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Announcing the 2022 MFA Award Winners
Congratulations to all!
Academy of American Poets Prize
Winner: Mark Bias
Judge: Stephanie Young
Ocean Vuong Featured in TODAY
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Ocean Vuong spoke with TODAY about writing, identity, and the life he has built for himself. Read the full article: Author Ocean Vuong on how 'queerness' made him a better person
In Memoriam: Donald Junkins, Professor Emeritus of English
Friday, April 30, 2021
Donald Junkins, professor emeritus of English, died at 89 years old on Thursday, April 15, in Irvine, Calif....
UMass English Headliners at the 2021 Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Friday, April 16, 2021
Sadie Dupuis (MFA '14), Martín Espada, and Dara Wier are among the headliners for the 2021 Massachusetts Poetry Festival, May 13–16, 2021....
"Everywhere You Don't Belong" by Gabriel Bump (MFA '17) To Be Adapted for Television
Friday, April 16, 2021
Concordia Studio, the studio set up by An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim and former Participant exec Jonathan King, is adapting Gabriel Bump’s (MFA '17) book Everywhere You Don’t...
Department of English Statement Against Anti-Asian Racism
Friday, March 26, 2021
On behalf of the English Department, we denounce racism and strive to contribute to anti-racist efforts through our writing, teaching, mentoring, learning, and community work. We categorically...
