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We're hiring! Assistant Professor of Linguistics with specialization in phonetics or phonology. old.linguistlist.org/issues/34/34-2…

We're hiring! Assistant Professor of African American Literature #top-pagination" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">joblist.mla.org/job-details/78…

Apply by October 31 english.msstate.edu/sites/www.engl…

Do your Department Awards have theme songs? @msstate English majors: Apply for the Nolan Book Award specterr.com/v/bd8d4542-58e…

Congratulations to Professor Becky Hagenston, who won Story magazine’s Story Foundation Prize for her work “Woman of the House.” msstate.edu/newsroom/artic…

We're happy to announce that Joseph Newell has won MSU’s Gender Studies Paper Competition, Graduate Division, with his paper “Infantilization and Subjugated Liberty in A Room with a View.” Joseph will be delivering a conference version of this paper at SAMLA later this year.

Congratulations to Prof. Peter DeGabriele on the publication of his new book *Drone Enlightenment: The Colonial Roots of Remote Warfare*. Here is an interview about the book: upress.virginia.edu/author-corner/…

Happy #pubday to DRONE ENLIGHTENMENT: The Colonial Roots of Remote Warfare by Peter DeGabriele! upress.virginia.edu/title/5809/ #readUP

Yesterday we celebrated the opening of the Mississippi Zine Fest downtown at the Starkville Area Arts Council, featuring work by students in Professor Dhanashree Thorat's class.

Congratulations to MSU English graduate Oline Eaton, who just published a book--*Publishers Weekly* calls it a “striking debut”! diversionbooks.com/books/finding-… publishersweekly.com/9781635767933

College of Arts and Sciences announces newest Dean’s Eminent Scholar faculty award winners msstate.edu/newsroom/artic…

Anderson named dean of MSU’s Shackouls Honors College bit.ly/3DMMrwE #DiscoverYourAnd @ShackoulsHonors @MSStateEnglish

MSU faculty member wins 2022 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry bit.ly/3fOeUud #DiscoverYourAnd #WeRingTrue #poetry @MSStateEnglish

Adele is planning to take a hiatus after her Las Vegas residency, intending to get a degree in English literature: “Even though it’s not like I’d go on to get a job from my degree, I wish I had gone to university... That’s my plan for 2025.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

We’ll start reviewing applications soon, but there’s still time to get an application in for our new assistant professor position in fiction writing. Please help spread the word about a good position in a great department.

We’re hiring a fiction writer as an assistant professor starting the fall of 2023. Please spread the word! explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job/5…

Emeritus Professor Richard Lyons gives a reading from his new book tomorrow evening at 5:30 in the Grisham Room. Please join us! english.msstate.edu/events/2022/10…

Just got the latest copy of @JabberwockRev, which features my story “Downburst” as the winner of the Nancy D. Hargrove Editor’s Prize for Fiction. Since the journal comes out of @MSStateEnglish, I thought it appropriate to wear my most appropriate hat for this photo.

Congratulations to Professor Saddiq Dzukogi, who has been short listed for the 2022 Nigeria Prize for Literature. What a tremendous honor! msstate.edu/newsroom/artic…

Welcome to the 22-23 Academic Year! Meet CLA's current President, @Jervette in the first video of the Welcome Back, Meet the Current Executive Committee Series. youtu.be/SOG-bT_W6r8