The WMU Department of English is home to over 600 undergraduate majors, 100 graduate students, and 41 full-time faculty and staff.
05/18/2023
WMU sees largest number of Kalamazoo Promise scholars graduate Kalamazoo Promise scholars are graduating from Western Michigan University this Saturday, the largest number of scholars graduating in one semester from the university.
02/17/2023
Burton Tower is lit up in green and white tonight. 💚🤍
02/01/2022
MCTE is hosting a virtual book club on Rethinking Sexism, Gender and Sexuality.
09/28/2021
We hope you'll join us for two free evenings of readings and discussion with fiction author Thisbe Nissen, who is our 2021–2022 Melanie Brown Lecturer.
She'll host a writing craft talk titled "To Capture a Place-in-Time" on 9/29 at 5:00pm EST. She'll then hold a public reading on 9/30 at 8:00pm EST.
Craft Talk: https://chatham.zoom.us/j/93026569914
Public Reading: https://chatham.zoom.us/j/93297721418
For more information about Thisbe Nissen's body of work, visit her website to browse titles like How Other People Make Love (2021), Our Lady of the Prairie (2018), and Osprey Island (2004). If you'd like to purchase any of Nissen's newer work, you can do so here: https://whitewhalebookstore.com/readytoship/books-by-thisbe-nissen
The Melanie Brown Lecturer Series is one of the exciting opportunities for aspiring writers to meet established authors, specifically writers of fiction, through Chatham’s MFA in Creative Writing program. The Melanie Brown Lecturer is presented each year through the generosity of The Melanie and Fred Brown Endowed Fund.
05/11/2021
We’re excited to announce the 2021 Third Coast Writing Project Writing Marathon!
Under the leadership of our founding director, Dr. Ellen Brinkley, and her merry band of writers, since 1991, the TCWP Writing Marathon has been a favorite time for teacher renewal and engagement.
We invite all TCWP teachers (and their friends) to join us for a renewed 2021 edition of the Writing Marathon. This come-one, come-all, all-outdoors, COVID-safe event will occur on Thursday, June 17, beginning and ending at Wicks Park, downtown Saugatuck.
After an opening writing activity, we’ll then wander, walk, write, engage, and connect. We’ll then meet back up again to share around 2:30 and head home around 3:00.
There is no cost, and we won’t be accepting any donations. All we ask is that you join us and spend the day as teachers engaging in writing. Some special bonuses: Shaun Wayman is planning on leading an expedition to Oxbox School of Art, and Shelley Esman is ready to conduct some wine tasting and explore some of the finer things to be found in town. Regardless, we will all wander and write throughout the day. We also will spend some time remembering and memorializing Ellen, who passed away this year, and reflecting on the effect she had on many of us.
We hope to see you on the 17th. Please use this google doc to sign up. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XjNPLb9sbJYtkRBC_bGapF-m7dysHGTYXg7LekY7a_o/edit?usp=sharing
Remember – bring a friend (or two), too. The more the merrier. Please share this widely.
If you have any questions, please email any one of us:
Jonathan Bush ([email protected])
Shelley Esman ([email protected])
Shaun Wayman ([email protected])
2021 TCWP Writing Marathon Third Coast Writing Project 2021 Writing Marathon Thursday, June 17, 10:00-3:00 Saugatuck, MI (Wicks Park - downtown) Name and Email TCWP Year Any Guests/Frien...