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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.

In Memoriam: Doris Newton
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
We are sad to announce that former English Department staff member, Doris Newton, has passed away. Doris worked in the English Department from 1984 to 2000 when she retired as a Clerk III....

Michelle Brooks, PhD '22, Joins Boston College's Prison Education Program
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Michelle Brooks, PhD '22, will join Boston College's Prison Education Program as its Assistant Director. The program currently offers students the opportunity to earn a BA degree from prison and...

Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina Named a Radcliffe Fellow
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, who in addition to winning Guggenheim and Conti Fellowships, has recently been named a 2023-24 Radcliffe Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Radcliffe fellows are...

John Hennessy's Translation Featured as Poem of the Week
Thursday, May 11, 2023
One of John Hennessy's translations is Poem of the Week at the TLS. Read "Underground Zoo" by Yuri Andrukhovych and translated by Hennessy....

Jabberwocky Staff Publish 2023 Edition
Thursday, May 4, 2023
“Empathic Energy,” by Shannon McKenna...

English Undergraduate Prize and Scholarship Winners Spring 2023
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Sanderson Prize...