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New Fall Course on Disability in Nineteenth Centry Lit

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Taught by President’s Postdoctoral Fellow Jessica Horvath Williams, co-chair of the University’s Critical Disability Studies Collective.

Q&A with Lauren Foley (BA '21)

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Spring 2021 graduate Lauren Foley reflects on her time at the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate in the Department of English and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies.

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Preflight: Pillsbury Hall Sneak Peak

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Less than three months until doors open to students!

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Future in the Past: Public Art at Pillsbury Hall

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Get a glimpse of the work in progress from artist Seitu Jones.

Professor M. J. Fitzgerald Retires

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The fiction writer directed the MFA program in Creative Writing.

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New Pages Summer 2021

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All the new books from English and Creative Writing faculty, alums, and students!

Julie Schumacher Named Regents Professor, U's Highest Faculty Honor

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Novelist, Creative Writing Program director, legendary teacher recognized.

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Navigating the Briar Patch: Poetry as a Collision of Texts

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Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Douglas Kearney looks at instability and discomfort in poetry and the collision of texts.

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Baxter Winner of PEN/Malamud Story Award

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Former professor honored for conveying characters with "deep sympathy."

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Congrats to Graduating MFA and PhD Students

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Successful defenses this spring!

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In Memoriam: Professor Qadri Ismail

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Brilliant thinker, inspiring teacher, loyal friend, he will be deeply missed.

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2021 Motley Teaching Award Recipients

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Congratulations to Aren Aizura, gender, women & sexuality studies; Vanessa Lee, psychology; and Josephine Lee, English, CLA's Motley Teaching Award Winners

Q&A with Matthew Duffus

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Matthew Duffus, alumni of the Creative Writing graduate program, published his first book, Swapping Purples for Yellows. He discusses his process, inspiration, and future projects.

Rooting Out the Histories of Plants

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Kathryn Nuernberger discusses the process of unearthing the histories of plants, writing poetry to heal, and mentoring blossoming writers. Read on to discover how Nuernberger found companionship in plants during a time of isolation.