Poet. Scholar. Teacher. Alicia Ostriker has hit all these marks and more since earning her PhD in English from UW–Madison in 1964. Alicia’s first collection of poems, Songs, was published in 1969. Over the intervening decades, she has produced more than a dozen books of her poetry and works of criticism covering topics ranging from …
Please join us for the Department of English Celebration of Graduates Friday, May 11, 2018 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Elvehjem Museum 800 University Avenue (in the Chazen Museum on UW campus) The venue is handicapped accessible. Reception immediately following: On Wisconsin Room Red Gym, first floor Refreshments will be provided. TICKETS: No tickets …
Last fall, English Department senior, Stuart Deets, completed a final project for Professor Caroline Gottschalk Druschke‘s “Writing Rivers” course (a section of English 245). Stuart’s project involved taking photos of Madison lakes, developing them in water from those lakes, and posting the photos in an exhibit at the Center for Limnology‘s Hasler Lab, as well …
How can English majors help solve problems in the real world? When alumni Chris Houben (then a senior) signed up for the BEST Challenge, he wasn’t quite sure. “I jumped into the cold water not knowing what to expect,” Chris says. “I wanted to turn my weakness, the fear of the unknown, into a strength.” This round …
UW English is kicking off a fundraising initiative to fortify future excellence in teaching and research. The College of Letters and Science has authorized three new faculty positions to form a center of research and teaching excellence in Global Black Literatures. This field includes African American literature, black British literature, and Caribbean and black diasporic …
The Board of Visitor’s discussion group takes us back to the seminar room. “What is it like to read a book written by a dying person?” Talk about an icebreaker. This question initiated this autumn’s Board of Visitors book discussion, led by Russ Castronovo. The BOV, a group of English alumni who serve in an …
Emily Klode is an English major who dreams about becoming a lawyer. Pat Brady is a lawyer who majored in English. We asked Pat and Emily to talk about their mentoring relationship, and to reflect on the skills that English majors can bring to a variety of professions after college. Mentors can provide a birds’-eye …
A passion for literature and writing as well as a desire to share this passion through teaching—this is what is looked for in the recipient of the Dorothy Classen Urish Scholarship. This scholarship was created in 2013 by Jack Urish (BS ’70 English) in honor of his mother, who taught English and Latin in Paw …
“Wow, we’re here. We’re here, that’s significant.” According to UW junior Alexandra Pleasant, this realization sparked the creation of a new undergraduate group in the English department. First GEMs (the brilliant acronym for “First-Generation English Majors”) is a group for English majors who are the first in their families to attend college. Founded by Alexandra …
You’ve seen them on Late Night with Seth Meyers, read about them in The Nation, and perused their work in bookshops nationwide. But did you know that these four writers also spent time with Madison’s creative writing program? Sean Bishop, creative writing program coordinator, and creative writing prof Judith Claire Mitchell recommend titles by four UW alumni-turned-nationally acclaimed …