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8 Nov 2022
You're invited! Furious Flower Poetry Center is thrilled to announce the poetry reading of their Assistant Director (and JMU English professor), L. Renée at the Highlands Room (Festival) on Thursday, November 10 at 5 P.M and virtually on Facebook Live.
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2 Nov 2022
At its meeting last weekend in Minneapolis, the Sixteenth Century Society elected Dr. Mark Rankin to its governing Council, to serve a three-year term which begins Jan. 2023. Congratulations!
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31 Oct 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Rankin and editors within the JMU English department. The article, "The Lost Network of Elizabeth Barton", written by Genelle Gertz and Pasquale Toscano, has received recognition for being the year's best article in Reformation.
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27 Oct 2022
“English majors can do anything. No matter which job I've been in, my favorite people have been English majors.” — Rosie Grant
Q&A interview: jmu.edu/news/english/2022/ro…
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26 Oct 2022
A few events are coming up for Dr. Sofia Samatar's new book The White Mosque. Some are virtual, and one is in person at our own Pale Fire Brewing Company in Harrisonburg!
Note the different time zones: Nov. 1 is at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, and Nov. 8 is at 7:00 p.m. Eastern.
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25 Oct 2022
Congrats, Dr. Mollie Godfrey. Her article, "Race, Space, and Celebrating Simms: Mapping Strategies for Black Feminist Biographical Recovery," has been published in a/b: Auto/Biography Studies! Co-authored with Seán McCarthy from WRTC.
ow.ly/e6VO50Lj5TO
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24 Oct 2022
Congratulations, Dr. Mookerjea-Leonard! Her article, "Ventriloquizing Femininity in the Poetry of Radharani Devi" in South Asian Review. The article was published on Oct. 14 and highlights the "feminine" writing style of Radharani Devi. ow.ly/j2FO50Lh10Q
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12 Oct 2022
Check out this upcoming open mic, sponsored by Word Is Born Writers Society!
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12 Oct 2022
Dr. Mark Rankin talks about his years of research on the most influential English religious book after the Bible itself, Foxe’s “Book of Martyrs.” Check out the interview here: ow.ly/fP4r50L8bOS
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10 Oct 2022
We're excited to announce JMU English alum, Liz Ferguson, has a recently published chapbook, "I Never Leave Lost Teeth Under My Pillow"
Read the JMU English Q&A interview here:
ow.ly/kQ3b50L5PMM
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5 Oct 2022
We're excited to announce JMU English alum, Liz Ferguson, has a recently published chapbook, "I Never Leave Lost Teeth Under My Pillow"
Learn more about her writing advice and book here: ow.ly/gpjw50L1ngH
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29 Sep 2022
Congrats to Dr. Dennis Lo for his podcast segment, "The Vanishing Countryside", being featured on With Good Reason. The segment covers Lo's relation to Taiwan's science and technology park.
ow.ly/YsKR50KVKn2
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28 Sep 2022
Congrats, Dr. Brooks Hefner, for his book, "Black Pulp: Genre Fiction in the Shadow of Jim Crow", being selected for the short list of the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize!
msa.press.jhu.edu/prize/shor…
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19 Sep 2022
Dr. Heidi Pennington's class enjoyed one the last days of summer outside of Keezell Hall. Fall is coming in a matter of days!
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19 Sep 2022
Welcome! Kat will be working directly with JMU English's Marketing Specialist, Angela Carter. We can't wait for you to see all the projects we're working on!
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