Fiction Friday: Publishers Weekly gave a starred review to ASU student Andrew Dana Hudson's forthcoming novel "Absence" calling it "a poignant exploration of loss, grief, hope, and the fragility of existence." Read more: https://ow.ly/bzNZ50YCVfL #ASUHumanities

ASU English Professor Roger Thompson is a new distinguished fellow of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, whose mission is to ensure that science communication is "grounded in real listening, human connection, empathy, and strategy." Learn more: https://ow.ly/jKjN50YCsmr #ASUHumanities

"She’s told she’s the most approachable person. / What does it mean then, that she spends holidays alone?" From "Evolution Ghazal" by ASU professor Cecilia Savala. Read the poem in Leon Literary Review: https://ow.ly/zqXp50YxGJF #ASUHumanities

Can Jane Austen help parents relate to their teens? A recent Financial Times article quoted ASU English Professor Devoney Looser's sage advice: “Tell them you should definitely check out 'Pride and Prejudice,' because the mother is totally roasted.” Read: https://ow.ly/KOAF50YAQ0V #ASUHumanities

Write Your Arizona Story! Join award-winning author and Arizona native Jonathan Danielson for a generative workshop that digs beneath desert skies and city lights to uncover the stories that shape the 48th state. With @asuenglish.bsky.social and @jonathanin2k.bsky.social

"If you go back to the very beginnings of medicine, it has always been conceived as both an art and a science. Humanities exists in that art side." ASU English professor Cora Fox discussing her new role at ASU Health. Learn more: https://ow.ly/QG9f50YyXP8 #ASUHumanities

The "What Is a Quasquicentennial?" exhibit is up at ASU's Hayden Library through Fri. Apr. 3. Take a stroll through the past 125 years of ASU English in books, photos and stories about famous authors, campus protests, a grammar hotline + more. Info: https://ow.ly/pLwJ50YAVef #ASUHumanities

Congratulations to @asuenglish.bsky.social MFA soon-to-be-alum @solarshades.club on this starred review in Publishers Weekly for his debut novel ABSENCE, out in May from @sohopress.bsky.social!

Join us Thursday Apr. 2 at 5pm for a reading by stellar graduates of ASU's creative writing program! Our talented #asualumni presenters are fiction writer Scott Daughtridge DeMer and poet Samyak Shertok. Details: https://ow.ly/kNQz50YzWRk#asualumni#ASUHumanities

In a recent TED Talk, ASU English Professor Mitchell Jackson traced an arc from Bill Russell to Lebron James and beyond, exploring how 🏀 players use fashion on and off the court to challenge the limits placed upon them. Watch: https://ow.ly/EiCm50YyXIG #ASUHumanities

"Sometimes, you have to name something for people to understand what it is." ICYMI: ASU English Professor Nnedi Okorafor, PhD discussed her autobiographical fiction and recent NAACP Image Award with ASU News. Read more: https://ow.ly/bgCL50Yypl6 #ASUHumanities

ASU English Professor Lois Brown was a consultant on a new, three-part PBS documentary about Henry David Thoreau. AZ audiences can experience the film at screenings in Mesa & Tempe, Apr. 7 & 8. More: https://ow.ly/W3aL50Yyp6S #ASUHumanities CC: Center for the Study of Race and Democracy - ASU

"They're taking inclusivity very seriously," said ASU Regents Professor of English Devoney Looser of the ASU Derby Devils. Looser is faculty advisor for the student roller derby club. Learn more via The State Press: https://ow.ly/z3Es50YyJP4 #ASUHumanities

Double congrats 🥳🥳 to *two* ASU English PhD students—Adriana Diaz-Heppler and Stephanie Leow—who were each awarded CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Awards. Learn more via National Council of Teachers of English: https://ow.ly/cqZP50YyoUw #ASUHumanities

"We chase each other through the murmuration." From poetry by ASU alum Susan Nguyen, editor of Hayden's Ferry Review. Read more in The Margins from the Asian American Writers' Workshop: https://ow.ly/FenU50YuZoX #ASUHumanities

Fender's new CEO Edward "Bud" Cole says his English degree from ASU was .... ahem, "instrumental" in his career success. 🎸 Learn more: https://ow.ly/bMsr50YxKkt #ASUHumanities

In a recent KTAR News interview, ASU English Professor Roger Thompson discussed the importance of teaching students AI ethics, since evaluating AI‑generated content and identifying credible sources can be incredibly complex. Learn more: https://ow.ly/STfl50YxLvt #ASUHumanities

