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A tidal wave of new publications, new and forthcoming.

The Gopher hockey goalie finds joy and insight in analyzing texts (literary and otherwise).

Alumna Lauren Fox hits the bestseller lists with a historical novel inspired by family letters.

Professors Megan Finch and Rachel Trocchio show their students how to close read a text--and in the process display how one passage may have different, non-exclusionary…

An assistant professor in the Department of English, Megan Finch reads James Baldwin “to think rather than to substitute thought.” What follows is extracted from her recent…

PhD candidate Jacqueline Patz DiPiero argues that contemporary storytelling emphasizes atmosphere above plot and characters.

Inspired by the Brexit debate, PhD candidate Bomi Jeon is writing an award-winning dissertation.

PhD student Zoë Rodine argues that fictional monsters provide new frameworks for humanness.

David Rodríguez-Martínez contributes to a transnational crime film anthology.

PhD candidate John VanOverbeke is researching the repercussions of John Muir’s belief in "untouched" nature.

PhD candidate Eunkyung Cho argues that a 1605 comedy satirizes its own reason for being.

PhD candidate Stephen Ellis awarded a University-wide Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship for research on literary culture and law studies

This major is a writing consultant at the Center for Writing’s Student Writing Support, as well as Co-Editor in Chief of The Tower and managing editor at The Wake

BA alum James Johnson has served as CFO for five Silicon Valley companies.

In new video, majors explain how the English degree opens doors.

Professor is working with Birimingham Shakespeare Library on million dollar project.

New books by English faculty and alums!

Selected visiting author and faculty talks are available for viewing!

Dance artist Ralph Lemon (BA ’76, English) is one of the 21 MacArthur Fellows for 2020. The MacArthur is commonly known as the “genius” grant, awarded to people who are…

Minoring in African and African American Studies and History, this senior is doing an internship in Madrid (virtually).