The Graduate English Association

Join us from December 7 to December 14 at Charles Library for our Crunch Time Café, a series of events during study days and final exams that includes free food, activities, and therapy dogs.  

The December Weekend Writing & Research Retreat is a virtual retreat offered by the Student Success Center. During the Weekend Writing & Research Retreat, you'll set a writing goal and commit to focused working time. You'll work independently (but alongside a virtual community of other writers) in 50-minute chunks with 10-minute breaks in between.

CHAT will provide a FREE COPY of Putting the Humanities PhD to Work by Katina Rogers to the first 20 registrants to support engagement in our active discussion! Graduate students in the Humanities are especially encouraged to join. Faculty and administrators are also welcome. Discussion moderated by Kate Brelje (Philosophy).

Mary Gordon is the author of nine novels, including Final Payments, The Love of My Youth, Pearl, There Your Heart Lies, and Payback; seven works of nonfiction, including the memoirs Circling My Mother and The Shadow Man; and four collections of short fiction, including The Stories of Mary Gordon, which was awarded the Story Prize. … Continue reading Poets & Writers Series – Mary Gordon (Fiction) in Conversation with Kiley Reid →

For too long, colleagues have taught side by side but avoided conversations about what we know in common or can learn from each other about writing and writers. We have let administrative and historical boundaries stand in the way of companionship and mutual support in the difficult task of teaching students and investigating discourses, genres, … Continue reading Eli Goldblatt, “Can We Talk? What Creative Writing, Literary Criticism and Composition/Rhetoric Can Learn From Each Other About Writing” →

All graduate students and faculty are encouraged to attend Carla Anderson's doctoral defense on Tuesday, 3/8 at 2 PM. Zoom Link: https://temple.zoom.us/j/99303107420  Title: Reading Trauma in Contemporary Northern Irish & Irish Poetry Abstract: This dissertation will examine the works of five contemporary Northern Irish poets who lived through the Troubles, a period of intense sectarian conflict in … Continue reading Carla Anderson Doctoral Defense →

You are invited to join us for the first semester of the Queer Theory Reading Group. The first meeting will be Thursday March 17, 2022.  Our intention is to gain familiarity with Queer Theory by reading foundational texts of the movement. Through our discussions we will attempt to answer questions like What is Queer Theory? … Continue reading Queer Theory Reading Group →

Anthony Cody is the author of the poetry collection Borderland Apocrypha, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry in 2020. The collection also won an American Book Award, a Southwest Book Award, and the Omnidawn Open Book Prize. The book explores the destabilized, hostile landscapes and silenced histories of borderlands. He … Continue reading Poets & Writers Series – Anthony Cody (Poetry) in Conversation with Jena Osman →