Poet Ross Gay's new book of essays, Inciting Joy, is now available
Poet Ross Gay's new book of essays, Inciting Joy, is now available. The Washington Post calls it "a gift that's meant to be shared."Listen to an interview with the author here: https://indianapublicmedia.org/innerstates/joy-and-the-ends-of-the-earth.php
MFA Alumni, Kien Lam, Winner of National Poetry Series
Kien Lam is a Kundiman Fellow and an Indiana University MFA alumni. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming from Poetry, The New Republic, The Nation, and elsewhere. He currently lives in Los Angeles, where he writes about professional video game players.Congrats, Kien!
MFA Alumni, Su Cho, Winner of National Poetry Series
Su Cho is a poet and essayist born in South Korea and raised in Indiana. Her work has been published in places like Poetry, New England Review, Black Warrior Review, GEN Medium, Orion, and will be anthologized in The Best American Poetry 2021 and They Rise Like a Wave: An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets. She currently serves as Guest Editor for Poetry magazine and lives in Lancaster, PA where she is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Franklin & Marshall College. You can read her work and learn more at www.suchowrites.com. Congrats, Su!
Victorian Lit Reading Group - 4/25/19
We will be meeting once every three weeks on Thursday evenings from 7-8 pm--specific dates 1/31, 2/21, 3/14, 4/4, 4/25-- for cocktails and discussion of Thomas Anstey Guthrie's Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers (1882).
Futures of Rhetcomp Conference
This conference will consist of roundtable discussions featuring former and current dissertation students of Christine Farris and John Schilb.
Victorian Lit Reading Group - 4/4/19
We will be meeting once every three weeks on Thursday evenings from 7-8 pm--specific dates 1/31, 2/21, 3/14, 4/4, 4/25-- for cocktails and discussion of Thomas Anstey Guthrie's Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers (1882).
Perspectives on Publishing as a Graduate Student
At this round table, Rhetoric faculty and advanced graduate students will offer advice on getting published as a graduate student.
John Rieder: "'The half of you that you did not know': Theodore Roszak's Bride of Frankenstein"
The Science Fiction Research Collective invites you to the first in our two-part Spring semester Year of Frankenstein events.
Victorian Lit Reading Group - 3/14/19
We will be meeting once every three weeks on Thursday evenings from 7-8 pm--specific dates 1/31, 2/21, 3/14, 4/4, 4/25-- for cocktails and discussion of Thomas Anstey Guthrie's Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers (1882).
Susan D. Gubar Lecture - Patricia Lockwood
This year’s Susan D. Gubar Lecture will be given by poet Patricia Lockwood on March 6th at 5pm in the Neal-Marshall Grand Hall.
Humor Workshop with Patricia Lockwood
Reaching out to invite everyone to the humor workshop with Patricia Lockwood next Thursday, March 7 at 11:15 a.m.
Graduate Recruitment Day Reception
Save the date for our Recruitment Day reception on March 1 from 4-5:30 in the Faculty Room of the IMU.
Elizabeth Miller Lecture: “Down and Out: Victorian Extraction Literature and the Resource Frontier”
The Victorian Studies Program is pleased to announce this upcoming event with Professor Elizabeth Miller (UC Davis).
GSAC's Annual Conference - "Reckoning with Consent and Contract in Times of Instability"
Indiana University Bloomington | March 1-2, 2019 Submission Deadline: December 1, 2018 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Amber Jamilla Musser Associate Professor of American Studies, George Washington University
Elizabeth Miller Discussion: “Drill Baby Drill: Extraction Ecologies, Open Temporalities, and Reproductive Futurity in the Provincial Realist Novel”
The Victorian Studies Program is pleased to announce this upcoming event with Professor Elizabeth Miller (UC Davis).
J. Jeffery Auer Lecture in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication
J. Jeffery Auer Lecture in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication
MFA Second Year Readings
Please save the date for this year's MFA Second Year Readings on Wednesday, February 20th (7pm) and Wednesday, February 27th (7pm) at Cup & Kettle Tea.
Ross Gay's 'The Book of Delights' Release Party
Friends!!! I am having a book party/gathering/reading this Sunday, Feb 24 at 4pm, at the I. Fell (4th and Rogers St.) for the release of The Book of Delights!
Navigating Conferences as a Graduate Student
This round table will feature Rhetoric faculty and advanced graduate students discussing perspectives on attending and presenting at different field-related conferences.
Victorian Lit Reading Group - 2/21/19
We will be meeting once every three weeks on for cocktails and discussion of
MFA Second Year Readings
Please save the date for this year's MFA Second Year Readings on Wednesday, February 20th (7pm).
New Faculty Additions
The Department of English brought on four new faculty members for the 2024-2025 academic year. Read more about Drew Dalton, Ayesha Hardison, Robin Reames and Caitlin Watt!
The College of Arts