Digital Publishing for the English Community
To say that the COVID-19 pandemic has turned the University of Michigan’s world upside down would be an understatement. The recent outbreak has shifted all classes to an online format, and sent many students home to finish out the semester there. As an English major currently enrolled in three English classes, seeing how each instructor Read More …
Tuesday, February 18th, Ann Arbor native Adam Falkner appeared at a poetry reading at downtown bookstore Literati. The poems performed came from his first full-length collection The Willies, published just a few weeks ago by independent publisher Button Poetry. Falkner, who now lives in New York City, did a series of readings while visiting his Read More …
Written communication is a skill I’ve been practicing since the third grade. I distinctly remember sitting at my desk eleven years ago, pencil in hand, scribbling down a few paragraphs about why owls were my favorite animal. As the years passed, the conversations I was having in my writing became more sophisticated, but its premise Read More …
The Great Lakes Theme Semester, Michigan Quarterly Review, and the Hopwood Program are hosting an event titled “From the Great Lakes to the Global Water Crisis: Writers on Water”. The event will be held in the Gallery Hatcher Graduate Library on Tuesday, February 25 from 5:30-7:30 pm. It is expected to host many accomplished writers Read More …
In fiction writing, there are many ways to fail. At least that’s what author Catherine Lacey knows to be true. An author of four novels and a short story collection, Lacey will admittedly tell you she’s struggled with her own writing, particularly with finding a space where she can exist outside her own self and Read More …
This week, forty-nine Michigan students will begin reading their own writing at the Undergraduate Library. The event, known as Café Shapiro, gives students a space to experience reading their work to an audience along with the opportunity to have their original work published in an anthology. This year’s readings will occur at seven o’clock on Read More …
It’s five-thirty on a Thursday night. While most people in Ann Arbor are on their way home from class or work, a few dozen people have stopped at the art museum. Sitting in the UMMA’s Stern auditorium are students, faculty, and local community members taking time out of their busy lives to listen to someone Read More …
As residents of the state of Michigan, whether that be temporarily or permanently, living in a state surrounded by the Great Lakes is something we can often take for granted. The Great Lakes have a lot to offer and so many Michigan students might spend their entire time in the state without experiencing them. That’s Read More …
The English department at the University of Michigan is one of the best of its kind. It offers a wide array of classes exploring different genres and periods of literature as well as specialty classes focusing on topics ranging from social issues to nature conservation. On top of its broad course listings, the department also Read More …
Academic writing at a university level can be a daunting task. Whether it’s forming a strong thesis statement, organizing evidence to support a claim, or learning proper MLA format, constructing an academic essay remains an integral part of a college curriculum. Writing pushes students to communicate and argue effectively, but also to develop their own Read More …
