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Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina Awarded Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography and Professor of English, recently recieved the Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowhip award....

In Memoriam: Charles Kay Smith
Monday, March 27, 2023
We are profoundly sad to announce the death of our colleague Professor Charles Kay Smith, familiarly known as Kay. As a distinguished professor in the UMass Amherst English Department for 40 years,...

Edie Meidav Chosen as Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center Fellow
Friday, March 24, 2023
Edie Meidav has been selected as a fellow by the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center to further her work by writing a book this summer. As part of the fellowship, she will spend one month on...

Sabina Murray Publishes Collection: Muckross Abbey and Other Stories
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Sabina Murray recently published Muckross Abbey and Other Stories, a story collection by by BlackCat/Grove....

Betsy Wheeler Awarded Chancellor’s Citation Award
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Betsy Wheeler, Director of the Juniper Summer Writing Institute & the Juniper Institute for Young Writers, has been selected for the 2023 Chancellor’s Citation Award. This prestigious staff...

Paperbark Featured in HFA News
Friday, March 10, 2023
Paperbark, the interdisciplinary print & digital magazine, steered largely by the English MFA program, was recently featured in HFA News. The piece includes an interview with Paperbark’s...