About

The CU Boulder Department of English houses faculty working in every major field of English and American literature, and, in many cases, developing fields of inquiry. From Anglo-Saxon literature to digital media studies, from the earliest English novels to contemporary graphic works, faculty and students work to improve our understanding of the English language’s cultural and literary history.

English supports several scholarly and creative journals (English Language Notes, Genders, Subito Press, and Meridian Creative Arts Journal), sponsors numerous lectures and readings from visiting scholars and writers each year, and actively collaborates with various centers across campus (Center for Global British and Irish Studies, Center for the American West, and Center for Humanities and the Arts, to name only a few).

Each year, the Creative Writing Reading Series brings innovative writers to the University of Colorado for a free, on-campus reading. Past readers include National Book Award winner Terrance Hayes, Susan Steinberg, CAConrad, Ronaldo Wilson, Brian Evenson, Lynne Tillman, Claudia Rankine, M. NourbeSe Philip, and Pulitzer Prize winner Rae Armantrout. Please visit the events calendar for reading locations, dates, and times!