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Statement on the Attack on Salman Rushdie
The English Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on Salman Rushdie at the Chatauqua Institution on Friday, 12th August 2022. Salman Rushdie is one of the major writers in English of our era, and his work has changed the nature and face of literature in English.

alex terrell Publishes in Kenyon Review
Thursday, December 7, 2023
alex terrell's "We Think of Our Mothers Like Trees" has been published in Black Estrangement, a special online issue of the Kenyon Review.

Rebecca Lorimer Leonard Publishes Book: Writing Knowledge Transfer
Friday, November 17, 2023
Rebecca Lorimer Leonard's co-authored book Writing Knowledge Transfer: Theory, Research, Pedagogy, written with Angela Rounsaville and Rebecca Nowacek, has recently been published with Parlor Press...

Martín Espada Publishes in The New Yorker
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Martín Espada's poem "Gonzo" was published in the New Yorker on Monday, November 13, 2023. The unnamed tutor in the poem is Martín's wife, Lauren, who taught adult literacy in Paterson, NJ. Read...

Edie Meidav Featured in Conjunctions
Thursday, November 9, 2023
The opening of Edie Meidav's upcoming novel, Lola, Europa, is in the Fall print issue of the journal Conjunctions....

In Memoriam: Marcia Curtis
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Marcia Curtis, former Deputy and Director of the UMass Writing Program, passed away on September 26, 2023 from pulmonary fibrosis. Marcia received her MA/PhD from UMass in 1978 in literary...

Abby Wing '23 Promotes Accessible Web Writing
Monday, October 30, 2023
Abby Wing '23, a recent graduate of UMass Amherst, was recently featured by UMass Amherst IT and the Department of English for her research and work promoting accessible web writing. While a...