ENG alumna Candace M. Kelsey ('92) recently published an essay with The Rumpus titled, "Harpooning the Self: 'Moby-Dick,' Fatphobia, and the Monomaniacal Pursuit of Control". Read the text with this link, or find the link in our Linktree (in bio): therumpus.net/2026/02/09/h...

Congratulations to Emma Boddy (PhD candidate, Comp/Rhet) for successfully passing her comprehensive exam! Emma is seen here virtually with her team: Mandy Olejnik, Elisabeth Wardle (chair), Lizzie Hutton, Tim Lockridge, and Thomas Poetter.

Miami alum Matt Weinkam ('11, MA - Creative Writing) was featured in an article about some of the repercussions of AI, currently affecting writers and authors in Cleveland. Read more here: www.ideastream.org/arts-culture...

Mark your calendars, because Sig Tau's informal recruitment starts next week! For the spring recruitment form, see our previous post for the QR code or the linktree in our bio for a direct link!

Recruitment season is upon us once again, and Sig Tau is calling for you! If you're an English Major or Minor interested in joining them, please scan the QR code or visit the Linktree into our bio!

Sig Tau is tabling this week on February 11th through the 13th, Wednesday through Friday. For Flirty Flowers, buy some flowers with a cute poem to go with to give to a significant other or a friend for Valentine's Day on Saturday! Find them in the Armstrong Student Center on the Slant Walk.

On Wednesday, February 18, Stella Beerman -- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma citizen and communications specialist at the Myaamia Center -- will join our "What the L" series with a talk on the Miami-Illinois language! Scan the QR code or go to the link in our bio to register!

Next week, Natalie Shapero also will be hosting two Night Poetry Workshop sessions at 7:30 on Zoom, Monday and Wednesday Feb 9 & 11. Grab your spot while you can! Registration is free, but limited. For links and more info for both of these events, see our Linktree in bio or use the QR codes.

This Friday, Feb 6, zoom in with this to hear award winning poet Natalie Shapero perform and talk about her latest poetry book STAY DEAD. Bring questions and curiosity for the Q&A after! For registration links and more info for this event, see our Linktree in bio or use the QR codes.

Poet, scholar-editor, publisher, and multidisciplinary performer Justin Katko (MA - Creative Writing, '07), now living in London, stopped by Cincinnati for lunch with Professor Keith Tuma during the holiday break. Photo credit: Keith Tuma

"The humanities compels you to articulate, examine, and defend... We push our students to have the confidence and capacity to know themselves and know what they think. Whether you go into business, medicine, public relations, or [academia], you need to have that sensibility and that confidence."

There's a few live theatrical showings of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express happening at the Gates-Abegglen Theatre, Nov 19 - 23! Get some tickets here: events.miamioh.edu/event/agatha...

Come to Harris Hall TONIGHT, at 7PM, for a joint Poetry Reading featuring writers Aditi Machado, Leigh Sugar, and Emma Winsor Wood! All are welcome and encouraged to attend!

Stay tuned: our 35th annual Writer's Harvest approaches! This art auction + poetry reading on November 19, 7:30PM, benefits TOPSS, a local food pantry. Check our Linktree (in bio) to register, see the art, or to donate directly to TOPSS. Attend in person at Harris Hall, or register through Zoom.

TODAY: Dr. Daniel W. Hieber is a tribal linguist of the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana and a science communicator coming to give a talk on "What's The L?" about language revitalization and documentation. Join us November 3 from 4-5 pm with the QR code or the link in our bio - hope to see you there!

Join us next Monday, November 10th, at 7PM in Harris Great Hall, for a Poetry Joint Reading! This event features poet, translator, and essayist, Aditi Machado; writer, teacher, and learner, Leigh Sugar; and author, translator, and professor, Emma Winsor Wood. Free and open to ALL!

Check out HWCE's newest episode of This is Howe We Do It: The Value of Degree Programs in Professional Writing, featuring students Kerigan Moore and Cassell Presnell: Link below, or check out our Linktree in our bio. miamioh.edu/howe-center/...

TODAY! See you at Armstrong for Spill the Tea! We're excited to catch up with Eric and Scout.

The next Spill the Tea event is only 2 days away! Join us on October 29th from 1:15PM to 6PM with English alum, Eric Rubeo ('17) and Scout Scholes ('17), for a conversation about the real talk on writing and communication careers. Everyone is welcome! Sign up on Handshake with the link in our bio.

Can you feel that? It's an Event. An English Department Event... Yes! Our annual Fall Ghost Story night is upon us. Join us for a night of tricks, treats, and thrilling tales on November 6th at 6:30 in Western Lodge! All majors and minors are welcome, so bring your friends... and beware!

Celebrate the November 2025 launch of KJ Cerankowski's (Oberlin College) most recent book, Nothing Wanting: Asexuality and the Matter of Absence (University of Minnesota Press, 2025). We hope to see you at the book talk and the following reception on November 5th from 5 pm to 7 pm!

Spill the Tea: Real Talk on Writing & Communication Careers is happening next week on Wednesday, October 29 from 1:15 - 6PM in the Armstrong Pavilion. All majors + minors welcome! Network with employers, hear talks from alums, learn tips and skills for your future. Sign up on Handshake! Link in bio.

On Nov. 6, celebrate faculty and their New Books at Miami at the King Library! Stop by Rm 320 to hear micro-talks by faculty; a reception to follow in the Howe Center for Writing Excellence.

Get ready for this ghoulish festivity! Join Sig Tau and Stage Left on October 25th, at 7PM in Kumler Chapel for some spookily wonderful performances from Mary Shelley's classic, "Frankenstein".

