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Why a new home for English? Our students explain.

21 alums who published nonfiction and children's books, edited anthologies, started presses, and otherwise made cool stuff.

Alum chronicles (not all Bildungsromans!) to honor the Creative Writing MFA's 21st birthday.

A list of poet alums to mark 21 years of the MFA in Creative Writing.

Celebrating the 21st year of the MFA with 21 alum novel and story collections.

10 surprising insights about how we process, recall, and engage with what we read.

Fund Pillsbury Hall Renovation now! It's a win-win-win-win-win-win-win.

Visual art, art history, and English alumna Megan Murphy now runs an art and literary magazine and works at a community based non-profit in Minneapolis.

In Shakespeare's mix of elusive language and subversive satire, this doctoral candidate finds questions enough to fuel a dissertation--and a career.

This nontraditional student, back to finish his degree, works at a public relations agency.

Alumna Rachel Koller (BA '08) has sold an animated TV series "Betches" based on the young women's humor website and popular Instagram account. Actress Emma Roberts will voice…

Celebrating the program's coming of age.

Retired professor finds his biography not consistent with his theory

Martin B. Ruud (1884-1941) inspired a fellowship that keeps giving.

Professor explores the practice of reading via empirical psychology

Assistant professor receives award to further her research on "how stories fit the mind."

What are our grad students researching in 2017-18? Shakespeare comic books, Thomas Carlyle, 18th-century colonial northern India, and racial microagressions

The English skill set supports this major's activities in advocacy and publishing.

Celebrating the career of undergraduate adviser and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies Beverly Atkinson.

Exciting new work by Siobhan Craig and Kim Todd recognized by CLA and IAS