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Department of English at the University of Maryland. We teach students how to think critically, communicate clearly and create fearlessly. Literary & Cultural Studies | Language, Writing & Rhetoric | Creative Writing | Media Studies | english.umd.edu

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UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · Nov 25

Hello, Bluesky! We're the Department of English at the University of Maryland. Follow us for department news, events and more! 🐢📚

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UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · May 7

Congratulations to M.F.A. student Tega Oghenechovwen, who was awarded the Elizabeth George Foundation Grant earlier this spring! The grant will support him after graduation as he continues researching and writing his upcoming collection of short stories. Read more: english.umd.edu/news/tega-og...

UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · May 5

Please join us this Wednesday, May 7, at 6 pm in Ulrich Recital Hall for a Writers Here and Now event featuring our graduating MFA students! This event is free and open to the public.

UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · May 5

Distinguished University Professor of English @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social has emerged as a leading voice on AI. Read our Q&A to learn more about how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern: english.umd.edu/news/how-matthew-kirschenbaum-sees-ais-impact

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UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · May 1

English Professor Amanda Bailey argues that Shakespeare's plays help us confront today's urgent debates about race, gender and power—not by offering easy answers, but by asking hard questions. Read more in our Q&A: english.umd.edu/news/why-we-still-read-shakespeare

UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · Apr 25

Please join us next Wednesday, April 30 to hear Professor Cecilia Shelton speak about her book in progress! This talk discusses a case study analysis from Shelton's forthcoming manuscript, "Act Like You Know: Black Feminist Methodology in Technical and Professional Communication."

UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · Apr 24

Join UMD English at Maryland Day this Saturday, April 26 at Tawes Plaza! We're hosting an abundance of fun literary-themed activities this year, including a banned book giveaway, word blocks, friendship bracelets and temporary tattoos. See the full schedule: english.umd.edu/events/umd-e...

UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · Apr 22

Coming up tomorrow! Please join the Creative Writing MFA Program and the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies for "The Lyric Essay as Poetic Praxis," a craft talk by Camonghne Felix.

UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · Apr 14

Join us tomorrow for a Vambery Lecture featuring Mauro Resmini! Titled "Affect of the Frontier: Resentment in the Postwar Hollywood Western," the lecture will interrogate cinema to trace the genealogy of one of the most ubiquitous affects in our contemporary socio-political landscapes: resentment.

UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · Apr 7

Coming up this Wednesday: a Writers Here and Now event featuring alumni! Join us for a book launch, taking place at 4:30 p.m. in 2115 Tawes Hall, and a reading, at 6 p.m. in Ulrich Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public.

UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · Apr 3

Join us on Thursday, April 10, for an invited talk by Robin D. G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nahs Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA, titled “‘Freedom is a Place’: On War, Displacement, and Genocide in the 21st Century.” english.umd.edu/events/robin...

UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · Mar 26

This Friday, a Local Americanists Works-in-Progress event featuring Professor Jennifer James (George Washington University), who will discuss her paper "Swamp Fever: W.E.B. Du Bois, Afro-optimism, Abolitionist Ecology and the Black Commons." More info: english.umd.edu/events/local...

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UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · Mar 25

Rescheduled from February! Please join us this Thursday for "Blackout in Gaza," a talk by Professor Nadia Yaqub of UNC Chapel Hill. This talk is co-sponsored by @wgss-umd.bsky.social, Persian Studies and Arabic Studies. More info: english.umd.edu/events/blackout-gaza

UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · Mar 24

Please join us on Zoom this Wednesday, March 26, for "Apocalyptic Ecologies: Medieval Literature at the End of the World" by Professor Shannon Gayk of the University of Indiana. More info: english.umd.edu/events/marsh...

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Marisa Parham aka mp285 fka whyyy @amplify285.bsky.social · Mar 24

AI? Ecology? Poetics? Black joy? Sign. me. up.

Join us this week as we welcome the renowned artist and technologist Curry Hackett to AADHum, for a campus workshop + the second event in our ongoing series at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville!

Black digital & experimental humanities @ UMD @aadhum-umd.bsky.social · Mar 14

Join us for two AADHum events led by transdisciplinary artist, designer, & educator @curryhackett.bsky.social!

Thurs 3/27 ⇣

💻 1pm ⇢ MITH: wkshp on AI, art, & visualizing Black joy

🌱 5pm ⇢ @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville: convo on AI, eco-poetics, & Black life

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College of Arts and Humanities at UMD @umd-arhu.bsky.social · Mar 13

George Pelecanos's advice to new and aspiring writers: read voraciously and live a full life! Read more takeaways from the UMD alum, an acclaimed crime novelist and co-producer of “The Wire” and other HBO series, who visited UMD yesterday!
today.umd.edu/renowned-cri... @umdenglish.bsky.social

Renowned Crime Novelist Returns to the Scene

At Campus Event, George Pelecanos ’80 Discusses Writing Craft and UMD Memories

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Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studie @wgss-umd.bsky.social · Mar 5

Announcing the 2025 DC Queer Studies Symposium 🌈🎓 LAG: Labor, Aesthetics, Geopolitics, invites scholars @asliz.bsky.social, Kwame Edwin Otu, Lucina Ramberg, Cole Rizki, and Tara Asgar on April 3-4 to focus in on geopolitics in queer studies. Learn more and RSVP at go.umd.edu/DCQS2025 #academicsky