Please note that Dr. Sweet's book talk is now virtual only. To register, please send and email to [email protected].

U.S. POET LAUREATE JOY HARJO (Muscogee Nation) will be our honored guest this Spring. Save the Date: public reading and book-signing, Tues., April 5, 2022, 7pm. nas.wvu.edu

Congrats to Gabrielle Pishotti! enews.wvu.edu/articles/2022/…

Michal Blumenthal Reading moved to 130 Colson Hall.

The WVU Native American Studies Dept. will host a reading by U.S Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, on 4/5/22 at 7:00 p.m. in the Blue Ballroom, WVU Mountainlair. For more info. and to register to attend virtually, please click this link nas.wvu.edu.

English students present on Blair Mountain digital projects at Appalachian Studies Association conference. english.wvu.edu/news-and-event…

Congratulations to Glenn Taylor! His new book, The Songs of Betty Baach, has been chosen as the winner of the University of Massachusetts Press 2022 Juniper Prize for Fiction. umasspress.com/announcing-the…

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WVU Higher Education in Prison Initiative selected for Laughing Gull Foundation Award enews.wvu.edu/articles/2022/…

Glenn Taylor’s The Songs of Betty Baach has been chosen as the winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction. umasspress.com/announcing-the…

Mary Ann Samyn named recipient of WVU’s Distinction in Graduate Research Mentoring Award enews.wvu.edu/articles/2022/…

Congratulations to our undergraduate PWE capstone students on their successful virtual poster exhibit, including top poster winners: BEST POSTER: Peter Krch (New South Media) 2nd PLACE: Emily Paugh (Appalachian Studies Association) 3rd PLACE: Stephanie Saldivar (WVU Launch Lab)

Congratulations to Gabriella Pishotti on her success in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition. enews.wvu.edu/articles/2022/…

Come enjoy a combined CW/PWE capstone reading: Dec 6, 5-7 pm Are you a future creative writing (CW) or professional writing & editing (PWE) capstone student? Or just curious? Come enjoy a combined capstone presentation tomorrow (Tues., Dec. 6, 5-7 pm) in Colson 130.

Rachael Bradley, a 2022 graduate of WVU’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, has won the Master’s Thesis Award (non-traditional thesis category) from the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools for her creative nonfiction manuscript “The Way Things Come Back and Other Essays.”

Brian Broome reading today at 7 p.m. in room 130 of Colson Hall. The reading is sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta.

Here are the recipients of the 2024-2025 WVU English department's Student and Faculty Awards and Scholarships. english.wvu.edu/files/d/4b7fd2…

Early American studies scholar Kristina Bross will give a talk, "What Book History Can Teach Us about Our AI Moment," with Q&A to follow, at 4 pm October 7 in 130 Colson. Hope to see you all there!