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Christopher Corbett, English, in Vox

More than 150 years after the first mail was delivered via the Pony Express, Vox published an article examining the service that lasted for only 18 months. Christopher Corbett, professor of the...

Posted: April 15, 2015, 7:44 PM

Jean Fernandez, English, Presents at “Ten Chairs”

Jean Fernandez, English, delivered an invited talk on Reading Chairs as a panelist for the Baltimore Museum of Art’s exhibition event “Ten Chairs.” The panel consisted of a cross-disciplinary...

Posted: April 9, 2015, 7:52 PM

Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (3/31)

For more than a quarter of a century, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers has been considered the foremost authority on the American critic and journalist H.L. Mencken as well as the editor of his works....

Posted: March 27, 2015, 1:46 PM

Christopher Corbett, English, in Baltimore Style

Christopher Corbett, English, recently penned an essay reflecting on the harsh winter months in Baltimore Style. In the piece, Corbett decries January as the most unloved month, calling it the...

Posted: January 21, 2015, 7:03 PM

Lia Purpura, English, in The New Yorker

In its January 19th issue, The New Yorker published a poem by English Writer in Residence Lia Purpura. The text of Purpura’s poem “Probability” is below. An audio recording of Purpura reading her...

Posted: January 16, 2015, 7:48 PM

Piotr Gwiazda, English, Publishes New Book

Piotr Gwiazda, English, has published a new book US Poetry in the Age of Empire, 1979-2012 (Palgrave Macmillan). Examining poetry by Robert Pinsky, Adrienne Rich, and Amiri Baraka, among others,...

Posted: December 23, 2014, 6:46 PM

Christopher Corbett, English, in Baltimore Style

Christopher Corbett, English, penned an article for Baltimore Style in which he explored the nuances of “naughty or nice” in the Christmas song “Santa Claus in Coming to Town.” In the article,...

Posted: December 12, 2014, 8:42 PM