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Patrimony
May 26, 2023
As faithful readers of English Matters have no doubt noticed, our alumni updates can lean towards celebrating new publications.  But this time around we have reached a new benchmark: if we include speeches and plays, all of our alumni updates this spring celebrate new publications.  Every. Last. One. English Matters is thrilled to report on our talented graduates’ accomplishments!  And we can hardly wait for the next round of books, plays, and critical works to drop – please keep us in the loop... Read more
Carolyn Allen
May 26, 2023
Department Chair Anis Bawarshi memorializes universally beloved Professor Carolyn Allen. It is with sadness that I convey the news that emeritus Professor, colleague, and, to many of us, friend, Carolyn Allen, passed away on January 9th, 2023.  To many of us who had the honor of working with Carolyn during her 46 year career in the department, this is an enormous loss. Her dear friend and former divisional dean of social sciences, Professor Judy Howard, first notified us of Carolyn's... Read more
Charles Frey
May 26, 2023
The UW English Department mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Charles Frey.  Dr. Frey’s official obituary and remembrances from his close colleagues Professors John Griffith and William Streitberger are reprinted below. Charles Hubbard Frey, 87, Professor emeritus at the University of Washington, in Seattle, died on February 15, 2023. He is survived by his wife,... Read more
Hazard Adams
May 26, 2023
Hazard Adams (MA ’49, PhD ’53) was a scholarly titan of literature and criticism who left a lasting impression on many lives.  Department chair Anis Bawarshi memorializes Adams, who joined the UW English Department as a professor in 1977. It is with sadness that I convey news of Emeritus Professor Hazard Adams' passing on February 24th 2023. Professor Adams retired from the UW in 1997 after finishing the last twenty years... Read more
Demon Copperhead
May 26, 2023
Although Seattle has a time-honored habit of feigning otherwise until the weekend after Independence Day, summer is indeed upon us.  And as ever-so-bookish Padelford Hall becomes more lightly tread for the season, the minds of English faculty wander … to reading.  We are, after all, who we are – if we didn’t love reading as much as we do, we wouldn’t be English professors! Summer reading of course is often a bit of a different species than the more erudite tomes of fall (and winter... Read more
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May 22, 2023
In her work with Humanities Washington, English department professor Michelle Liu recently interviewed the new Washington State Poet Laureate Arianne True. You can read the full interview on the Humanities Washington website.
Photos of Javier Zamora and Ricardo Ruiz
March 28, 2023
The English Department is proud to host the sixth annual Scheingold Lecture in Poetry and Poetics, featuring Javier Zamora and Ricardo Ruiz.  The event will be held on Thursday 20th April at 3:30 in HUB 250. There will be a reception and book signing to follow. The Scheingold Lecture is made possible through the generous support of... Read more
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January 23, 2023
English department professor Stephanie Kerschbaum's new book, Signs of Disability, is featured in an article in the UW Daily, which examines how Kerschbaum's book asks readers to challenge how they notice disability. Read more.
Translingual Realities book cover
December 17, 2022
Professor Nancy Bou Ayash has been awarded the MLA's Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize for her book Toward Translingual Realities in Composition: (Re)Working Local Language Representations and Practices.  The prize is awarded for an outstanding work on language, culture, literature, or literacy with strong application to the teaching of English. The award will be presented at the MLA convention in San Fransisco.  Here is the... Read more
Image of Signs of Disablity book cover
December 13, 2022
Professor Stephanie Kerschbaum's new book, Signs of Disability, has been published by New York University Press.  Through stories and story-telling, the book examines what it means for us to notice disability as an everyday aspect of our lived environments. The book is available at the... Read more

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