Emerita: A Fond Farewell to Susan Bernstein

Professor Susan Bernstein retired from the UW-English faculty in Spring 2017 after devoting 28 years of service to the department as a teacher, advisor, and administrator. She departed from Madison and headed to Boston University to …

Reflections on the First Folio Exhibit

Written by Kaydian Campbell: English graduate student Kaydian Campbell offers her reflections on the First Folio exhibit. From Nov-Dec 2016, the Chazen Museum of Art hosted “the book that gave us Shakespeare,” or the First Folio, as part of the folio’s 50-state tour, giving our campus and the community a chance to engage with this most significant relic of literary history.

NC Poet Laureate Selected to Receive Distinguished Alumni Award

Written by Vanessa Lauber: The English Department’s Board of Visitors is please to announce that it has selected Shelby Stephenson (’74), Poet Laureate of North Carolina, as the recipient of its 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award. Stephenson will be honored at an annual ceremony for students and their families, to be held in May.