Due to the ongoing pandemic, commencement will look a little different this year. The virtual ceremony will take place Friday, December 11, at 10 AM. English students can watch the ceremony here, as well as find their personal graduation webpage. The English Department would like to applaud all December Graduates… Continue reading…
Louise Glück: winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, former US Poet Laureate, author, and former UNCG visiting lecturer. In the spring of 1973, Louis Glück taught “Approaches to Poetry” and a graduate workshop in the MFA program. (Source: University Archives) According to the catalog issue from 1972-1973,… Continue reading…
In May, a series of complicated and boring events led me to Greensboro three months before I actually needed to be here for the start of my new degree program. While I would’ve been on lockdown anywhere, I was suddenly in isolation in an entirely strange, new place. I’d just… Continue reading…
Emeritus faculty Michael Parker was awarded the Thomas Wolfe Award. Read more at: https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2020/10/university-thomas-wolfe-award-feature-1008
Every year, thanks to donations from generous alumni and supporters, the English department is able to recognize and celebrate the wonderful works of our graduate students. While there was no physical celebration for the Fall 2020 award recipients, we still would like to take this time to honor their achievements… Continue reading…
My name is Dom, but I am known in circles as Domo, Nikkie, Dominicki, Sunshine, Dominoque and of course Dominique. I write poetry and I guess that makes me a poet. Well on second thought, one of my Poetry Club babies knitted me a hat that says “poet” so I… Continue reading…
UNCG English Alum Nita Tyndall (BA, 2016) recently published their novel Who I Was With Her with HarperTeen! The novel, which New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow calls “a beautifully poised, and thought-provoking debut about love, loss, coming out, and discovering living like on your own terms”, was released… Continue reading…
https://aas.uncg.edu/a-conversation-with-xhenet-aliu/
When the world went into hiding, and the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation, I found myself unemployed, planning a move across the country, and itching for human connection. All of a sudden there was entirely too much time and no bars, no restaurants, no movie theaters, no concerts or anything… Continue reading…
Check out this highlight from one of our undergraduate internship students, Lori White! “Over the summer I interned with my hometown’s local newspaper, the Montgomery Herald. My job entailed conducting interviews and writing articles on subjects ranging from how local businesses were faring throughout COVID-19 to my county’s NAACP President… Continue reading…
