Department of English

Jansen Presents on the Gimmick in Professional Wrestling Today at Noon On Monday, November 18 at 12:00 pm in Dunn Hall 424 (and via Zoom; contact Haley Schneider for the Zoom meeting link), Brian Jansen will be giving a talk as part of the Department of Communication and Journalism’s 2024-2025 Colloquium Series.  His talk, titled […]

This week’s bulletin is here, a bit belatedly, to divert you from election eve jitters and to remind you that we’ll be here, taking words seriously, come what may. Let’s stay connected and committed to one another and to the truth-telling powers of the written word!  Bicks Delivers Pre-Screening Talk on “Horror and the Power […]

Mo Drammeh on Panel about Thrillers on Tuesday Evening This Tuesday evening four thriller writers at all stages of their careers will discuss the genre, the types of suspense that excite them most, and the lasting impacts of the books and stories of Stephen King. Featuring Steph Cha (author of Your House Will Pay and […]

Dryer Presents at CMJ Colloquium Today at Noon Today at noon at the CMJ colloquia series in Dunn Hall 424, Dylan Dryer will be giving a short talk about the often-occluded practices of journal editing and of preparing manuscripts for potential review. Dryer will offer an alternative to conventional wisdom about the literature review and […]

Amber Hathaway Rescheduled Talk This Wednesday Local author Amber Hathaway’s talk on Grizzly was due to take place during the first week of classes and has been rescheduled for Wednesday September 25th at noon in the Lown Room Memorial Union. As Elizabeth Neiman says: Grizzly, an anthology of fiction and other artistic work by femme […]

Welcome Back, Everyone As we enter the third week of the new academic year, the English Department is offering more than 130 class sections to approximately 2,250 students in subjects ranging from college composition to graduate seminars in Shakespearean-era poetry and prose, Restoration and 18th-Century British literature, and Canadian literature.  Subsequent bulletins will offer glimpses […]

The Open Field Launch Party This Thursday The late-season Nor’easter that closed campus last Thursday cannot stop the blossoming of another edition of the annual undergraduate literary journal, The Open Field, which we will celebrate with a launch party this Thursday afternoon beginning at 4pm in the Writing Center. Refreshments will be served. For more […]

Deadline to Contribute to Spire on Thursday   Second year MA student Cora Sadler is Editor-in-Chief of Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability. She writes to remind everyone that the deadline for consideration of submissions is this Thursday, February 1. Here’s the pitch: Looking for artwork reflecting on humanity’s intricate and embedded relationship with […]

This Week in English December 11, 2023 Buchanan Alumni House Open to Students During Finals Week Kathy Hill is the House Manager at Buchanan Alumni House and she wrote this morning with this invitation to students who are preparing for finals this week:   Each semester, we close Buchanan to events during finals week and open […]