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The Department of English at Adelphi keeps you at the cutting edge of the literary field, with articles on up-and-coming authors and industry trends and through our innovative workshops and events.


 May 8, 2019 New Associate Provost Discusses Plans for Student Success News At Adelphi, students reap the benefits of personalized attention from their professors and all the opportunities nearby New York City holds. But according to Peter West, Ph.D.—the newly appointed associate provost for student success—there's always room to do better.

December 25, 2018 Taboo in YA Fiction In The News Young adult fiction has tackled plenty of controversial subjects. According to Visiting Associate Professor Donna M. Freitas, Ph.D.'s article in The New York Times, there's one topic publishers shy away from: religion.

December 12, 2018 Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Keckly, Dressmaker and Confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln In The News English Professor Jennifer Fleischner and her book on Keckly are included in this story from The New York Times.

December 2, 2018 The Mixed Meanings of Missing Girls In The News English professor and author Martha Cooley wrote for the Los Angeles Review of Books analyzing the trope of missing girls in fiction books.

November 29, 2018 An Evening With Igor Webb, Village of Crickets and Christopher Smart’s Cat News Igor Webb, Ph.D., author, critic, professor, and director of the Adelphi University Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program hosted a gathering in celebration of his latest book, Christopher Smart's Cat, an unusual amalgam of memoir, short fiction and lit crit.

November 14, 2018 Adelphi Faculty Take on the World News The Center for International Education has two announcements in time for International Education Week, held November 12 through November 16, 2018: the recipients of the 2019 International Faculty Development Grants, and a new map documenting faculty international engagement.

October 3, 2018 In Adelphi’s Creative Writing M.F.A. Program, Finding Your Voice Is a Group Effort News What is the right class size for graduate work in creative writing? Igor Webb, Ph.D., professor and director of the M.F.A. in Creative Writing program at Adelphi, believes strongly that the answer is 10 students.

October 2, 2018 All the Screen’s a Stage News Shakespeare fan fiction: self-indulgent pastime or scholarly exercise? According to Louise Geddes, Ph.D., associate professor of English at Adelphi, fan fiction—stories using characters or situations from popular works, written by enthusiasts and posted online—is just one of many internet-based activities turning Shakespeare fan studies on its head.

August 10, 2018 Adelphi Professor Uses the Writer’s Lens to Reflect on His Life News How do individuals grasp their identity when they're forced to leave home during a time of war?

August 8, 2018 Health and Wellness Through the Life Span—Finding the Words to Reckon With Loss News In 2013, Martha Cooley, author and professor of English, went on sabbatical with her husband to a medieval village outside Parma, Italy.
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