News Archive
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December 08, 2021
Congratulations to MFA alum Janelle Garcia on publication of her short story—"I Am the Best I Have Ever Been"—in Shenandoah, Volume 70, Number 2, Spring 2021.
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December 07, 2021
Congratulations to MFA alum Aiden Baker on publication of their short story—"Petrification"—in Jet Fuel Review, Fall 2021, Issue 22.
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December 02, 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Andrew Furman on publishing "Quarantine" in Prairie Schooner! "A must-read for those interested in the Hebrew Bible, dermatological maladies, and/or biblical dermatological maladies. Please consider...
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November 30, 2021
The University Center for Excellence in Writing and Writing Across Curriculum program welcomes guest speaker Michelle Crow from Cornell University. Her upcoming talk at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, December 6th in BU 207 will consider...
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November 24, 2021
Congratulations to Professors Stacey Balkan, Papatya Bucak, and Anthony Stagliano on winning Scholarly and Creative Accomplishment Fellowships for 2022–2023!
![Emerging, 5th Edition](/artsandletters/english/news/congrats-prof-barclay-barrios-on-5th-edition-emerging/emerging-5th-edition2.png)
November 23, 2021
Congratulations to Barclay Barrios (Professor of English and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies) on publication of the 5th edition of Emerging: Contemporary Readings for Writers. According to Emerging's page at Macmillan:...
![MA in English Information Session](/artsandletters/english/news/questions-about-grad-school-ma-program-english-info-session/ma-info-session-2-thumb.png)
November 22, 2021
Prof. Julieann Ulin, Director of Graduate Studies, will host a free virtual event at 6pm on Wednesday, December 15th to provide information and answer questions about our M.A. in English program. Prof. Ulin will provide a...
![Arts & Letters Podcast with Stacey Balkan](/artsandletters/english/news/arts-letters-podcast-narrating-extraction-in-the-global-south-with-stacey-balkan/deans-podcast-balkan-thumb-2.png)
November 21, 2021
Prof. Stacey Balkan featured on In Conversation: An Arts & Letters Podcast, Season 3 Episode 5, "Narrating Extraction in the Global South with Stacey Balkan, Ph.D." posted November 8, 2021. Dean Michael Horswell engages In...
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November 19, 2021
Professor Carla María Thomas has been invited to give a guest lecture as part of the University of New Mexico’s Lecture Series, “Connecting North and South in the Middle Ages.” Thomas’ lecture is titled “Judgment...