Spring and summer grads and students eligible for December graduation: You should have received an invite in your AU email from NameCoach to upload a photo and record your name for pronunciation purposes. Remember to submit by Nov. 13 at noon to be included!

.Valzhyna Mort (MFA alumna ‘11) discusses her new book in this wonderful interview with NPR ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

Congratulations to alum Yohanca Delgado (American Univ. MFA '19), whose short story "The Niece" - originally composed and edited in a workshop at AU - was published in Story and selected for the "Other Distinguished Stories" list in Best American Short Stories 2020.

Read American Univ. MFA's very own Avery Jessa Chapnick The Washington Post D.C. press helps diverse young writers express themselves ‘from a place of power’ washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/maga…

Congratulations 👏👏 to @RLSWrites Sandra Beasley @TaraCampbellCom Emily Holland for being recognized with fellowships from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities! (And thank you, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities!) Those of you who live in the district, keep applying. dcarts.dc.gov/node/1505841

Congrats to fellow AU MFA alum J Colson & to AU instructor Randon Billings Noble as well! DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities support is a crucial part of what makes it possible for my two-artist household to live in city proper. Always happy to talk through the process with AU/DC folks working on applications.

Check out AU's David Keplinger (Prof in Lit and MFA Creative Writing, Poetry) interviewed by Grace Cavalieri and the Library of Congress on "The Poet and the Poem" Sept 11 2021 youtu.be/FYNqvh7zAkU

THE FALL 2022 COURSE PREVIEW NIGHT Curious about LIT courses for the fall? Come meet the professors teaching them! Anyone can attend (majors, minors, curious folks) – and best of all, it’s live and in-person and with food! Tuesday, March 22nd, 5pm Battelle-Tompkins Atrium

Katie Farris Reads for American University's Visiting Writers Series, Ap... youtu.be/Am82ASmiMoE via YouTube

urldefense.com/v3/__https://w…$ Thanks very much to Literature Professor Sara Clarke Kaplan for appearing on an NBC4 segment to discuss changes two years following the murder of George Floyd.

Hey AU Literature and journalism students in @au_soc!

Save the date, 9/26: Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Doomsday Lecture,” with David L. Pike, professor of literature at American University and author of Cold War Space and Culture in the 1960s and 1980s: The Bunkered Decades. bit.ly/3CQPgy7 AU Literature

If you want to learn about the Lit Dept. and love Chipotle, stop by the Battelle Atrium at 5pm on Tues, Sept. 20th for Lit Welcome Night!!

Calling all Creative Writing MFA Alumni! If you have gained a distinction or used your degree in a way you’d like to share with us, we want to hear about it! Please fill out the following Google Form so we can put you on the Wall of Fame. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

This Thursday, join us in the Battelle-Tompkins Atrium to enjoy some ice cream and learn about our Fall 2024 courses from faculty! We can’t wait to see you there!