Michigan State University Department of English

Congratulations to MSU English’s newest PhD! Drs. Madiha Ghous, Cristóbal Martinez, and Sarah Potts Jones!

Don't miss out! This Tuesday the 14th, Wells Hall at 4:00 pm

🌿 Student Writers — This One’s for You.

We’re commissioning original poetry and prose for our 2026 Nurture Your Roots installation and we need your creativity!

This year’s theme: Rewilding
“When we help nature become wild again, what is repaired and what is remembered?”

Submit ONE piece:
• Poetry (max 400 words)
• Prose, any genre (max 600 words)

Two $250 awards
Winning work will be installed in the garden.

Deadline: March 20, 2026
Open to current MSU undergrads; winners chosen by Michigan State University Department of English Creative Writing Program alumni judges.

Let your words take root on campus. 💚

MSU College of Arts & Letters

A Conversation with Rebecca Hector (English, 2003), Host of All Things Considered on Michigan Public.
Learn about Rebecca's formative experiences at MSU, her career pathway, and finding her voice through Public Radio.

Register here: https://msu.joinhandshake.com/stu/events/1891389

Looking for something to do over break? Check out this free event in Detroit! If you like filmmaking, or are looking to learn something new, make sure to stop by!

More information can be found at the City of Detroit website: https://detroitmi.gov/news/film-detroit-presents-lights-camera-detroit-event-dec-22

This is your reminder! Now on display through February 6th, Europe and Empires of the East — Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals — Encounters and Exchanges, 1400-1800, examines the Renaissance as a global phenomenon.

Co-curated by Professor Emerita Jyotsna G. Singh and Curator of Rare Books Tad Boehmer, this exhibition explores the complex cultural, religious, and political dialogues between European powers and the three great Eastern empires: the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals.

On Friday, Nov 21, Aram Mrjoian will deliver a literary reading in celebration of his debut novel Waterline, out this year from HarperVia. In this deeply moving debut, set in Michigan, East Lansing, and Ann Arbor, a close-knit Armenian American family grapples with the aftermath of losing one of their own.

On Thursday, Nov 20, he will offer a mentorship session as part of Dr. Tim Conrad's Editing. & Publishing class.

Listening to Water: Ekphrasis & Generative Writing on
Ecologies, Land, and Livelihoods
NOV 14, FRIDAY 3-4PM
MSU BROAD ART MUSEUM

What stories can rivers and lakes tell us? Where do they carry our histories? How has the movement and capture of freshwater been shaped, compromised, and defined by corporate interests and State interventions? How might traditional craft, eco-art, and “artivism” translate the water bodies upon which our lives depend? Imagined in collaboration with the MSU Broad Art Museum’s exhibition Mekong Voices: Transnational River Justice in Mainland Southeast Asia, this event teaches you how to slow down, to look deeper into ecological realities both far and near, and to understand y/our own interconnectedness with waterbodies. We invite writers of any background or interest to participate in slow-looking and generative writing alongside sculptures made from found materials, textile arts, photography, and many other artworks. Together, we will explore the interconnectedness between the Red Cedar River Watershed, the Mother River of Mainland Southeast Asia, and the freshwaters that sustain us yet. Facilitated by Dalina Perdomo Alvarez.

Looking for a fun class for next semester? ENG 391 might be a way to get credits and enjoy a hot drink in one fell swoop.

It's Spooky Season! Learn about writing and watching horror through a q***r lens on October 29th, in the Multicultural Center room 1015/1020 from 6-8 PM