On Sept. 6, The New Yorker named John Tinnell's recently published book, The Philosopher of Palo Alto , one of “The Best Books We’ve Read this Week,” and the magazine featured a review of the book in its September 11 issue. A second review of his book just appeared in...

English Senior Instructor Julie Vick did a Q&A about her book, Babies Don’t Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?) , a humorous advice manual for introverted parents navigating the early years of parenthood. Julie Vick had explored parenting humor. Next she added advice. Colorado Sun , May 21

Assistant Professor of English Andrew Scahill was interviewed last month by LE FIGARO, the largest and oldest French publication (est. 1826), and one of the three newspapers "of the record" in France. The interview centered around Scahill’s love for holiday movies because he’s taught a class on Christmas movies as...

English Professor, Cynthia Wong, recently contributed some literary remarks to the BBC program, The Exploding Library . The “warped literature” series of this book-lovers program returned for a new run where comedians explode and unravel their most cherished cult books, paying homage to the tone and style of the original...

Honorary Aurora Poet Laureate and Creative Writing Alum, Ahja Fox, is proud of being born and raised in the diverse City of Aurora. And while Fox is quick to credit her caring teachers and mentors for instilling a love of poetry, what originally "started her pen” was seeing a collection of...

The Rainbow Cult series, which launched this month at the Sie FilmCenter, is taking an interactive approach to cult-cinema screenings with props, call-backs, singalongs, costumes and live performances. Assistant Professor of English Andrew Scahill will host the new film series with drag queen DuPri . Scahill, a nationally regarded scholar...

An interdisciplinary team from CU Denver and CU Boulder has won a CU Next Award for their project, Data Advocacy for All: An Open Access Digital Repository for Innovative Data-Driven Curricula . The CU Next Award is an initiative to support faculty pedagogical innovation across CU campuses. At CU Denver,...

While much of the circus surrounding the Depp-Heard trial feels entirely of this moment (a livestream that regularly draws half a million viewers, the rhetoric around “believing women,” and the sheer power of Mr. Depp’s fans to shape the narrative) in many ways what we are witnessing is a story...

Because audiences expect cheery competence from women while tolerating laziness, violence and rule-breaking in men, the female antihero represents a profound threat to the status quo, write Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman, Associate Professors of English. OPINION: Why We Love Lazy, Drunk, Broke Women on TV The New York Times...

“Is there still a place for these bars? Are they still important? Yes. Every time one of these bars closes, it’s a loss of a part of Denver,” says Drew Bixby, Lecturer in the Department of English as well as Assistant Director and Writing Center and Distance Director of the...