Department of English

Dylan Dryer Article in College English Dylan Dryer’s article “Divided by Primes: Competing Meanings among Writing Studies’ Keywords” appears in the January 2019 issue of College English. With a wide readership of approximately 5,200 subscribers and an acceptance rate of approximately five percent, the journal ranks among the most selective and visible venues in its […]

We greet the new semester under bright skies, with chilly temperatures, and crunchy snow underfoot. In addition to our usual robust offerings across the spectrum of writing instruction—including three dozen sections of first-year composition, eight sections of introductory creative writing, and sixteen sections business and technical writing—we’re offering graduate seminars focused on Adrienne Rich (Ben […]

End of Semester Projects Students in Sarah Harlan-Haughey’s graduate seminar on Middle English Literature wrap up their semester with a conference-style set of presentations at the University Club this afternoon. The event features panels on “Beauty and the Gurlesque,” “The Natural Supernatural,” and “Otherworld Exchange” (flyer attached).   Harlan-Haughey’s large lecture class, The Nature of […]

Students Stage Scenes Shakespeare Could Have Written, but Didn’t This week in Caroline Bick’s 300-level course on Shakespeare, students will be presenting their group performance projects. They’ve been working for the past six weeks in groups of four to research, plan, script, and finally perform an off-stage scene or a bit of pre-history from one […]

Holiday Open House on Wednesday We hope that you’ll favor us with your company and good cheer this Wednesday afternoon from 2 – 4pm in the Wicks Room. We’ll have cookies and warm cider on hand and if you’d like to contribute something tasty, additional treats are welcome. Students, faculty, family, and friends of the […]

Maine Campus Covers Pafunda Reading Cultural editor Olivia Shipsey wrote up Danielle Pafunda’s recent reading for the New Writing Series in a Maine Campus article that ran under the headline “Neo-gothic resistance with Danielle Pafunda” on November 12. Shipsey writes: Pafunda’s neo-gothic feminist style allows her to spin personal thoughts, experiences, and emotions into provocative […]

Seeking Student Volunteers for Open House on Saturday The next open house for prospective students takes place on Saturday morning, November 17. If you’re an English major and/or minor who is willing to share some of your experiences with students and their parents, please write to <english.chair@maine.edu> for more information. We’ll meet in the field […]