What do writers talk About when they talk about their debut book? Find out in UW Undergrad Alex Gershman’s Interview with recent UW Creative Writing Fellow Rickey Fayne.
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Celebrating the Exceptional Achievement of Three English Alumni
Three English Alumni recently received our 2025 Early Career Award—find out more about their exceptional achievements.
How to Sing the Elegies for the Season: Sarah Dimick’s Unseasonable
UW-English Alumni Sarah Dimick (Assistant Professor at Northwestern) publishes her first book, Unseasonable: Climate Change in Global Literatures. Her writing invites us to cultivate a new habit of reading and caring for the season.
Literature as Medicine: What Pre-Med Students Learn from Poetry
How can poetry influence medical research? Caroline Hensley’s “Literature and Medicine” course invites future medical professionals to think more deeply about the poetics of medicine.
How MUCH Showcases the Vitality of Humanities Scholarship at UW-Madison
English graduate students launched a major undergraduate conference on the Humanities (MUCH) at UW-Madison, achieving a great success with 127 attendees.
Kudos/Congratulations (Week of May 5, 2025)
A snapshot of this week’s academic accomplishments, publications, and accolades from our faculty, students, and staff—here’s who made our community proud.
2025 Scholarship and Writing Prize Recipients!
We celebrated our scholarship and writing prize recipients on April 27, 2025. Watch the full list of winners here. Click here for the full program. Here are the lists of 2025 recipients: **WRITING PRIZES** The …
Kudos/Congratulations (Week of April 28, 2025)
This week, the English Department wishes to highlight and congratulate its following members: Jenny Conrad’s newest poetry chapbook, This Natal House, described by one reviewer as “a knocking interrogation of early motherhood and bodily agency,” appeared from …
Kudos/Congratulations (Week of April 14, 2025)
Ron Kuka (Creative Writing Program Coordinator) was chosen as one of the recipients of the 2024-25 Judith S. Craig Distinguished Service Award, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the College or University throughout …
Exploring AI in Teaching: Critical AI Literacy
Emily Hall and Abby Letak will offer an online workshop, “Exploring AI in Teaching: Critical AI Literacy” on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 from 12–1 p.m. Participants will engage with the ethical use of AI tools, potential …