Critical Conversations: "Health"
Beza Merid | Ittai Orr | Michael Schoenfeldt | Tessa Tinkle | Antoine Traisnel (chair)
"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2020-21. In each session, a panel of...
Editing Team Meeting
Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing
The Review editorial team reads poetry, fiction, and essay manuscripts by incarcerated writers in Michigan year-round. Email...
Department Meeting (English Department) (Virtual)
English Department Meeting. Zoom Join details will be shared via calendar invite. Contact: audrawil@umich.edu
Editing Team Meeting
Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing
The Review editorial team reads poetry, fiction, and essay manuscripts by incarcerated writers in Michigan year-round. Email...
English Curriculum Reform Discussion (Virtual)
Details TBA. Contact: zemgulys@umich.edu
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
Showcasing the work of second-year MFA poets and fiction writers
All readings take place via Zoom at 7pm on Fridays, and are free and open to the public. For questions or accommodation needs, contact...
Editing Team Meeting
Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing
The Review editorial team reads poetry, fiction, and essay manuscripts by incarcerated writers in Michigan year-round. Email...
Critical Conversations: #Politics
Sigrid Anderson | Tung-hui Hu | Silvia Lindtner | M. Remi Yergeau (chair)
"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2020-21. In each session, a panel of...
Department Meeting (English Department) (Virtual)
English Department Meeting. Zoom Join details will be shared via calendar invite. Contact: audrawil@umich.edu
Reading and Q&A with Author Tea Obreht
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Tea Obreht’s New York Times bestselling novel, Inland, is grounded in true but little-known history of the lawless,...
Craft Lecture: The Mystery of the Story
Tea Obreht, Zell Visiting Writers Series
This craft lecture will center on how every story is actually a mystery, the telling of which is dependent on a pact of exchange between...
Editing Team Meeting
Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing
The Review editorial team reads poetry, fiction, and essay manuscripts by incarcerated writers in Michigan year-round. Email...
Department Meeting (Full and Associate Faculty Only) (Virtual)
FULL and ASSOCIATE Faculty Only - Tenure Review Meeting....
Reading and Q&A with Author Jenny Zhang
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Jenny Zhang’s debut story collection, Sour Heart, centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in...
Craft Lecture: Bringing Literary Sensibilities to Film and TV
Author Jenny Zhang, Zell Visiting Writers Series
Literature is uniquely suited to express the interior lives of characters, whereas film and television are visual mediums. With writers more...
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
Showcasing the work of second-year MFA poets and fiction writers
All readings take place via Zoom at 7pm on Fridays, and are free and open to the public. For questions or accommodation needs, contact...
Editing Team Meeting
Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing
The Review editorial team reads poetry, fiction, and essay manuscripts by incarcerated writers in Michigan year-round. Email...
The Play in the System: The Art of Parasitical Resistance
Book talk by Anna Watkins Fisher
Dr. Fisher will present on her 2020 book, The Play in the System: The Art of Parasitical Resistance. Her talk will be followed by open...
Department Meeting (Full and Associate Faculty Only) (Virtual)
FULL and ASSOCIATE Faculty Only - Tenure Review Meeting....
Reading and Q&A with Author Megha Majumdar
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, A Burning, follows three unforgettable characters whose lives are entangled in the wake of a...
Editing Team Meeting
Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing
The Review editorial team reads poetry, fiction, and essay manuscripts by incarcerated writers in Michigan year-round. Email...
Reading and Q&A with Poet Patricia Smith
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Patricia Smith's latest book of poetry, Incendiary Art (Triquarterly Books, 2017), showcases her mastery of poetic forms—...
Craft Lecture: Writing The Terrifying During Terrifying Times
Patricia Smith, Zell Visiting Writers Series
Patricia Smith's latest book of poetry, Incendiary Art (Triquarterly Books, 2017), showcases her mastery of poetic forms—...
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
Showcasing the work of second-year MFA poets and fiction writers
All readings take place via Zoom at 7pm on Fridays, and are free and open to the public. For questions or accommodation needs, contact...
Editing Team Meeting
Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing
The Review editorial team reads poetry, fiction, and essay manuscripts by incarcerated writers in Michigan year-round. Email...
Department Meeting (English Department) (Virtual)
English Department Meeting. Zoom Join details will be shared via calendar invite. Contact: audrawil@umich.edu
Critical Conversations: Precarity
Michelle Bellino | Gina Brandolino | Jason Fitzgerald | Alyssa Paredes | Cathy Sanok (Chair)
"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2020-21. In each session, a panel of...
Editing Team Meeting
Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing
The Review editorial team reads poetry, fiction, and essay manuscripts by incarcerated writers in Michigan year-round. Email...
Department Meeting (Full Faculty Only) (Virtual)
FULL Faculty Only - Promotion Review Meeting. Zoom Join details will be shared via calendar invite. Contact: audrawil@umich.edu
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
Showcasing the work of second-year MFA poets and fiction writers
All readings take place via Zoom at 7pm on Fridays, and are free and open to the public. For questions or accommodation needs, contact...
Department Meeting (Full Faculty Only) (Virtual)
FULL Faculty Only - Promotion Review Meeting. Zoom Join details will be shared via calendar invite. Contact: audrawil@umich.edu
Reading and Q&A with Lauren Groff
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Lauren Groff is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels, The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, and...
Writing on a Tightrope at Night in a High Wind: Inspiration Versus Craft
Craft Lecture by Author Lauren Groff, Zell Vistiing Writers Series
Lauren Groff is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels, The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, and...
Department Meeting (English Department) (Virtual)
English Department Meeting. Zoom Join details will be shared via calendar invite. Contact: audrawil@umich.edu
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
Showcasing the work of second-year MFA poets and fiction writers
All readings take place via Zoom at 7pm on Fridays, and are free and open to the public. For questions or accommodation needs, contact...
2021 Hopwood Awards Deadline
Deadline for the Hopwood Awards and related contests, including the First- and Second-Year, Undergraduate, and Graduate Hopwood Awards; The...
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
Showcasing the work of second-year MFA poets and fiction writers
All readings take place via Zoom at 7pm on Fridays, and are free and open to the public. For questions or accommodation needs, contact...
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
Showcasing the work of second-year MFA poets and fiction writers
All readings take place via Zoom at 7pm on Fridays, and are free and open to the public. For questions or accommodation needs, contact...
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
Showcasing the work of second-year MFA poets and fiction writers
All readings take place via Zoom at 7pm on Fridays, and are free and open to the public. For questions or accommodation needs, contact...
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
Showcasing the work of second-year MFA poets and fiction writers
All readings take place via Zoom at 7pm on Fridays, and are free and open to the public. For questions or accommodation needs, contact...
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
Showcasing the work of second-year MFA poets and fiction writers
All readings take place via Zoom at 7pm on Fridays, and are free and open to the public. For questions or accommodation needs, contact...
2021 Hopwood Awards Ceremony and Hopwood Lecture
Kiese Laymon, Hopwood Lecturer
Awards Ceremony for the Hopwood Awards and related contests, including the First- and Second-Year, Undergraduate, and Graduate Hopwood...
Department of English End-of-Year Celebration
A reception to celebrate the many accomplishments of our faculty and students from the past academic year. More information to come.
