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Daigre and Schumacher Win Top Teaching Honors

Thornton Wilder's 'Midwestern Optimism' is More Vital Than Ever

Major Spotlight: Ellery Knight

With Regents Approval Pillsbury Hall Plans Move to Next Phase

Major Spotlight: Brian Luu

English Works: The Professor's Path

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March 1, 2019

John Alba Cutler: "Serial Aesthetics at the US-Mexico Border"

Read more about John Alba Cutler: "Serial Aesthetics at the US-Mexico Border"

The Department of English's Joseph Warren Beach Lectures presents John Alba Cutler, Associate Professor of English at Northwestern University. Cutler will discuss a problem of scale: how...

March 14, 2019

First Books: Maureen Aitken, Caitlin Bailey, Donte Collins Plus Reading of...

Read more about First Books: Maureen Aitken, Caitlin Bailey, Donte Collins Plus Reading of Michelle McNamara

The Creative Writing Program presents its annual reading with debut authors! Hear writers Maureen Aitken, Caitlin Bailey, and Donte Collins read from and discuss their first books. In...

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Patricia Hampl's "University Farewell"

Faculty Books: My Friend, Harry Potter

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Major Spotlight: Brian Luu

English Works: The Professor's Path

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Daigre and Schumacher Win Top Teaching Honors

Thornton Wilder's 'Midwestern Optimism' is More Vital Than Ever

Major Spotlight: Ellery Knight

With Regents Approval Pillsbury Hall Plans Move to Next Phase

Major Spotlight: Brian Luu

English Works: The Professor's Path

Upcoming Events

John Alba Cutler: "Serial Aesthetics at the US-Mexico Border"

First Books: Maureen Aitken, Caitlin Bailey, Donte Collins Plus Reading of...