New Writing Series Hosts Fiction Writers on Thursday This Thursday the New Writing Series will feature Morgan Talty and Katie Lattari, two novelists with close ties to the department, the university, and the community. The event will be held live in the Fernald APPE Space (Stewart Commons 104) starting at 4:30pm on November 4, 2021. […]
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This week’s bulletin includes information about the department’s undergraduate literary journal, internship opportunities in the spring and beyond, an event commemorating a Quebecois poet’s legacy, an update from an emeritus professor, a glimpse into the first-year composition program, a preview of an upcoming fiction reading, and a link to the Maine Campus‘s coverage of a […]
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King Chair Hosts Susan Choi this Thursday and Friday On Thursday, October 21st, 5:30pm-6:30pm, National Book Award-winning novelist Susan Choi will be giving a talk and reading from her novel Trust Exercise as part of the Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series. This event will take place in the Minsky Recital Hall (adjacent to the […]
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Stephen King Talks about Writing with English Majors International bestselling author and University of Maine alumnus Stephen King was on campus October 4th and 5th to speak with two groups of undergraduate English majors about writing and his career. The hour-long discussions, each with fifteen students, were organized by UMaine professor Caroline Bicks, who holds […]
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Remembering Playwright William Yellow Robe, Jr. A memorial event for playwright and long-time English department colleague William Yellow Robe Jr. will take place in the Cyrus Pavilion this Thursday, October 7, starting at 3:30pm. The event, organized by his friend and collaborator Margo Lukens, will be live, in-person (with mandatory masking), but a Zoom link […]
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As we enter the fifth week of classes, a soggy “family and friends” weekend has yielded to the crisp, dry, and cool conditions that make autumn so memorable in Orono. Below you’ll find information about upcoming events and opportunities, along with some glimpses into the teaching and scholarship underway in (and around) Neville Hall this […]
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New Writing Series Resumes on September 30 We were celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the New Writing Series when the pandemic forced it into hiatus following Laird Hunt’s reading on March 5, 2020. (Hunt’s new novel, Zorrie, was longlisted for a National Book Award last week.) On Thursday, September 30, the NWS resumes with an […]
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Greetings and Fall Update Greetings on a gorgeous autumn day in Orono, everyone, and welcome to the first installment of This Week in English since May 2021! We use this bulletin during the academic year to keep in touch with current students, alums, faculty and staff, and friends of the department. If you have a […]
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English Department Recognition Ceremony This Friday The English Department will celebrate the completion of this most unusual academic year and recognize some of the many accomplishments that resilient students and faculty members have achieved along the rocky way in a ceremony via Zoom (link by request) on Friday, May 7, starting at 4pm EDT. We’ll welcome […]
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Naminata Diabate Presents in Rosalie Purvis Class Today at 2pm Dr. Naminata Diabate will present at talk to Dr. Rosalie Purvis’s Performance Studies class this afternoon at 2pm via Zoom (open to the community but registration required). Her topic is “Menstrual Cloths in Paris: Globalization and Its Elucubrations.” Dr. Diabate’s book Naked Agency is currently […]
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