This past spring, at a meeting of the American Literature Association in San Francisco, Professor Cecil Giscombe was awarded the 2010 Stephen E. Henderson Prize by the African American Literature and Culture Society. Read full post…
READ MORE Professor Cecil Giscombe Wins Henderson Award for Poetry
For the third year in a row, the English Department has teamed up with the Aurora Theater, located on Addison Street in Berkeley, to offer a special event to the Berkeley community: in conjunction with a performance at the Aurora, Berkeley professors gather for a panel that discusses the play for an audience of alumni, faculty, students and other interested theater-goers. 
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READ MORE English Dept and the Aurora Theater Offer Winning Performances
What follows is an account of a recent reading given by Georgina Kleege, a well-known essayist and a Lecturer in the English Department. This event was part of the Berkeley Writers at Work series, a forum in which campus writers can discuss their writing process. Read full post…
In what follows, Margaret Rhee, a third-year doctoral student in the Ethnic Studies Department, 
talks about the recent Holloway Reading given by Harryette Mullen. Read full post…
Georgina Kleege, Lecturer in the English Department, will be the guest author at the Berkeley Writers at Work fall 2010 event, on Wednesday, October 6 from noon to 1:30 in the Morrison Library, 101 Doe Library. The event is free and open to the public. Read full post…
What follows is an account of English alumnus Terry Borst (B.A., 1977) and the way his education in literature and creative writing somewhat unexpectedly placed him into a career involving computers and entertainment. Read full post…
Thomas Farber teaches creative writing in the English Department and runs El León Literary Arts, a small publishing house in Berkeley that has recently received much attention in the national publishing world. Read full post…
READ MORE Publishing at Berkeley: Thomas Farber and El León Arts
One of the most exciting things about the beginning of the semester this Fall is the launch of a new opportunity in the English Department for undergraduates: the Peter and Megan Chernin Mentorship Program. Read full post…
In what follows, recent graduate Tyler Shores gives a brief account of all the different paths down which his English major has taken him. Read full post…
To reignite the weekly stream of blog posts for this academic year, we take a look at the way one graduate student, Matthew Sergi, expanded on his scholarly week in medieval literature to produce a new play, Glory Glory, that ran for two weeks in San Francisco this summer. Read full post…
READ MORE Graduate Student Adds New Play to his Scholarly Production
Though the campus might be quiet during the summer, English Department students are keeping busy. Matthew Sergi, a doctoral candidate in the department, is presenting his new play in San Francisco — two weekends only!: Read details…
READ MORE GLORY GLORY, a new play by a Cal medievalist, opens in SF June 18
Like the rest of the campus, the English Department blog will be taking a summer break. If you have questions or suggestions for stories for next year, please feel free to email us at ucbenglish@gmail.com. In the meantime, have a restful and productive summer.
Professors Cecil Giscombe and Anne-Lise Francois each received awards for their recent work. Read full post…
The English Department is delighted to announce that Professor Kathleen Donegan is this year’s recipient of the American Cultures Innovation in Teaching Award. This campus-wide award, given by the American Cultures Center, “recognizes the use of pedagogical developments to enhance the students’ learning experience in the American Cultures classroom.” Professor Donegan was awarded this distinction for the ENGL 166AC course she taught this past Fall, “Race and Revision in Early America.” Read full post…
READ MORE Professor Kathleen Donegan wins American Cultures Innovation in Teaching Award
Seven of our graduate students 
received the University’s Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (OGSI) Award this year in recognition of their excellence as instructors of Reading and Composition. Read full post…
READ MORE Graduate Student Instructors Receive Teaching Awards
