DEPARTMENT NEWS

April 30: Sound Studies Spring Symposium with Earl Brooks

The UMBC Sound Studies Faculty Working Group will hold its 2021 Spring Symposium on Friday, April 30th. Presentations include a Roundtable Discussion on Jazz, Music Education, and Langston Hughes...

Posted: April 19, 2021, 11:22 AM

April 22: Lia Purpura in Conversation with Brea Souders

The UMBC Library Gallery is currently hosting "End of the Road," a virtual exhibition featuring images by photographer Brea Souders and poetry by UMBC Writer-in-Residence and English professor Lia...

Posted: April 14, 2021, 11:28 AM

Check Out the New (Digital) 2020 Edition of Bartleby

Check out the recently released 2020 edition of Bartleby, UMBC's creative arts journal--offered here in digital form! This edition of Bartleby includes more than 100 pages of poetry, fiction,...

Posted: April 8, 2021, 1:30 PM

Announcement of 2021 Braly Award Winners

We are proud to announce the 2021 Braly Award winners: Harley Nguyen (poetry), Ivan "Blue" Perez (fiction), and Clair Volkening (nonfiction). Congratulations on this well-deserved creative...

Posted: March 9, 2021, 1:42 PM

Corbin Jones (MA '20) to Enter Cornell Doctoral Program

The English department is proud to announce that Corbin Jones, M.A. '20, has been admitted to Cornell University's doctoral program with full funding, beginning in fall 2021. Congratulations,...

Posted: February 24, 2021, 5:15 PM

TONIGHT: Poetry Reading Featuring Lia Purpura

Event will be hosted by the Enoch Pratt Free Library

Tonight, UMBC English professor and Writer in Residence Lia Purpura will be in conversation with poet Carl Phillips during a virtual event hosted by the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. A...

Posted: February 2, 2021, 1:05 PM