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IMSA Juniors, check out next year's rotating Authors & Topics senior elective offering, Horror Fiction!

Some reading options for Indigenous Peoples Day!

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2021/books-by-indigenous-authors-to-read-in-honor-of-indigenous-peoples-day/?fbclid=IwAR3-nspok6tsGuiB9QTk5IZaM5GQrj7p46TWGbBVV5q0vrhblENPTjbUxD4

10 Books to Read in Honor of Indigenous Peoples Day From romance to horror to nonfiction, these books by Indigenous authors will entertain and educate

Spring electives are open to both juniors and seniors. Feel free to ask your English teachers about our electives.

As you consider your course selections for next year, please check out English's Fall elective offerings for seniors.

Consider submitting a poem to the Illinois State Poetry Society's 2022 Poetry Competition! Deadline is January 31.

Poetry Competitions How to submit poems to the Illinois State Poetry Society's 2000 Poetry Competition

Looking for something to read over Thanksgiving break?

Best Books for Teens 2021 Our expert librarians selected the year's best books for kids, teens, and adults. Check out these outstanding titles.

Jason Mott Wins National Book Award for ‘Hell of a Book’ Tiya Miles won the nonfiction prize for “All That She Carried.” The author Karen Tei Yamash*ta received a lifetime achievement award.

The 2021 National Book Awards Longlist: Fiction This year’s longlist includes three début novels.

Congratulations to Louise Erdrich, who today won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel The Night Watchman. Students and alumni, you might have read Erdrich's stories "The Red Convertible" or "The Flower" in your LE2, Idea of the Individual, or Modern World Fiction classes.

Pulitzer Prizes: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists Louise Erdrich won the fiction prize for her novel “The Night Watchman.” Here are the 2021 contenders for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, history and biography.

Congratulations on making it through an incredibly challenging year. The English Department would like to share some titles we have recently read or plan to read this summer. Feel free to read along with us! Have a wonderful and restful summer. 🙂

English Summer Reading Recs 2021 English Summer Reading Recommendations It’s undeniable that 2020-2021 was a difficult year for students and teachers. For that reason, the IMSA English Team has been looking forward to summer more than ever before, with the books we’ve been longing to read finally in reach. This summer, ...

The English Department would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and restful Spring Break! After you take a loooooong nap--what will you be reading this break?