Friday, Mar. 27, get your questions answered about careers in the film and media industry! 🎬 Alumni from our Film and Media Studies Program visit ASU’s Tempe campus to discuss their professional journeys. Join us—in person or online. Details: https://ow.ly/zVrT50YxEHQ #ASUHumanities

This academic year, ASU's The College created the "AI Academy," a program focused on improving artificial intelligence literacy in faculty, administrators and staff. Assistant Dean Kyle Jensen, a professor of English, helps lead the initiative. Learn more: https://ow.ly/ApE250Yx5UI #ASUHumanities

Congrats 🎉 to ASU English PhD student Lindsey Novak who received a prestigious award from the CCCC in support of scholarship that improves knowledge about disability in the field of composition. Learn more via the National Council of Teachers of English: https://ow.ly/xfXT50Yv062 #ASUHumanities

"Chaucer's Women" is the theme for the 2026 ASU Chaucer Celebration, held Mar. 26-27. The event features a lecture by Holly Crocker + an exhibit of early printed editions of Chaucer's works. More: https://ow.ly/YeT950Ywynv #ASUHumanities CC: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Thank you for your support on this #SunDevilGiving Day—and every day. With your help, we're changing futures.🔱🤩 https://ow.ly/3lRK50Yw3jv#SunDevilGiving#ASUHumanities

The future is bright when you study what you love. ☀️💛 It’s #SunDevilGiving Day! You can help support student career futures in the Department of English at ASU. Please give today, Mar. 19: https://ow.ly/XbI650Yw1Sh#SunDevilGiving Thank you 😊 #ASUHumanities

Fiction writer Andrea Avery is the next author guest at the ASU Book Group on Mar. 26 with her novella "Visiting Composer"—a "brief trip out of time." Join us! https://ow.ly/MM4q50YvFgB #ASUHumanities

Here, we encourage students to study what they love in preparation for the careers they want. 💛 On March 19—#SunDevilGiving Day—you can help support student career futures in the ASU Department of English. Learn more: https://ow.ly/bEFE50Yv3pC#SunDevilGiving#ASUHumanities

📣 ASU students! 📣 Need some ⚡general studies credits to fill out your fall '26 schedule? Check out this list of electives from The College, which includes ENG 294: Children’s Literature and Popular Culture taught by English prof Josh Coleman: https://ow.ly/UUsy50YuNFH #ASUHumanities

♀️ (Non)Fiction Friday: The Oscar-nominated short film, "Jane Austen's Period Drama" was the inspiration for ASU professor Devoney Looser's exploration of 19th-century attitudes about menstruation and women’s health. Learn more Literary Hub: https://ow.ly/YMib50YtzBz #ASUHumanities

🌿 Fiction Friday: "My first word was mother. Not ma-ma like other babbling babies. I said the word out loud and with texture." —An excerpt from "Kin," the new novel by ASU alum Tayari Jones, a 2026 selection for Oprah's Book Club. 🎉 Read more: https://ow.ly/qJ5b50YpINa #ASUHumanities

An ASU lab led by ASU English alum Emilia Gracia uses immersive technology to teach international students how to navigate real-world conversations, cultural nuance and everyday interactions. Learn more: https://ow.ly/VIYt50YoUGY #ASUHumanities

For her entrepreneurial shift from collegiate tennis player to co-founder of Ink'd Greetings, English grad Sammi Ekmark received the Young Alumni Achievement Award at the ASU Alumni Association Founders' Day celebration on Feb. 17. More: https://ow.ly/O3lr50YoUlO #ASUHumanities

Considering graduate school? The College Graduate Expo on Mar. 5 features info on 150+ grad degree programs plus a chance to meet with ASU academic advisors. (Bonus: coffee and cookies served.) ☕🍪 Register: https://ow.ly/vaFU50Yob8q #ASUHumanities

ASU's BA in English (narrative studies) is now offered on the Tempe campus and online. ➡️ 2025 grad Audra Poe talked about how the program helped her discover her love of working “behind the scenes” to help others find their voices. Watch: https://ow.ly/rat950YnkKv #ASUHumanities

🏃‍♀️ (Non)Fiction Friday: "Will run for free shirts." From "Periodic Table of Fitness" by ASU professor Cecilia Savala. Read/view the visual poem in Bending Genres Journal, LLC: https://ow.ly/tLVF50YkzzV #ASUHumanities

Today 2/26 from 11am-12:30pm: Find out what rhetoric's got to do with it! Join us at a Writing, Rhetorics & Literacies Spring Mixer in Ross-Blakley Hall room 101 for refreshments and prizes. All welcome. Info: https://ow.ly/p9mc50YmwuT #ASUHumanities

