“A Natural History of My White Girl” – Ching-In Chen
Poem a Day features Ching-In Chen’s Poem
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ALTA Conference in Milwaukee
Wednesday-Saturday, November 12-15 | Milwaukee, WI
Find Meg Noodin, Brenda Cárdenas, and Kim Blaeser reading during the closing fundraiser event on Saturday.
A Night of Poetry and Prose with Furrow
Thursday, November 13 | 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Library Instruction Room A
Sponsored by Furrow and the Golda Meir Library
If You Already Knew These Poets, I Wouldn’t Be Here: How a Translator Brings the News
Tuesday, November 11 | 7 p.m. | Curtin 119
Sponsored by Translation and Interpreting Studies, UWM’s Russian Program, and the Creative Writing Program
Brenda Cárdenas at University School of Milwaukee and Illinois State University
Brenda Cárdenas addressed an assembly of the entire sophomore class at the University School of Milwaukee, where the English Department has adopted her book Boomerang into the sophomore literature curriculum. (October 31) She also presented a talk and gave a poetry… Read More
Shawna Lipton and Ali Sperling in Vancouver
Shawna Lipton and Ali Sperling, both English PhD students, will be presenting at the upcoming Modern Language Association conference in Vancouver. Shawna will be presenting on “Redressing Radclyffe Hall: The Critical Legacy of The Well of Loneliness,” and Ali will… Read More
Bill Keith in Copenhagen
Last week Bill Keith delivered a lecture in Copenhagen at the Københavns Universitet, “Civic Education: Balancing the Demands of Civility” along with a workshop on the history of speech/rhetorical curriculum and pedagogy for the faculty and graduate students.
Bridget Kies and Molly McCourt in Madison
Bridget Kies and Molly McCourt, both from the Department of English, presented at the Film and History conference in Madison last week. Bridget was awarded the Peter C. Rollins Director’s Award for management of conference scholarship! She proposed the LGBT… Read More
Hunger Task Force
The Department of English, among others, now has Hunger Task Force barrels in place for this fall’s drive. The food drive runs until Friday, December 5th; please donate non-perishable food items! Aside from non-perishable food items, folks can also donate… Read More
Margaret Mika and Joshua Worsham in Orlando
Director Margaret Mika and Asst. Coordinator Joshua Worsham presented “Hitting the Pedagogical Target: Closer, Faster and Better Online Tutor Training,” the results of their two-year study of online tutor training, at the International Writing Center Association conference in Orlando on… Read More