Department of English

By studying and creating literature in English, we enlarge our understanding of the human condition and the power of the creative imagination.

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Recent News

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English Major Spotlight: Helen Grote

This Technical Writing double major received the Borine Scholarship.

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English Major Spotlight: Sam Rose

This transfer student has found a community of artists and writers in English

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World Teachers’ Day 2025

We celebrate the passionate educators who inspire minds and go above and beyond to support students in CLA. Thank you for all you do!

Finding Professional Nourishment in the English Department

PhD English student Addison R. Cox works to understand how Black women in the U.S. have written or been written about in literature.

Behind the Screens: Insights from a Netflix Internship

Zayna Amanat used skills honed in her literature and media culture classrooms to identify and pitch stories that could be adapted into movies and TV shows.

Upcoming Events

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In-Person

November 17, 2025

Hanif Abdurraqib Reading

This event has reached capacity. WNLI presents the author of There's Always This Year and Go Ahead in the Rain.

In-Person

January 21, 2026

Jack Zipes, (University of Minnesota Emeritus) Presents: Never-Ending Tales: Antisemitism, Jewish Creative Resistance, and a Literature of Hope

This lecture will demonstrate how Jewish folk narratives and fantasy writing between 1870 and the 1930s, a period in which Jewish and especially Yiddish literature blossomed…