Almnus David Biespiel Announced as Finalist for the Nona Balakian Citation
NewsTue, 05/01/2018David Biespiel was a finalist for the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing from National Book Critics Circle Award. The other finalists were Maureen Corrigan, Ruth...
View ArticleMFA Alumna Laura Neal Awarded FAWC Fellowship
NewsTue, 05/01/2018Congratulations to Laura Neal, who was recently awarded a fellowship to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA.The Fine Arts Work Center offers a unique residency for writers...
View ArticleCongratulations Justin Lohr
NewsWed, 05/02/2018Senior Lecturer Justin Lohr has been selected to receive the Provost's Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty in the area of teaching.Justin, who received a MFA in Creative...
View ArticleMatthew Kirschenbaum receives mentorship award
NewsWed, 05/16/2018Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum receives the Kandice Chuh Mentorship Award during GEO spring ceremonyProfessor Matthew Kirschenbaum receives the Kandice Chuh Mentorship Award in...
View ArticleMaud Casey New Publications
NewsMon, 05/21/2018Maud Casey's essay "The Museum of 'Please Find Me'" appeared in The New York Times and her essay "A Speck in the Universe: On Voyage of Time" will appear as part of New England...
View ArticleMartha Nell Smith to Participate in Q&A at Baltimore Pride's Screening of...
NewsThu, 05/31/2018Baltimore Pride will screen Wild Nights With Emily, a new film about Emily Dickinson, which draws heavily from our own Martha Nell Smith's work on Dickinson. Smith, who acted as a...
View ArticleUpdate from Alumna Elissa Washuta
NewsThu, 05/31/2018The National Endowment for the Arts announced that Elissa Washuta, who graduated from UMD with a BA in English in 2007, would receive one of their prestigious 2018 Creative Writing...
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Alum Jason Reynolds: "A YA Book of His Own"
NewsTue, 06/26/2018Reynolds '05 featured on TERP for his eleven books and successful career as NY Times best-selling author.Read the full TERP feature story here.Highlights include his persistance, his...
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Kari Kraus Named Kluge Fellow for 2018-19
NewsTue, 07/24/2018The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress sponsors the annual fellowship in Digital Studies to support scholars exploring how “groundbreaking technological innovations” can...
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RSA Awards Maggie Ray (Ph.D '14) a Secondary School Grant for Innovative...
NewsWed, 07/25/2018Ray will teach AP Language & Composition students at Bowie High School (Prince George's County, Maryland) about Renaissance Commonplace books so that they may create and maintain...
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2018.09.06: Lecture, Yarborough, "Black Discourse in the Age of Scientific...
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2018.09.07: Digital Studies Colloquium
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Introducing BookLab!
NewsFri, 08/24/2018BookLab is a hands-on space for engaging with the codex book that seeks to blend elements of the book arts with digital experimentation.Contrary to reports of their death (greatly...
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2018.09.05: Departmental Welcome Assembly
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Alum Tasos Lazarides on Academic Job Searches
NewsTue, 08/28/2018UMD Graduate School interview on academic journey and benefits of doctoral training.Read more here! News Category: AlumniAcademic WritingBywordsSummer 2018 BywordsCenter for Literary...
View ArticleMartha Nell Smith to Participate in Q&A at Baltimore Pride's Screening of...
NewsThu, 05/31/2018Baltimore Pride will screen Wild Nights With Emily, a new film about Emily Dickinson, which draws heavily from our own Martha Nell Smith's work on Dickinson. Smith, who acted as a...
View ArticleUpdate from Alumna Elissa Washuta
NewsThu, 05/31/2018The National Endowment for the Arts announced that Elissa Washuta, who graduated from UMD with a BA in English in 2007, would receive one of their prestigious 2018 Creative Writing...
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Libraries Napping Pods originate in Anthony Escalante's Business Writing...
NewsTue, 09/11/2018Mary Turner provided the classroom instruction and coaching that helped inspire the successful proposal. #UMDWritesRead more here, via the Libraries' newsfeed, "Student Dreams of...
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