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On April 5th, 2018, Jaqueline Bishop visited campus as a Visiting Writer. She read from her body of work and did a short Q & A afterwards. Jacqueline Bishop is a Jamaican writer, visual artist and photographer, who now lives in New York City, where she is a professor at...

On April 3rd, 2018, Dororthy Wang visited campus and gave a guest lecture on Whither Poetry Studies. Dorothy Wang provides an extraordinarily rich reading of minority discourse among experimental Asian American writers. In this theoretically sophisticated study, Wang reads identity as a function of specific linguistic, rhetorical practices that force...

On Feb. 6, 2018, award-winning poet and critic Fred Moten visited campus to present a riveting talk, "I Wanted to Write a Poem," to a standing-room-only audience. Moten is a professor of English at the University of California, Riverside. His published works include The Little Edges, I ran from it...

On Dec. 6 and 7, 2017, Instructor Teresa Nugent and the Undergraduate Student Advisory Council hosted a social event in the Dilts Lounge for hot chocolate, doughnuts, and conversation! The first fifty guests, each day, received an official CU English travel mug!

On Nov. 16, 2017, Professor Thora Brylowe's First Year Seminar class: Saving the World: Museums, Archives and Collections , showcased their work at the CU Arts Museum. It was truly impressive.

On Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, 2017 George Norlin Award Recipient Professor and Department of English alum Yusur Al-Madani visited ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ to deliver her talk: 'Such a Transformation!' Shakespeare Re-made, Sulayman Al-Bassam's Richard III, an Arab Tragedy For more than three decades, Professor Yusur Wajih Al-Madani of Kuwait University has made...

On Friday, May 12, 2017, graduate and undergraduate students in literature and creative writing filled the Mary Rippon Theater with friends and family to celebrate the well-earned receipt of their BA, MA, MFA and Doctorate Degrees. Congratulations, as well, to 2017 Class Valedictorian Breanne Marie Pye!

On Thursday, September 7, 2017, the Department of English held its annual Welcome Picnic for new and returning students in the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theater. Tacos and drinks were on hand for the opportunity to reconnect with students, faculty and staff in the English Department.

On Wednesday, Sept. 27, Ali Hasan and Grant Souders read selections of their poetry from published and in-progress works. Sponsored by the English Student Advisory Council and the Literary Buffs.

On Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, the department held its annual Graduate Student Welcome BBQ. Lawn games were on hand, and some dynamite bbq was served.