Since 1974, Robert Stepto has taught legions of Yale students in the fields of African American studies, American studies, and English. In October, his distinguished career...
Anthony Reed to Receive the MLA’s William Sanders Scarborough Prize for an Outstanding Scholarly Study of Black American Literature or Culture; Mary Helen Washington to...
It wouldn’t take the sleuthing skills of world-famous detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple to solve the mystery of why their creator Agatha Christie is still so...
Mighty Casey gets his happy ending
Not 20 years after Casey’s infamous strikeout at home plate, sportswriter Grantland Rice attempted to redeem the humbled batter. In 1906 he...
The English Department is delighted to report that Anthony Reed’s book, Freedom Time, has been selected for Yale’s Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Prize, founded to...
The Department of English is pleased to announce that Louise Glück has won the Gold Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
The Academy describes the history of...
“In his research, Yale English Professor David Bromwich writes about modern and Romantic poetry as well as the history of literary criticism. He has also taught an...
