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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ENGLISH HOME


UMD ENGLISH LAUNCHES NEW STANLEY PLUMLY LECTURE SERIES IN CREATIVE WRITING

The series honors the late Distinguished University Professor and state Poet
Laureate.

Read More about UMD English Launches New Stanley Plumly Lecture Series in
Creative Writing


UMD ENGLISH PH.D. STUDENTS ARE HELPING TO CHART NEW FIELD OF 'QUEER
BIBLIOGRAPHY'

Queer bibliography expands discipline to allow for a ‘more affective response to
books,’ finds a home in BookLab.

Read More about UMD English Ph.D. Students Are Helping to Chart New Field of
'Queer Bibliography'


NEW DIGITAL STORYTELLING AND POETICS MINOR TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO CREATE AND
INTERPRET ONLINE TEXTS

Students will learn to ‘approach writing for the web with intentionality and
imagination.’

Read More about New Digital Storytelling and Poetics Minor to Prepare Students
to Create and Interpret Online Texts


ENGLISH STUDENTS, FACULTY BRING HUMANITIES BEYOND THE UNIVERSITY

The Center for Literary and Comparative Studies Awards in the Public Humanities
seek to imagine 'new forms of scholarship and creativity and teaching.'

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English weds critical inquiry and creative expression to unleash the power of
words. Trained in digital and media studies, a wide variety of literary and
cultural traditions, and critical race and other interdisciplinary studies,
students learn how critical thinking and persuasive writing can change the
world.


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NATIONAL AMBASSADOR

Library of Congress names alum its National Ambassador for Young People's
Literature.

 

Read more about Jason Reynolds


MACARTHUR ‘GENIUS GRANT’

Poet, lawyer, advocate for people in prison Reginald Dwayne Betts ’09 awarded a
2021 MacArthur Foundation fellowship, commonly referred to as the “genius
grant.”

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"THE POET X" MARKS THE SPOT

Alum wins National Book Award for Young People's Literature. 

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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS VIEW ALL NEWS

November 8, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD ENGLISH LAUNCHES NEW STANLEY PLUMLY LECTURE SERIES IN CREATIVE WRITING

October 25, 2023 English

NEW FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: REBECCA N. LIU

October 23, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

MARVELING AT MUSHROOMS: UMD ENGLISH COLLABORATION WITH HYATTSVILLE LIBRARY
SHOWCASES FUNGI-THEMED BOOKS, TALKS, ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR ALL AGES

October 17, 2023 English

PROFESSOR JOSHUA WEINER SHORTLISTED FOR 2023 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN
POETRY

September 22, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of
Music, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, The Harriet
Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, History, Douglass
Center

BREAKING THE M.O.L.D. LAUNCHES SECOND COHORT FOR LEADERS OF COLOR AND WOMEN IN
HIGHER ED

September 20, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR ROBERT S. LEVINE AWARDED NEH PUBLIC SCHOLARS
GRANT FOR BOOK ON HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

September 14, 2023 English

DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR MATTHEW KIRSCHENBAUM ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
HUMANITIES

September 13, 2023 English

2023–24 NEW FACULTY, STAFF AND GRADUATE STUDENTS

September 8, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies, American Studies, History, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance
Studies, English

DC QUEER STUDIES SYMPOSIUM OCTOBER 25TH

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EVENTS VIEW ALL EVENTS

November 14, 2023 7:00 pm-8:00 pm

WRITERS HERE & NOW AND THE STANLEY PLUMLY MEMORIAL LECTURE PRESENT JOHN KEENE

November 15, 2023 12:00 pm-1:00 pm

COLLECTING 16TH- AND 17TH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS IN 1950S SPAIN: DR. BEVERLY CHICO

November 15, 2023 12:00 pm-1:30 pm

STANLEY PLUMLY MEMORIAL LECTURE: JOHN KEENE

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The Department of English is launching the Stanley Plumly Lecture Series in
Creative Writing, a biennial event named for the late Distinguished University
Professor and state Poet Laureate Stanley Plumly, who founded the M.F.A. Program
in Creative Writing at UMD in the late 1980s. The inaugural speaker is 2018
MacArthur Fellow John Keene, who is Distinguished Professor and department chair
at Rutgers University–Newark. Keene is the author, co-author and translator of
several books, including the 2022 National Book Award-winning collection
“Punks,” and “Counternarratives,” published by New Directions in 2015 and
Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2016. Keene will read from his work on Nov. 14 and
deliver a lecture on Nov. 15. To learn more about the lecture series and events,
please go to the link in our bio.

Check out these creations from the Oct. 15 community cartonera workshop
co-sponsored by umd_booklab and umd_lan! English Ph.D. candidate and BookLab
graduate assistant dadadiana_protozoa collaborated with Claudia Barragan of the
UMD Latinx Alumni Association to put together this workshop in honor of Latinx
Heritage Month. Cartonera is based on a Latin American tradition of creating
books out of bound recycled cardboard that originated during the 2002 economic
crisis in Latin America and has since become global. The movement brought
together artists, writers and laborers from recycling plants to publish a wide
variety of art and texts, from reprinted canonical works to local emergent art.
"It's a democratic medium that became a way for lower income people to afford
books and become involved in handmade independent presses. The role of the
workshop is especially important, which is why it was exciting to hold that at
UMD. We opened it up to everybody getting a chance to bind their books and paint
them." —Diana Proenza

This Thursday, hear about the smart dissertation research of LWR graduate
student Erin Green and umdcommdept student Carolyn Robbins. Come listen,
support, and offer feedback! To register, go to English Events at the link in
our bio.



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