Past Events

Friday, April 19 2024 7:00 pm

United We Read

Friday, April 19 at 7:00pm in Woodland Pattern Book Center
The UWM Creative Writing Graduate Program Student-Faculty Reading Series: United We Read is holding an event at 7 pm on Friday, April 19 at Woodland Pattern Book Center (720 E. Locust Street) with Beck Behnke, Sean Enfield, Ty Newcomb, and Prof. Brenda Cárdenas.

Tuesday, April 16 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

A Presentation from Kristine Diekman

Tuesday, April 16 at 1:00-2:30 pm in Curtin 368
Visiting artist and “multi-sensory storyteller” Kristine Diekman will give a presentation about her fascinating work that incorporates narrative and interactive tabletop installations. As a sound artist, she creates multi-sensory pieces that activate tactility and deep listening. As an educator, she facilitates international workshops in embodied storytelling and physical computing that lead participants through writing, craft, computing, and sound production to create interactive tactile audio interfaces to tell their stories. Her work occupies a fascinating intersection between narrative forms, electronic art, and audience participation as well as deep ecology and ethics of care.

Kristine Diekman is Emeritus Professor in the Art, Media & Design Department at California State University.

Thursday, April 11 2024 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

English Advising Open House

Thursday, April 11 2024 at 11:00am-1:00pm in Curtin 49
English students! Drop in to our Advising Open House next Thursday, April 11, to chat with faculty about Spring 2024 courses and major/minor progress (or just to say hi!).

Friday, March 8 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

United We Read

The UWM Creative Writing Graduate Program Student-Faculty Series: United We Read will hold an event at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 8 at Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln Avenue) with Camilla Lee, Sophie Nunberg, Jessica Drake-Thomas, and Prof. Liam Callanan....

Friday, March 1 2024 10:30 AM

The 2023 Gerald J. Alred Professional Writing Awards Ceremony

The UWM Department of English presents: The 2023 Gerald J. Alred Professional Writing Awards Ceremony Speakers Prof. Lane Hall, Department of English Chair Marian Maris (Emerita Senior Lecturer), Department of English Prof. Derek Handley, Department of English Sandy Wysocki, Executive...

Friday, February 16 2024 7:00 pm

United We Read – Friday, February 16

The UWM Creative Writing Graduate Program Student-Faculty Series: United We Read will hold its first event at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 16 at Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln Avenue) with Nora Boxer, Danielle Harms, Nancy Nguyen, and Prof. Rebecca...

Thursday, February 15 2024 6:30 pm

Professor Puskar, author of The Switch: An Off and On History of Digital Humans – an in-person Boswell event

Jason Puskar, UWM Professor of English and Associate Dean for Humanities, is presenting his new book, The Switch: An Off and On History of Digital Humans, on Thursday, February 15 at 6:30 p.m. at Boswell Book Company. Puskar’s latest book traces a technology...

Thursday, December 7 2023 7:00pm

Book launch: RS Deeren’s Enough to Lose

Thursday, December 7, 7:00 pm at Woodland Pattern Book Center (720 E Locust St, Milwaukee, WI 53212) Recent creative writing graduate RS Deeren (PhD, 2022) presents his debut story collection, Enough to Lose. More details about the book launch for...

Wednesday, December 6 2023 7:00pm

Book launch: Sean Enfield’s Holy American Burnout!

Wednesday, December 6, 7:00 pm at Woodland Pattern Book Center (720 E Locust St, Milwaukee, WI 53212) Current creative writing doctoral student Sean Enfield presents his debut essay collection, Holy American Burnout!, which Kirkus Reviews called a "tour-de-force" in its...

Friday, November 10 2023 7:00pm

United We Read: UWM Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series

Friday, November 10, 7:00 pm Sugar Maple, 441 E. Lincoln Ave. Please join us for the next event in our United We Read Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series for Fall 2023. November's readers are Gabriel Mundo, Angela Voras-Hills, Tim Knapp, and...