Department of English News
The Department of English provides programs that transform students into engaged and informed citizens who enrich the vitality of their local and global communities. Our majors explore literature as an artistic medium from theoretical and historical perspectives. In the process, students hone their analytical and writing skills.
Current English News
‘Tis the season for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ folklore expert Katherine Walker to guide us through some of the holiday season’s holliest and jolliest customs.
An interview with the poet and multimedia artist. She visits 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ on Nov. 13 as part of the Breakout Writers Series.
The former English department chair and American lit buff will support faculty and help develop their teaching and research.
President Keith E. Whitfield honors six graduates who have shown exemplary commitment to both the community and their studies.
March 21 reading is part of Black Mountain Institute's Breakout Writers Series.
Trauma-informed teaching expert Kaitlin Clinnin offers faculty guidance on navigating a potentially challenging semester.
English In The News
Whether they’ve been cemented in culture since antiquity, since the turn of the 21st century or anytime in between, the traditions and symbols of Christmas, from decorated trees to the Grinch, share a DNA of identity and community.
As we march toward another new year, we put more distance between ourselves and the origins of the traditions many of us hold dear. Fruitcake, gift giving, and hanging ornaments – they’re all a blend of cultural ideas crackling aside the hearty yule log on a holiday hearth.
Writer Roberto Lovato joins Francesca to talk about the need to use the R word: revolutionary!
Las Vegas is many cities to many people, and that’s part of what makes it such a challenge to capture in a book. For many, it exists as much in the past as present. For some, it’s an irresistible canvas on which to paint a dystopian future. Fortunately for us, some very good writers continue to tell the Las Vegas story as they perceive it.
It’s getting cold in Las Vegas, which is nice after that brutal summer. And for many people, reading a good book is the perfect thing to do when it’s this cold out. So today, four local authors and editors are with us to talk about their books, ones we think you really might be interested in.
Growing up in California, the historically most important destination for migrants in the Americas, the Spanish word exodo had a familiar ring. My Salvadoran parents used it to describe their journey along the Pan-American Highway as they left El Salvador for San Francisco in the 1950s. The exodo also included the stories of family members like my cousin Ana, who crossed the border illegally after surviving the perilous train ride from war-torn El Salvador in the 1980s.