Congrats 🥳 to ASU Professor Nnedi Okorafor, PhD whose novel "Death of the Author" is the winner of the 2026 NAACP Image Award for a Literary Work in Fiction! 🏆 Learn more: https://ow.ly/oZfQ50YlV9h #ASUHumanities

Feb. 24 is the launch day for "Kin," the latest book by ASU alum Tayari Jones. It's Jones's first historical novel and showcases her singular literary voice: "a piquant blend of friction, tenderness and heat." Learn more in The New York Times: https://ow.ly/F2JU50YioGb #ASUHumanities

ASU researchers, scholars and writers—including English grad student Andrew Dana Hudson—are using constructive and speculative approaches to address the nation's nuclear waste dilemma. Learn more: https://ow.ly/4Luc50YiYGI #ASUHumanities

(Non)Fiction Friday: "This story drives home...that survivors are often subject to trials in the court of public opinion regardless of the outcome of their judicial proceedings." ASU's Aviva Dove-Viebahn reviews the film "Silenced" for Ms. Magazine. More: https://ow.ly/qScx50Yii9e #ASUHumanities

Congrats 🥳 to ASU creative writing alum R Dean Johnson, runner-up for the 2026 International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Competition. His book "Poser: A Mostly-True Memoir-in-Essays" will be published by Vine Leaves Press. Learn more: https://ow.ly/B4ne50YhR4T #ASUHumanities

The Washington Post said kalani pickhart's Ukraine novel "I Will Die in a Foreign Land" was "intensely moving." With ASU Library, we are looking forward to hosting this English alum at the next ASU Book Group Meeting, Feb. 26. Please join us: https://ow.ly/I7f350YfpJI #ASUHumanities

Join us Feb. 25 for a crosstalk on censorship featuring Josh Coleman, David Hawkes, Joe Lockard, Krista Ratcliffe, Kevin Sandler and Peter Joseph Torres—experts in the fields of linguistics, education, rhetoric, film and literature. Details: https://ow.ly/n6oC50YfhNm #ASUHumanities

Our Writing Programs just launched "The AI-Informed Writing Classroom." Hinged on the premise that "writing is thinking," it acknowledges two facts: 1. Students need writing instruction & 2. Students need to learn to navigate the shifting AI terrain. More: https://ow.ly/Hpax50Yfh96 #ASUHumanities

⚾ Fiction Friday: "What matters is you promised him a game, and you don’t intend to strike out looking." From "The Delicate Art of Section Hopping" by ASU alum Jonathan Danielson. Read the Sidd Finch Fiction Prize-winning story in The Twin Bill: https://ow.ly/hhRc50Yc0Fy #ASUHumanities

"Neither of us understands / the science of gravity, but I know how it feels..." From "White Hot Star" by ASU creative writing alum W. Todd Kaneko. Read the poem and hear it read by Maggie Smith on The Slowdown. https://ow.ly/SPQI50Y7JW8 #ASUHumanities

Two ASU English doctoral alumni—Monica Baldonado-Ruiz and Jason Griffith—contributed to the National Council of Teachers of English's position statement on intellectual freedom in ELA classrooms: "The Students' Right to Write." Learn more: https://ow.ly/sJXX50Y7Lf2 #ASUHumanities

We're hiring—come work with us! Now seeking full-time Instructors for our Writing Programs courses. Great benefits, beautiful campus. 🌴☀️🌵 Details: https://ow.ly/n9re50YbZOM #ASUHumanities

Congrats to ASU English's Laura Cruser, winner of the 2025 Doris Betts Fiction Prize for her short story, "The Whittaker Wall," to be published later in 2026 in the North Carolina Literary Review. Learn more via North Carolina Writers Network: https://ow.ly/1Gm850Y59Mu #ASUHumanities

☢️ Fiction Friday: "...Present-day institutions, governments, historical and geographical knowledge, and even languages would not exist for the duration of spent fuel’s dangerous lifecycle." From a short story by ASU English student Andrew Dana Hudson. Read: https://ow.ly/16Ka50Y3Ro8 #ASUHumanities

"Beyond popular culture, we tend to vilify and pathologize administrators even within academia." —ASU English professor Lee Bebout with Jeff Crane of Cal Poly Humboldt. Read the op-ed at Inside Higher Ed — https://ow.ly/r9ok50Y0iSb #ASUHumanities

We're hiring—come work with us! ASU English seeks an Academic Success Advisor to help guide and support our undergraduate students. 🫶 Apply by 2/9/26. Info: https://asu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ASUStaffCareers/details/Academic-Success-Advisor_JR117321 #ASUHumanities