News

March 30, 2015
Professor R. John Williams was awarded the 2015 Harry Levin Prize for best first book by the American Comparative Literature Association on Tuesday, March 26 at the annual...
March 6, 2015
In a recent WEEKEND interview with Saatchi Kalsi of the Yale Daily News, Paul Fry talks about choosing to pursue literature, “skimming” and distant reading, reflects on his...
February 19, 2015
Yale College graduate Noah Warren ’11 has been named the 2015 Yale Younger Poet. His manuscript, “The Destroyer in the Glass,” was chosen from among over 500 entries by the...
February 6, 2015
We proudly announce the series “No Crisis,” a Los Angeles Review of Books special series on the state of criticism now featuring Professor Caleb Smith, Yale English graduate...
January 16, 2015
Elizabeth Alexander, newly named as the inaugural Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry, is a noted poet, essayist, and scholar of African-American poetry, drama, and 20th-...
January 16, 2015
excited to announce that our colleague Elizabeth Alexander has been elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, along with Linda Gregerson and Alicia Suskin...
January 7, 2015
English graduate student, Anya Adair, is one of ten recipients of the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award for 2015.  and has been invited to attend the Annual Meeting of...