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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.

Sarah Ghazal Ali, MFA ’21, Featured in UMass Magazine
Friday, August 12, 2022
Sarah Ghazal Ali, MFA ’21, was recently featured in UMass Magazine. Her first poetry collection, Theophanies, was selected as the Editors' Choice for the 2022 Alice James Award and will be...

Elena Kalodner-Martin, PhD Candidate, Publishes in Intercom
Monday, August 8, 2022
Elena Kalodner-Martin, PhD candidate in Composition and Rhetoric, recently published a column in Intercom, the Society for Technical Communication's magazine. The column, titled, "Workplace...

Rebecca Dingo Awarded Chancellor’s Leadership Fellowship
Friday, July 29, 2022
Rebecca Dingo was recently awarded a Chancellor’s Leadership Fellowship (CLF) for the 2022-23 academic year. The CLF program seeks to cultivate future campus leaders by offering a half-time, one...

Elena Kalodner-Martin, PhD candidate, Awarded ATTW Graduate Research Award and Amplification Award
Monday, June 13, 2022
Elena Kalodner-Martin, PhD candidate in Composition and Rhetoric, was recently awarded one of the 2022 ATTW Graduate Research Awards and a 2022 Amplification Award for her dissertation research....

Jabberwocky Staff Publish 2022 Edition
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
The staff of Jabberwocky, the official, student-run undergraduate literary journal of the English Department, have recently published a new edition and celebrated its launch. Jabberwocky 2022 (PDF)...

English MFA Prizes and Scholarships 2022
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Daniel and Merrily Glosband MFA Fellowship in Poetry...