Kate Burt Wins College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
PhD student Kate Burt has been awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Congratulations!
UNC Greensboro
UNCG’s 2023 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award
Congratulations to Rene Marzuk for winning UNCG’s 2023 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award! “Clashing Landscapes in Charles Chesnutt’s Conjure Tales” and “Reading Metamodern Hope: Moshin Hamid’s Exit West, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and Intertextuality after Postmodernism” Co-directed by Professor Scott Romine and Professor Christian Moraru. #UNCGEnglish
English Tea Talk with Dr. Jeanie Reynolds: Banned Books
Dr. Jeanie Reynolds Banned Books April 19, 20243:30 pm- 5:30 pmMHRA 3501 The second installment in our Tea Talk series will feature Dr. Jeanie Reynolds, Director of English Education, discussing the recent resurgence in book banning around the nation and the rhetorics behind it.
Lauded Writer and Emeritus Professor Fred Chappell Is Remembered
Fred Chappell, one of North Carolina’s most celebrated writers, has died at age 87.
He taught at UNC Greensboro for 40 years, joining in 1964. More than anyone, he made the UNCG MFA in Creative Writing program one of the finest in the nation.
His poetry, essays, and novels have been lauded nationally and beyond.
CLASS OF 2023: DANA BROADUS, WRITER, EXPLORER AND SCHOLAR
As Dana Broadus contemplates her graduation, she can’t help but admire the journey that brought her from the “Imagine” fantasy storyline she created in high school to the writer and scholar headed to graduate school for linguistic anthropology.
Save the Date: The Last Lecture Series with Dr. Denise Baker
SAVE THE DATE The English department, in partnership with the Office of Alumni Engagement, is proud to announce THE LAST LECTURE featuring DR. DENISE BAKER The Last lecture is an opportunity for retiring professors to reflect on a career in higher education and what they have learned over their years… Continue reading…
Terry Kennedy Poetry Reading
The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro Review will host a poetry reading by Terry Kennedy on Thursday, August 31st at 6:00 PM at Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm Street. The reading will celebrate the release of Mr. Kennedy’s latest collection of poetry, What the Light Leaves… Continue reading…
Interview with Stuart Dischell
Take a deeper look into Creative Writing Professor Stuart Dischell’s new book! Stuart Part 1 Stuart Part 2 Interview Andrew Saulters Andalusian Visions Teaser 1 And the full film that is a part of the book project Lines of the desert bones – A scenarioA film by Anita Volker… Continue reading…
Happy Pub Day to UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Jim Minick!
Happy Pub Day to UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Jim Minick! Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas launches today from Bison Books.
Happy Pub Day to UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Kat Meads!
Happy Pub Day to UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Kat Meads! These Particular Women launches today from Sagging Meniscus Press.