The department is now accepting applications for prizes. For more information about submission and specific prizes visit- Prizes and Deadlines
Elizabeth Alexander, the newly named Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of African American Studies, is a noted poet, essayist, playwright and scholar of African-American poetry,...
Applications for all spring creative writing classes are now available through the English department website: look under “Applications and Deadlines” in the Undergraduate...
The Schlesinger Visiting Writer Series presents: Lydia Davis, Tuesday, February 22 at 7:00, WLH 119. Lydia Davis, is the author of one novel, The End of the Story (Farrar,...
Tuesday, February 22nd, 7pm in LC317. Poet Peter Gizzi visits with students of English 127. Public is welcome.
Monday, February 21 at 4:00, LC 317. Presented by the Department Lecture Series. The Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago, Kenneth Warren...
Friday, February 18 at 4:00, LC 319. The 20th-21st-Century Colloquium presents: Kevin Attell, Assistant Professor of English at Cornell University, was awarded a Ph.D. from...