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Don't miss the Mycocosmic launch party on Tuesday, March 4, at Downtown books!

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Congratulations, Prof. Wheeler!
Mycocosmic will be published on March 4. The poetry collection explores natural and human transformation.
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Listen to a great conversation with Prof. Pickett on W&L After Class Podcast!
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Meet English Major Darnell Pelzer Jr. '25
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W&L's Aliya Gibbons has a fiction piece titled "Love in Eight Acts" in the Fall 2024 edition of the Virginia Literary Review. Congratulations, Aliya!

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Flutes Reading Series presents a reading by
@LesleyMWheeler and @garydopwrites this Sunday, November 17, at 4:00 p.m.

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Please join us on Sept. 26, at 7pm in Northen Auditorium, where Prof. Kaneesha Parsard will deliver the annual Shannon-Clark Lecture in English, “The Friending Plot: Sexual & Economic Freedoms in Early-Twentieth Century Caribbean Fiction.”
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We're excited to share the English Department’s English and Creative Writing Newsletter for 2023-24. This newsletter celebrates the accomplishments of our exceptional students and faculty over the past year. We hope you enjoy reading it!
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Congratulations, Lillie!
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Congratulations to all of the English scholarships and awards winners! We had fun celebrating our students at the English Department Awards Ceremony last Thursday, May 16.

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On May 8, novelist Clare Beams will be on campus to read from her new book The Garden, followed by a discussion with her editor, Lee Boudreaux. The reading/discussion will be in Northen at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

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Congratulations, Gillian!

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Prof. Leah Green is leading a writing workshop with Orion Magazine. Registration for the online course begin today! https://t.co/U8xDbTTGkt

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Curious about the poetry slam phenomenon but unable to time-travel to 1980s Chicago? The students of English 364: Poetry & Authenticity are about to recreate it for you! Everyone is welcome to HAIKU DEATH MATCH 2024 from 9:45-10:45am on Friday 4/5 in Hillel 101.

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Congratulations, Prof. Pickett!
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Prof. Leah Green will join editor Paul Bogard and author Erica Cavanagh for a discussion on climate change as part of the Virginia Festival of the Book. Join them tomorrow, March 21, at 12:30 p.m. at the JMRL Central Library. https://t.co/xHRs4w62Wy

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Please join us for a Glasgow reading with Kaveh Akbar this Thursday, March 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Northern Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.

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The amazing poet and memoirist Jan Beatty is giving a reading in Northern Auditorium THIS Weds, 3/6, at 6 pm. Sponsored by the Glasgow Endowment, the event is free and open to the public, and books will be for sale.

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Calling all Junior English majors! Feeling confused about the differences between an honors thesis and a capstone project? Then join us at a Pop-Up Honors Thesis Info Session THIS Friday, 1/26, 2:45-3:45 p.m. You can meet in person in Payne 212 or via Zoom.