Justin Longacre Ty Roth Two English Department alumni — Justin Longacre and Ty Roth — returned as guest speakers at the Shapiro Writing Festival Gala Celebration and Award Ceremony, Friday April 13, 2012. Both speakers emphasized the value and utility of a degree in English. Justin Longacre graduated cum laude from UT with a Bachelor [...]
Wai Chee Dimock’s lecture for the English Department’s 2012 Summers Memorial Lecture has been made available as part of WGTE’s Knowledge Stream program. Her lecture found connections between a diverse set of topics, including the epic of Gilgamesh, contemporary poetry and theater, the Iraq War, and the practice of literary criticism. WGTE’s recording of her [...]
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Sean Shannon, a freelance writer and English teacher, is among the finalists for this year’s Dundee International Book Prize for her unpublished novel The Prostitutes of Lake Wobegon. The Dundee International Book Prize is the United Kingdom’s premier competition for emerging authors, with the winning author receiving £10,000 (approximately US $15,800) and a publication deal [...]