WUSTL English

Congratulations to Chukwuebuka Ibeh, whose first novel, Blessings, is out today in the UK and already receiving rave reviews! The book will be on shelves in the US on June 4th, so keep an eye out. english.wustl.edu/news/chukwuebu…

Niki Herd is featured in today's Poetry Daily! Check out her poem "Lyric Sung in Third Person" and essay "What Sparks Poetry: Language As Form" using the link below: poems.com/?utm_source=PD…

my review of this wry, brainy, funny new novel about an economist, in the washington post; photo of the paper courtesy of my mother, also an economist ! washingtonpost.com/books/2023/01/…

Martin Riker's "charming and shyly philosophical second novel" gets a big review in the New York Times! Check out the full review of THE GUEST LECTURE: nytimes.com/2023/01/23/boo…

Two WashU Authors made The Guardian's Top 10 Experimental Feminist Books! Both Danielle Dutton's "Margaret the First" and Kathryn Davis' "The Silk Road" are featured. See for yourself: theguardian.com/books/2022/oct…

Do not miss out! This Thursday, 11/10 at @LeftBankBooks, Heather McPherson joins WashU Alum. @ElissaBassist in a conversation about Bassist's new book "Hysterical" left-bank.com/event/elissa-b…

Check out this great piece on Lorenzo Prila, a sophomore who is Majoring with us here in the best department at WashU! (We're not biased or anything...) Glad to have you with us here in English, Lorenzo! artsci.wustl.edu/ampersand/how-…

Don't forget to visit the Arts & Sciences Major-Minor Fair this coming Monday (10/17) from 3-4 at the Athletic Complex Varsity Gym! Come get all your questions answered, grab some schwag, and meet the faculty! artsci.wustl.edu/events/college…

@CPhillipsPoet explores the concept of Community--how it intersects with writing and individualism and introversion--in his latest piece for Yale Review: yalereview.org/article/carl-p…

Prof Edward McPherson and MFA director @d_schuman finding their place in the Here and Next @WUSTL

Read Danielle Dutton's latest piece for The New Yorker, highlighting little-known Feminist Novelist Ann Quin: newyorker.com/books/second-r…

Dear first-year students, join us August 23rd for Bear Beginnings!: A welcome event, complete with friendly professors, tasty snacks, and gobs of info about English Major/Minors, Creative Writing, study abroad, and English honors! Drop by Duncker Hall any time between 11 & 12:30!

“Literature never comes to us from a void." Abram Van Engen and Martin Riker talk about creating a new publishing concentration for the English major at #WashU bit.ly/3B9nTP0 @WUSTL_English

We are excited to share the latest from Zenique Gardner Perry @Zenique_GP - "When Momma’s Prayers Weren’t Enough" - published in The Delacorte Review! delacortereview.org/2022/07/18/whe…

@AnaQuiring just released her latest piece, exploring "how queer historical romances help us imagine pleasure and community in a hostile world." Check it out now on The Millions: themillions.com/2022/06/the-ra…

Robert Milder's essay "Differently: Alice Munro and the North American 1960s" was published in the Spring issue of the University of Toronto Quarterly. More info can be found using the link below: utpjournals.press/toc/utq/current

Please join us for a Memorial for Carter Revard, esteemed faculty and beloved friend, Tomorrow, June 29th, at 2pm, in the Washington University Women's Building Formal Lounge.