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Joseph Black's New Edited Collection Published by Tudor and Stuart Texts Series
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Joseph Black has recently edited the collection The Martin Marprelate Press: A Documentary History, available from Tudor and Stuart Texts Series (2020)....

Ocean Vuong Awarded 2020 American Book Award in Fiction
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Ocean Vuong has been awarded the 2020 American Book Award in Fiction for his novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous....

English Department Expands Suite of Undergraduate Specializations
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
In an important shift, the English Department at UMass Amherst has begun a three-year trial project to raise the profile of specializations in the English major, more strongly encouraging its...

Malcolm Sen Published in Routledge Handbook of Irish Studies
Friday, September 18, 2020
Malcolm Sen has an essay titled, "An Ordinary Crisis: Covid-19 and Irish Studies,” forthcoming in Routledge Handbook of Irish Studies (Mike Cronin, Renee Fox and Brian O’Conchubhair, Eds., London:...

Hayley Cotter, PhD Candidate, Delivers Papers at International Conferences
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Hayley Cotter, PhD Candidate, has recently prepared 3 papers for presentation at international conferences....

Ocean Vuong and Karen Skolfield (MFA '98) Win Massachusetts Book Awards
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Ocean Vuong, faculty in the English Department and in the MFA for Poets and Writers, has been awarded the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction for his novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous....