DEPARTMENT NEWS

Remember to Attend Events on Friday, October 11!

This Friday, get engaged on campus through English department-related activities. Look over the list below and follow links for more information. We hope to see you there! 10:00 AM -12:00 PM -...

Posted: October 10, 2019, 12:13 PM

Oct. 10: Lia Purpura to Appear in Fall for the Book Festival

Part of 21st annual book festival at George Mason University

This week, Lia Purpura will be joining an impressive lineup of authors at George Mason University's 21st annual Fall for the Book festival! See below for a press release from the festival with...

Posted: October 8, 2019, 6:32 PM

Faculty, Students to Present at International Conference

New Chaucer Society Congress, July 2020 in Durham, England

English faculty Dr. Kate McKinley and two English students, Corbin Jones and Joe Smith, will be presenting papers at the New Chaucer Society Congress in Durham, England in July 2020. The New...

Posted: September 30, 2019, 2:21 PM

2019 Banned Books Week Discussion: October 9, AOK Library

Illuminating the Tradition of Banning and Contesting Books

Each year, Banned Books Week aims at celebrating our freedom to read and to engage with the wealth of information--some considered taboo or transgressive--that diversifies our perspectives and...

Posted: September 27, 2019, 1:52 PM

TOMORROW: Tanya Olson Reading at Central Library

Wednesday, September 25 at 6:30 PM

Tanya Olson will be reading poetry, including selections from her 2019 book Stay, at the Central Library Creative Arts Center on Wednesday, September 25. The "Poetry & Conversation" event...

Posted: September 24, 2019, 2:10 PM

Read New Essays from Earl Brooks and Keegan Cook Finberg

English faculty members Earl Brooks and Keegan Cook Finberg have recently published new essays. Follow the links below to read their work! Earl Brooks published "Charles Mingus, Rotary...

Posted: September 23, 2019, 11:01 AM

English Faculty Lia Purpura Reading at Enoch Pratt Library

September 26, 6:30 PM, Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore

On Thursday September 26, UMBC English faculty Lia Purpura will be reading at Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore, 6:30 PM. Come and hear selections from her new book, All the Fierce Tethers!...

Posted: September 20, 2019, 1:04 PM

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Big Prize Poetry Slam

Big Prize Poetry Slam entry deadline EXTENDED to Friday 9/20! You have a few more days to enter UMBC's annual BIG SLAM!  By the end of this FRIDAY 9/20, email a print and a video version of no...

Posted: September 19, 2019, 7:14 PM

TOMORROW: A Beloved Reading of Toni Morrison

September 18, 12:00-1:30, AOK Library Rotunda

Via the Dresher Center, where you can RSVP for the event: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/dreshercenter/events/73475 A Beloved Reading of Toni Morrison September 18, 12:00-1:30 AOK Library...

Posted: September 17, 2019, 2:50 PM

TODAY: TTL Graduate Student Reception at Noon

Graduate faculty and graduate students in the Texts, Technologies, and Literature MA program are invited to a reception in PAHB 428. Lunch will be served. Core faculty are also warmly invited....

Posted: September 16, 2019, 8:20 AM