The Comparative Literature Program’s student-run journal, mOthertongue, is an annual multilingual and multicultural literary and arts journal, published by Comparative Literature undergraduate students for the past 25 years.
The journal publishes artwork and texts written in non-English languages which are then translated into English. The journal considers submissions from undergraduate and graduate student communities at UMass and the Five Colleges. The Comparative Literature Program sponsors a spring event celebrating the release of the issue that includes public readings, musical performances, and/or short films.