New Pages

A new poetry collection by the professor emeritus who has recently been celebrated by both Wild writer Cheryl Strayed and Minnesota Teacher of the Year Tom Rademacher. Plus other springy works in our annotated list of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by English faculty, students, and alums.

News: AWP Here April 8-12

Just three weeks until Minneapolis goes word crazy with the annual literary conference (open to the public) of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). We've got the goods on events featuring our faculty, students, and alumnae/i--both AWP sessions and free off-site readings.

MFA News

What's going on with you? News about publications, presentations, and awards from MFA candidates and alumnae/i.

North America's Largest Lit Conference Hits Twin Cities

You may not have heard of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), but next April it's taking over Minneapolis. AWP's annual literary conference (open to the public) goes down at the Minneapolis Convention Center (with lit stars from T. C. Boyle to Roxane Gay), and related events will be erupting all over town. Predictably, our Creative Writing Program is involved up to its eyebrows.

New Pages

Mystery, fantasy, comic and historical fiction, and popular science: New books by faculty, students, and alumnae/i are perfect for your beach bag.

What We're Reading: John Watkins

What does Professor John Watkins read about besides medieval and early modern diplomacy? Disease, for one.

English Makes a Video!

If it's ironic that we're taking to visual media to show how studies in English prepare our students for a diverse array of careers, we don't care: It was fun. What can you do with a degree in English? Banker, poet, curator, mall developer, teacher, novelist, lawyer, environmental policy maker, publisher, and, um, radio show host: we filmed 'em all. Watch the video!