Welcome Back, Everyone The new academic year successfully got underway on August 28, and as we head into the fourth week of the fall semester, the English Department is offering instruction to just under 2250 students across 130 different class sections. Neville Hall classrooms and first floor common spaces, including the lobby outside the large […]
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Hi, I’m Morgan, a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation in Maine and an assistant professor of English here at the University of Maine. I teach Creative Writing, Native American Literature, and contemporary courses in fiction. As a teacher, I love talking “shop” about books: how they work, how they succeed, how they fail, and […]
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Hello writers and scholars! I am starting my third year as Assistant Professor of Theatre and English here at the University of Maine. This means that I get to teach, research and create within my two areas of passion: performance and literature. Within our English department, I have taught LGBTQ American Dramatic Literature and Queer […]
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This will be the last bulletin I will send as Acting Chair of the Department–stay tuned for Dr. Steve Evans’ return to the post in the fall. I have been honored to serve in this capacity for the past year, but also look forward to returning to the classroom. We have had much to celebrate […]
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We are in the end stretch of the semester now, with defenses and presentations and awards ceremonies galore! Please read on to see all the talks and performances members of our community have prepared for us. Please do make an effort to make time to support your friends, peers, and colleagues. Read on for all […]
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April moves quickly! Much to report below: Please mark your calendars for the UPDATED time and place of the English Awards Ceremony: Tuesday, April 25⋅ 4:30 – 5:30pm at UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation, 123 Long Rd We will celebrate our students’ achievements AND thank our retiring faculty members. We have good news from […]
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Snow is melting, spring is coming, and break is over! Please read on for an update on the English Department’s doings: Faculty meeting Scheduled for this Wednesday at 2:10 pm in the Writing Center. Morgan Talty published “What makes me happy now: dimples” a work of short creative-nonfiction[1] in the Guardian to honor the birth of his[2] and his wife Jorden[3] ’s first son, […]
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March has come in like a white, fluffy, brilliant lion! We are all in the middle of the last push before spring break, and people are traveling for conferences. Many graduate students and faculty presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Chicago, and others are attending the Association of Writers and Writing […]
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Mid-February is here with a vengeance, yet we all keep sniffing spring in the air. In the English Department, lots happening! Please read on for an update: Our First New Writing Series event of the semester takes place next Thursday at 4:30PM in the FERNALD APPE SPACE, 104 STEWART COMMONS. Katy Kelleher, author of The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on […]
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We are all bundling up for what may be the coldest days on record in the Bangor area this weekend. Meanwhile, there are still events to catch and people to help. Please read on for details. STORIED has its first open mic night of the semester on Saturday. The event will be at 5 PM in the […]
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