English Spotlight

Colleen Donnelly , Associate Professor of English, in June published the book The Marys of Medieval Drama: The Middle English Digby and N-Town in Translation (Sidetone Press).This volume contains modern translations of plays performed during the late Middle Ages in England about the lives of the Virgin Mary and Mary...

The July 4 th issue of The New Yorker included Assistant Professor of English Nicky Beer ‘s poem Juveniles (along with an audio track of the piece read by the author). Juveniles The New Yorker , July 4

English Associate Professor Nicky Beer has been awarded a fellowship for residency at the highly prestigious MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH. MacDowell has been referred to by the New York Times as the "gold standard" of colonies for artists—only about 30 people from across many artistic disciplines are housed at...

Associate Professor of Creative Writing Wayne Miller’s book Post- recently won the 2017 Colorado Book Award in Poetry.

The English Department is proud to announce Grace Wagner is this year’s Richard T. Dillon Scholarship winner. A nontraditional student, majoring in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry, Wagner maintains a 4.0 GPA and plans on getting her masters and doctorate in Creative Writing. Born in Oklahoma, she has...

The recipient of the Richard T. Dillon Award for 2017-2018 is Jesse Anderson . A non-traditional student returning to full time studies as an English Writing Major, he holds a 4.0 GPA. Anderson is a married father of two, and struggling to provide for his family (after losing his job...

English Associate Professor Wayne Miller’s 2016 poetry collection, titled Post- (Milkweed Editions, 2016), has won the Rilke Prize —a $10,000 national award given by the University of North Texas to the best poetry collection published by a "mid-career" poet in the previous calendar year.

Jeff P. Jones , Creative Writing BA alum, just published the novel, Love Give Us One Death: Bonnie and Clyde in the Last Days (Texas Review Press), and is the winner of the George Garrett Fiction Prize.