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David Mills Performing Langston Hughes
The Africana Studies Program, Voices of the Rainbow, and the English Department are co-sponsoring this event...
Creative Writing MFA Program Presents: One-Day Master Class Workshops in Poetry and Fiction
The Creative Writing MFA Program in the LIU Brooklyn English Department is hosting two one-day workshops in poetry and fiction on Saturday, November 18 and Saturday, December 2, with Gregory Pardlo and Hirsh Sawhney and Anne Waldman and Lynne Tillman. There is a fee. Proceeds will help support MFA students in the Creative Writing Program.
More info.
Jonathan Haynes: Scholarly Activity
On October 27, 2017, Professor Jonathan Haynes (English) will moderate a panel discussion of the films of Femi Odugbemi at Northwestern University. See flyer below.
Then, on October 30, 2017, Professor Haynes will deliver a lecture, "Trajectories of the Nigerian Film Industry," at Illinois State University in Normal.
Then, on October 30, 2017, Professor Haynes will deliver a lecture, "Trajectories of the Nigerian Film Industry," at Illinois State University in Normal.
Lewis Warsh: New Book
We are pleased to announce that Professor Lewis Warsh's new book -- Out of the Question: Selected Poems (1963-2003) [Station Hill Press of Barrytown, 2017] is available for purchase through Small Press Distribution. It will also be available at Warsh's upcoming reading with Cedar Sigo at the Poetry Project. See our earlier post for further information about that reading.
Undergraduate Courses, Spring 2018
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Danny Lyon, "Turn of the Century Brownstone Apartments Being Painted and Renovated by Their Owners in Brooklyn" (1974). |
These course descriptions are provided by the professors teaching the courses.
For more information, write to them directly.
Get English Department faculty contact info here.
English Majors — Before you register, make an appointment to meet with Wayne Berninger to review your outstanding requirements. Then register as early as possible to keep courses from being canceled.
Non-Majors — The writing and analytical skills gained in English courses are useful in a variety of professions. Any student may take these courses as general electives. A minor in English (four courses 100 or above) will satisfy the Distribution Requirement for any major. For more information, make an appointment to meet with Wayne Berninger.
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