The Department of English brings together scholars committed to the study of language, literature, and writing. Our graduates are prepared for a variety of professional and educational endeavors, including careers in law, editing and publishing, teaching, corporate and not-for-profit management, consulting, information technology, and graduate study in English and other disciplines. Students of English learn to read accurately, write clearly, and think analytically in the department's undergraduate and graduate programs.

Highlights

March 2012

photoDavid James Poissant has been announced as the winner of the 2011 RopeWalk Press Editor's Fiction Chapbook Prize. Lizard Man, published this year by RopeWalk Press, received praise from Pulitzer-finalist Lee Martin and Frank O'Connor Award winner and PEN/Faulkner-finalist Ron Rash. [Read More]

February 2012

English M.F.A. students, Kirsten Holt and Leslie Salas, have been invited to present at Blank Pages, USF's first creative writing symposium, on Friday, February 10. The symposium, a celebration of the written word, will take place over two days on February 9-10. [Read More]

Events

Writing Camp: Creative Writing for Teens

Monday, July 9, 2012 - Friday, July 13, 2012

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Recent Faculty Publications

Russ Kesler

As If, Wind Publications

Madelyn Flammia

Madelyn Flammia and Houman Sadri, Intercultural Communication: A New Approach to International Relations and Global Challenges, Continuum International Publishing,  March 2011.

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