In This Section Faculty Featured Faculty Faculty by Research Interests Awards Staff Graduate Students Featured Faculty Our English literature and creative writing faculty describe their recent research and publications. Douglas Kearney Wins Two Book Prizes Creative Writing professor receives recognition for 2022 collection Optic Subwoof. Julie Schumacher Publishes Final Book in Campus Trilogy Dear Committee Members, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, kicked off the comic series in 2015. Remembering Tom Clayton The Regents Professor was a beloved, decorated teacher and influential scholar across five decades at the U. Aamina Ahmad Recognized for Debut Novel The Return of Faraz Ali has won three awards for the assistant professor. Brotherless Night: A Tamil Family Faces the Beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War Associate Professor V.V. Ganeshananthan discusses how her new novel, Brotherless Night, explores a complex period of Sri Lankan history through an intimate lens. Daigre and Goldberg Win Teaching Honors University and CLA awards go to English instructors for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education. Brian Goldberg recognized by U for teaching Professor wins Morse-Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education! V. V. Ganeshananthan awarded CLA research support The professor will work on a multi-genre project related to the Sri Lankan civil war. Prof Megan Giddings Named McKnight Land-Grant Professor The assistant professor, one of only ten University of Minnesota awardees, receives support in writing her third novel. Meet Assistant Professor Jessica Horvath Williams The scholar of nineteenth-century culture and disability studies is helping to create a TV show featuring disabled artists in Minnesota. Meet Assistant Professor Megan Giddings The novelist talked about her latest book on Late Night with Seth Meyers in September! Meet Assistant Professor Aamina Ahmad The novelist made the New York Times' "100 Notable Books of 2022" with her debut. Professors Ganeshananthan and Todd Promoted Creative Writing professors recognized for publications, teaching, and service. New Novels From New Faculty Aamina Ahmad and Megan Giddings join English this fall as professors of fiction writing; both have new novels out this year. Douglas Kearney Awarded Griffin International Poetry Prize The professor's poetry collection Sho is "the crowning achievement of Kearney’s body of work to date," according to the judges' citation. Remembering Professor Charlie Sugnet The dynamic professor's curiosity and commitment to students made him a beloved teacher, inventive administrator, and unconventional scholar. Ray González: Illuminating the Latinx Literary Landscape The acclaimed poet, anthology editor, and mentor retires this spring. Michael Hancher: 50 Years of Service at the U The retiring professor describes the impact of technology on teaching and writing. New Professors in English Novelists Aamina Ahmad and Megan Giddings and 19th-century literature scholar Jessica Horvath Williams join the faculty! Nabil Matar on Early Modern Capitivity Narratives The professor of English looks at Mediterranean slavery through Arab eyes. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page ›› Last page Last »
Featured Faculty Our English literature and creative writing faculty describe their recent research and publications.
Douglas Kearney Wins Two Book Prizes Creative Writing professor receives recognition for 2022 collection Optic Subwoof.
Julie Schumacher Publishes Final Book in Campus Trilogy Dear Committee Members, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, kicked off the comic series in 2015.
Remembering Tom Clayton The Regents Professor was a beloved, decorated teacher and influential scholar across five decades at the U.
Aamina Ahmad Recognized for Debut Novel The Return of Faraz Ali has won three awards for the assistant professor.
Brotherless Night: A Tamil Family Faces the Beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War Associate Professor V.V. Ganeshananthan discusses how her new novel, Brotherless Night, explores a complex period of Sri Lankan history through an intimate lens.
Daigre and Goldberg Win Teaching Honors University and CLA awards go to English instructors for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.
Brian Goldberg recognized by U for teaching Professor wins Morse-Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education!
V. V. Ganeshananthan awarded CLA research support The professor will work on a multi-genre project related to the Sri Lankan civil war.
Prof Megan Giddings Named McKnight Land-Grant Professor The assistant professor, one of only ten University of Minnesota awardees, receives support in writing her third novel.
Meet Assistant Professor Jessica Horvath Williams The scholar of nineteenth-century culture and disability studies is helping to create a TV show featuring disabled artists in Minnesota.
Meet Assistant Professor Megan Giddings The novelist talked about her latest book on Late Night with Seth Meyers in September!
Meet Assistant Professor Aamina Ahmad The novelist made the New York Times' "100 Notable Books of 2022" with her debut.
Professors Ganeshananthan and Todd Promoted Creative Writing professors recognized for publications, teaching, and service.
New Novels From New Faculty Aamina Ahmad and Megan Giddings join English this fall as professors of fiction writing; both have new novels out this year.
Douglas Kearney Awarded Griffin International Poetry Prize The professor's poetry collection Sho is "the crowning achievement of Kearney’s body of work to date," according to the judges' citation.
Remembering Professor Charlie Sugnet The dynamic professor's curiosity and commitment to students made him a beloved teacher, inventive administrator, and unconventional scholar.
Ray González: Illuminating the Latinx Literary Landscape The acclaimed poet, anthology editor, and mentor retires this spring.
Michael Hancher: 50 Years of Service at the U The retiring professor describes the impact of technology on teaching and writing.
New Professors in English Novelists Aamina Ahmad and Megan Giddings and 19th-century literature scholar Jessica Horvath Williams join the faculty!
Nabil Matar on Early Modern Capitivity Narratives The professor of English looks at Mediterranean slavery through Arab eyes.