood Orange Review.