On Wednesday, October 29th, join us from 1:15PM to 6:00PM in the Armstrong Student Center Pavilion for Spill the Tea: Real Talk on Writing and Communication Careers! Meet with ENG alums Eric Rubeo '17 and Scout Scholes '17 to hear about their journeys into their writing-related careers.

Sig Tau is hosting their annual Writing Exhibition in collaboration with the scrapbooking club on October 23rd in King! Submit your writing with the QR code below and attend this event for a plethora of English activities and friends.

Meet our October faculty spotlight! Dr. Elizabeth Wardle is a Roger and Joyce Howe Distinguished Professor of Written Communication, the Director of Howe Center for Writing Excellence, and the author of several books across her career. Read the full interview at the link in our bio.

Join us for an author visit with Darrin Doyle, author of Let Gravity Seize the Dead, on Thursday, October 30th at 7pm in Harris Hall (500 Harris Dr, Oxford OH)! To learn more, use the link below or our bio. events.miamioh.edu/event/author...

The next upcoming "What's the L?" talk will be led by Dr. Erika Darics, an internationally recognized scholar, author, and podcaster whose work bridges applied linguistics, discourse, organizational studies, and business communication. Join us on Zoom Tuesday, October 14th, 1:00pm to 2:00pm.

Professional Writing Alumna, Allison Gnaegy (‘15), is leading a virtual session TODAY about the impact of artificial intelligence! Register to learn how AI is rapidly changing the social media industry with the link below or through our bio. events.miamioh.edu/event/ai-lig...

Dr. Elizabeth Wardle has published an article in Entrepreneur titled, “Letting AI Write for You Can Be Dangerous - Here’s Why” about the complicated relationship between entrepreneurial writing and artificial intelligence. Read it using this link or our bio: www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-bu...

Meet your English Department Student Assistants! You can find them at the front desk of Harris Hall. Feel free to say hello - they're happy to help with any questions!

Welcome to our What’s the L? talk series! This talk will be led by Dr. Richard P. Meier, an expert in the history of American Sign Language at the University of Texas at Austin. Join us on Zoom Tuesday, September 23rd from 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Join us in welcoming MU Press novella author Andrea Avery for a reading from her most recent work, VISITING COMPOSER -- Next week, September 8 at 6:30PM in Harris Hall. events.miamioh.edu/event/author...

Join us in welcoming MU Press novella author Andrea Avery for a reading from her most recent work, VISITING COMPOSER -- Next week, September 8 at 6:30PM in Harris Hall. events.miamioh.edu/event/author...

Elizabeth Wardle and her new book, "Writing Rediscovered: Nine Concepts to Transform Your Relationship with Writing," are featured in the Cincinnati Magazine article, "Why Writing Is Still A Critical Skill." Read it below or with the link in our bio! www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/why-...

ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/a... Professor Keith Tuma's new book "Studies in the Unnatural World" was recently reviewed by Billy Mills. Read the review here, or find the link in our bio. (The review is down on the page a little, make sure to scroll to find it!)

Just a few more days until Fall semester! Please join us as we host the ENG Open House + Orgs Fair next Wednesday, August 27th in Harris Hall from 4-6pm. Meet student orgs related to writing, language, and creativity, and get to know ENG and LIN faculty. All are welcome!

Shoutout to senior Molly Weeldreyer, (Creative Writing, Urban Planning) whose work in her capstone research project, "An Evaluation of Beach Accessibility for People with Limited Mobility," was featured in a recent Miami article. Weeldreyer's project worked to (1/2)

More Literary London '25 memories: Our "Londoners" enjoyed a lot of time reading, not just learning and touring (and drinking tea). The students perused books at various London venues, including the Southbank Book Market [1/2]

Literary London 2025 was a success! Students enjoyed the study abroad trip to London with Professors Kaara Peterson and Jody Bates. While learning about Shakespearean literary history and sites (ENG 386), and about creative writing and publishing (ENG 360), [1/2]

Congrats to ENG alumna Mandy Olejnik '18, '22 (MA + PhD, Composition and Rhetoric) who was recently honored with the Early Career Contributions to the Field of Writing Across the Curriculum award at the 17th International WAC Conference! (1/2)

Congratulations to Reynie Zimmerman, MFA in Creative Writing: Poetry, for successfully defending his thesis, "In a Foot-Deep Spread of Snow." Reynie is seen here with his committee: Keith Tuma, Cathy Wagner (chair), and Katie Johnson.

Congratulations to Hossein Sobhani, MFA in Poetry, who successfully defended his his thesis: Corpus Callosum. Hossein is seen here with his committee: Keith Tuma (chair), Cathy Wagner, and Jody Bates.

Congratulations to Samantha Stahlhut, MFA in Fiction, for successfully defending her thesis: Cursed is the Ground. Samantha is seen here with her committee: Jody Bates (chair), Brian Roley, and Michele Navakas.

Congratulations to Kayla Belser, MFA in Fiction, for successfully defending her thesis, titled "Without Reason." Kayla is seen here with her committee: Jody Bates, Brian Roley, and TaraShea Nesbit (chair).

Prof. Keith Tuma, MFA alum Sean Pierson, and PhD alum Bill Walsh participated in the 2025 SoundEye Festival of the Arts of the World in Cork, Ireland. Tuma & Pierson have new poetry books out from Wild Honey Press: STUDIES IN THE UNNATURAL WORLD (2025) and THE PERFECT SEASON (2024), respectively.

Congratulations to Kyle Williams, who successfully defended his MFA (Poetry) thesis: First Tour Sensations Log. Kyle is seen here with his committee: Keith Tuma (chair), Cathy Wagner, and Patrick Murphy.

Professor Elizabeth Wardle wrote an opinion article titled, "Students aren't cheating because they have AI, but because colleges are broken" featured in The Cincinnati Enquirer. Read the article using the following link, or see the link in bio. www.cincinnati.com/story/opinio...