Faculty & Department News

As they learn how writers revise their work and use literary devices, the students gear up for a school assembly led by Australian rap star Nelson Dialect.

Date: Friday, May 10, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m. – Noon Location: Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre All students graduating from the Department of English in spring 2019, summer 2019 or fall 2018 are encouraged to participate. No RSVP is required. Students may invite as many guests as they wish. The event...

CU Boulder alumni David Gessner and Nina de Gramont have succeeded both as authors and teachers. For a couple of writers who also happen to be a writing couple, David Gessner and Nina de Gramont admit they’ve got it pretty good. Gessner (MA, Engl’98) is professor and chair of the...

The Department of English at CU Boulder is exploring ways to improve students’ learning experiences and encourage future enrollment by studying other universities’ efforts.

Stephen Graham Jones, as always, has been in the news lately. Check out the latest news items, reviews, and online performances in which he has recently appeared.

Marcia Douglas recently published "Becoming the Brown Girl in the Ring" in The New York Review of Books.

The Department of English offers on-campus and online courses for both majors and nonmajors in summer. Use your summer—whether you plan to be in Boulder, back home, or somewhere in between—to get lost in a good book and earn credit toward your degree.

Professor Nan Goodman sits down with the College of Arts and Sciences to explain why Jewish mysticism is important, why her course on the topic is so unique and express just how much pleasure she derives from teaching it.

Noah Eli Gordon's latest poetry collection, Is That the Sound of a Piano Coming from Several Houses Down? (Solid Objects) was included in The New York Times "New & Noteworthy" list on April 3.