Rylee Thomas ’24 (CLAS) Reads at Inauguration of President Maric

English major and honors student Rylee Thomas ‘24 (CLAS) delivered an original prose poem, “Leave the Door Open,” at the inauguration of UConn President Radenka Maric on September 29, 2023. Thomas spoke with the English Department about how the poem came to be and what it means to her. Inspired by the works of Amanda […]

Distinguished Professor, Alumni Featured in UConn Today

Gina Barreca, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in the English Department, was recently featured in UConn Today for her class work and recent collections that have featured a number of her current and former students.

Miller Wolf Oberman, ’17 (Ph.D.) Named NY-Based Art Fellow

Miller Wolf Oberman, ’17 (Ph.D.), has been named a 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Poetry. Per their announcement, “The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship makes unrestricted cash grants of $8,000 to New York State-based artists working in 15 disciplines, recognizing five disciplines per year on a triennial basis. This program is administered by New York Foundation for […]

Prof. Julie Choffel wins Backwaters Prize for Poetry

Julie Choffel, Assistant Professor of English on the Hartford campus, has won the 2023 Backwaters Prize in Poetry for 2023 for her piece, Dear Wallace. The manuscript reflects in verse on the legacy of Hartford-area poet Wallace Stevens. Backwaters Press is an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press. They will be publishing Dear Wallace […]

Distinguished Professor Highlighted in Ms. Magazine’s 50th

Gina Barreca, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English, is a contributor in Ms. Magazine’s upcoming book to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary feminist magazine, 50 YEARS OF Ms.: THE BEST OF THE PATHFINDING MAGAZINE THAT IGNITED A REVOLUTION. More information on the book and its contributors can be found on the magazine’s website.

New Faculty Featured on UConn Today

April Anson, Julie Choffel, Najnin Islam, were featured on UConn Today as new faculty in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

“The Truth”: familiar essays by Sam Pickering

Madville Publishing, 2023

Joanna MacGugan, ’19 (PhD) Publishes Book from Dissertation Work

Joanna MacGugan, ’19 (Ph.D.) has published her dissertation as a new book with Four Courts Press, titled “Social memory, reputation and the politics of death in the medieval Irish lordship.” Congratulations, Joanna!

Department of English Members Win Grants for Research

The following grants have been awarded to faculty members in the Department of English: Gina Barreca, Distinguished Professor, won a grant from CLAS to support the editing of Fast Famous Women: 75 Essays of Flash Non-Fiction. Tolonda Henderson, graduate student, won a grant from the American Studies program to present two papers at the Children’s […]

Prof. Cutter’s New Book Receives Honorable Mention from UCHI

Prof. Martha Cutter’s most recent book, The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown (Penn Press, 2022), received an Honorable Mention from UCHI in the Sharon Harris Book Award competition.