W&L English Dept.

Don't miss the Mycocosmic launch party on Tuesday, March 4, at Downtown books!

Congratulations, Prof. Wheeler! Mycocosmic will be published on March 4. The poetry collection explores natural and human transformation. columns.wlu.edu/wls-lesley-whe…

Listen to a great conversation with Prof. Pickett on W&L After Class Podcast! columns.wlu.edu/wl-after-class…

Meet English Major Darnell Pelzer Jr. '25 columns.wlu.edu/meet-darnell-p…

W&L's Aliya Gibbons has a fiction piece titled "Love in Eight Acts" in the Fall 2024 edition of the Virginia Literary Review. Congratulations, Aliya! issuu.com/virginialitera…

Flutes Reading Series presents a reading by @LesleyMWheeler and @garydopwrites this Sunday, November 17, at 4:00 p.m.

Please join us on Sept. 26, at 7pm in Northen Auditorium, where Prof. Kaneesha Parsard will deliver the annual Shannon-Clark Lecture in English, “The Friending Plot: Sexual & Economic Freedoms in Early-Twentieth Century Caribbean Fiction.” columns.wlu.edu/university-of-…

We're excited to share the English Department’s English and Creative Writing Newsletter for 2023-24. This newsletter celebrates the accomplishments of our exceptional students and faculty over the past year. We hope you enjoy reading it! wlu.box.com/s/c51e1yndsu7w…

Congratulations, Lillie! columns.wlu.edu/wls-lillie-tay…

Congratulations to all of the English scholarships and awards winners! We had fun celebrating our students at the English Department Awards Ceremony last Thursday, May 16.

On May 8, novelist Clare Beams will be on campus to read from her new book The Garden, followed by a discussion with her editor, Lee Boudreaux. The reading/discussion will be in Northen at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

Congratulations, Gillian! columns.wlu.edu/wls-gillian-ho…

Prof. Leah Green is leading a writing workshop with Orion Magazine. Registration for the online course begin today! orionmagazine.org/event/orion-on…

Curious about the poetry slam phenomenon but unable to time-travel to 1980s Chicago? The students of English 364: Poetry & Authenticity are about to recreate it for you! Everyone is welcome to HAIKU DEATH MATCH 2024 from 9:45-10:45am on Friday 4/5 in Hillel 101.

Congratulations, Prof. Pickett! columns.wlu.edu/wl-english-pro…

Prof. Leah Green will join editor Paul Bogard and author Erica Cavanagh for a discussion on climate change as part of the Virginia Festival of the Book. Join them tomorrow, March 21, at 12:30 p.m. at the JMRL Central Library. vabook.org/events/2024/03…

Please join us for a Glasgow reading with Kaveh Akbar this Thursday, March 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Northern Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.

The amazing poet and memoirist Jan Beatty is giving a reading in Northern Auditorium THIS Weds, 3/6, at 6 pm. Sponsored by the Glasgow Endowment, the event is free and open to the public, and books will be for sale.

Calling all Junior English majors! Feeling confused about the differences between an honors thesis and a capstone project? Then join us at a Pop-Up Honors Thesis Info Session THIS Friday, 1/26, 2:45-3:45 p.m. You can meet in person in Payne 212 or via Zoom.