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Morris Gray Poetry Reading with Brenda Shaughnessy and Kevin Young

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Brenda Shaughnessy is the Okinawan-Irish American author of seven poetry collections, including Tanya (Knopf, 2023) The Octopus Museum (a New York Times 2019 Notable Book,) and Liquid Flesh: New and Selected Poems (Bloodaxe, U.K.) Recipient of awards from...

English CVR. Fiction Writing: Workshop

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Instructor: Jamaica Kincaid Wednesday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students Course Site This class is open to anyone who can write a letter, not an e-mail, a letter, just a plain simple letter, to someone who lives far away from...

2017-18 Prize Recipients

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We are thrilled to announce this year’s prize recipients! Critical Prizes Boston Ruskin Prize Emma Adler, English PhD Candidate for “‘Unquiet Meals': On Eating Beauty” Helen Choate Bell Prize (Essay) Thomas Dolinger, English PhD Candidate for “‘Words are...

English CSAS. Pictures into Words: Writing About Art

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Instructor: Sebastian Smee Wednesday, 9:00-11:45am | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students In an attention economy, with phone cameras and AI ubiquitous, are we losing the ability to describe what we see with our own eyes? What meaning can...

Reading and Q&A with Ama Codjoe and Victoria Adukwei Bulley

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The Harvard Department of English presents a Reading and Q&A with Poets Ama Codjoe, author Bluest Nude and winner of the Academy of American Poets 2023 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; and Victoria Adukwei Bulley, author of Quiet, which was awarded the 2023...

Professional Development Mentors

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Click on any of the mentors below to read about their professional development experiences. After you've read their reflections, if you’re interes ted in meeting with any mentors, please contact Lauren Bimmler ( lbimmler@fas.harvard.edu), Gwen Urdang...

Tina Chang

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Education: B.A., Binghamton University (1991); M.F.A., Columbia University (1997) 

Interests: Poetry, hybrid writing, Asian American poetry, cross disciplinary collaborations. 

Selected Works: LION (forthcoming, W.W. Norton, September 2026), Hybrida (W.W...

Lana Reeves, Class of 2024: Nonprofit Leadership & Community Art

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In summer 2022, I followed my interest in literary/arts accessibility right to The Canvas: a vegan café and two adjacent arts events spaces, which are open to local groups and host events. Tucked away near Shoreditch High Street, The Canvas brings diverse...

English CSGN. Genre Fiction

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Instructor: Namwali Serpell Tuesday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students This course offers an education in the origins of what is now known as genre fiction: romance, the Gothic, science fiction, mystery, thriller, detective...

Bret Johnston Wins the 2017 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

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From Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award: Bret Anthony Johnston has won the 2017 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award with his story ‘Half of What Atlee Rouse Knows About Horses’. Director of Creative Writing at Harvard University, he was previously...

A Map Buried in our Hearts: An Evening with Poets Joy Harjo and Patrick Rosal

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Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022. The author of nine books of poetry, including the highly acclaimed An...

Prizes and Fellowships

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Undergraduate Thesis Research Fellowships The Undergraduate Program offers four fellowships to help supplement the research efforts of rising seniors pursuing an honors thesis in the English Department. Two prizes of $750 each are available to rising...