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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To Some Millennials, Bob Dylan is a Complete Unknown

Shirley Garner: Leading for the Future

Madelon Sprengnether: A Meaningful Design

John Watkins: The Marriage of Nations

Rebecca Krug: Melodye So Swet and Delectable

Teaching Students to Read the World

Upcoming Events

August 24, 2017 to September 4, 2017

Join us at the Minnesota State Fair

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Visit us if you’re heading to the Great Minnesota Get-together. Eleven of the College of Liberal Arts' departments will be in the University of Minnesota building, located 2 blocks west of...

September 14, 2017

Lesley Nneka Arimah Reading

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Arimah is the author of the 2017 story collection What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky. She is a winner of a 2017 O. Henry Prize for short story. In fall 2017, she is teaching...

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Students at the Bell Library reading room

Major of the Month: Jennifer Brown

Making Pillsbury Hall a Home for English

Destination: A New Way of Seeing

English Works: The Kat Came Back

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