Langdon Hammer, newly named as the Niel Gray Jr. Professor of English, is a literary scholar, biographer, and critic who studies modern and contemporary poetry and poetics...
A recent Yale News article by Bess Connolly Martel commented that noted poet, essayist, and playwright Claudia Rankine will join the Yale faculty this fall as the Frederick...
A memorial service was held on Wednesday, March 16 for Geoffrey Hartman, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and of English, who died on March 14.
Hartman and his...
In a recent YaleNews article Beth Connolly Martell writes:
“The earliest-known prison memoir penned by an African American was published by Random House on Jan. 26, over 150...
In a recent conversation with Yale Daily News journalist, Bess Connolly Martell, Anthony Reed discussed the field of black experimental writing, his work on “phonographic...
We are delighted to announce that Wai Chee Dimock has been named the Editor of PMLA, succeeding Simon Gikandi.
PMLA is the journal of the Modern Language Association of...
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...
