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After 7 years on staff with UA English, Administrative Specialist Sarah Sides has accepted a position as Publications Manager for Undergraduate Admissions starting next week. Congratulations, Sarah, and all our best wishes in your next chapter!

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Michael Martone who recently won the Truman Capote Prize for Distinguished Work in the Short Story or Literary Non-Fiction. More information is available here: monroevilleliteraryfestival.com

UA English sends our warmest wishes for a happy, healthy holiday season. We hope that everyone enjoys a restful winter break!

Locating Milton (Clemson UP, 2021), edited by David Ainsworth and Thomas Festa, has won the Irene Samuel Memorial Award for distinguished multiauthor collection from the Milton Society of America.

UA English is hosting an Iron Bowl Tailgate on Saturday, 11/26, beginning at 11 AM. Open to our students, prospective majors, alumni, faculty, staff, and retirees, we hope to see you there! Please RSVP by 11/21 if you plan to attend. Roll Tide! universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_71…

Check out The Crimson White’s article about UA English’s new undergraduate-run publishing house, Red Rook Press! thecrimsonwhite.com/102182/culture…

Gretchen McCullough, UA MFA 1995, has published a new novel! Congrats, Gretchen! Gretchen is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Rhetoric and Composition at the American University in Cairo.

UA in Italy: Following Shakespeare (Summer II). The UA Faculty-Led Program application for Summer 2023 is now open! apply.studyabroad.ua.edu/index.cfm?Fuse…

We regret to announce that Jesmyn Ward has had to postpone her visit. To work with her schedule, the English Department and Honors College hope to host her in the Spring. We’ll send out more information about a future event when we can.

Kayaking and hiking the majestic fjords for UA in Norway/Adventure Literature/Summer II. The UA Faculty-Led Program application for Summer 2023 is now open! apply.studyabroad.ua.edu/index.cfm?Fuse…

One of the English Department’s excellent study abroad programs, UA in France is led each summer by Dr. Christopher Love. Exploring American Writers who have at some point stayed for a while in France, it also takes time to explore relevant historical sites, such as Versailles!

UA English is hiring for an assistant professor in Composition and Rhetoric Studies (CRES) and an assistant or associate professor in 20th Century African American Literature. Please share! Comp and Rhet: facultyjobs.ua.edu/postings/51265 African American Lit: facultyjobs.ua.edu/postings/51280

Congratulations to Jennifer Fuqua who has won the Rickey Yanaura Crimson Spirit Award! This award recognizes employees who by actions, words, and deeds, make The University of Alabama an exceptional place to work and learn. The department is lucky to have Jennifer on our team.

We are pleased to invite applications for the summer 2023 cohort of the faculty-led study abroad experience, “UA in Oxford: English, History, Honors”! For more information and to apply for this special experience, please visit oxford.ua.edu.

Please join us in congratulating Gregory Ariail who has just published his book The Gospel of Rot with Mercer University Press. The Department will soon have a copy you can see in person in one of our bookcases. Congratulations, Gregory!

From 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, 9/10, five second years in the Creative Writing MFA will read sections of their work to the public at Turbo Coffee in Downtown Tuscaloosa (2010 8th St.). Please reach out to cwassistant@ua.edu with any questions.

UA folks: remember to join us & @BamaEnglish this week (Sept. 8-10) for "Race and Medievalism in the U.S. South and Beyond," a at the Hotel Capstone/Hoole Special Collections at U of Alabama!

Congratulations to Professor Robert Poole, whose new book--Corpus-Assisted Ecolinguistics--was just published by Bloomsbury! bloomsbury.com/us/corpusassis…

Congratulations to Professor Nana Nkweti, winner of the 2022 Whiting Award in Fiction for her debut short story collection Walking on Cowrie Shells. This annual prize is one of the most prestigious literary recognitions in the county! whiting.org/awards/winners…

Emily Pucker, UA Ph.D Student won the Graduate Student Essay Contest at the College English Association’s national conference. Her essay, "Corpus Linguistics Pedagogy for Native Speakers: Using Corpora to Develop Advanced Writers” will be published in The Critic. Congratulations!