Indiana University South Bend Department of English

09/23/2026

09/17/2026

Our own Wolfson Press is celebrating the publication of Doug Ramspeck's story collection, DANCING IN THEIR DEAD MOTHER'S DRESSES, with free shipping on all books in September! Use code NXYS56RM0T60

05/07/2026

We're riding high from last night's MA Thesis Exhibition. Here are photos from a fabulous night.

Last night was the MA Thesis Exhibition, and our grad students rocked it! Here are photos from a fabulous night. The Deadline Team Brooke Kertai, Aubren Kubicki, Jessie Jimenez Graduate program dir…

05/06/2026

Wow! Poets & Writers with this shout-out to our own 42 Miles Press! Congrats to editor David Dodd Lee and all the wonderful poets published over the years!

Founded at Indiana University, 42 Miles Press publishes “stirring, daring” poetry and still prints books with offset press technology. Read about this small press that encourages writers to send work “you might be afraid to send elsewhere (because you think it is too out there)”: at.pw.org/42MilesPress

05/05/2026

Brooke Kertai is another of our graduate students who will present at the Thesis Exhibition this week! Learn more about her here:

“Being in college is all about growing, and the only way to grow as a person and as an intellectual is to do everything you can with the time you have.” Interviewed by Aubren Kubicki Pl…

05/04/2026

Jessie Jimenez is one of our graduating MA students who will present at the exhibition on Wednesday. Get to know her here:

“I didn’t realize how much participating in extra-curricular activities would help me receive certain opportunities and form friendships with the amazing people in my cohort.” Int…

04/29/2026

Another Student Writing Awards in the books! The room was packed with a terrific crowd of students, families, friends, faculty, staff, administrators, and alums. The 2026 Analecta was revealed! This year’s awards judge Jonathan Johnson gave a transportive reading of his poetry. This post begins with a video of Jonathan reading a poem about the loss of a pet dog (get your tissues out!), then we share other lots of other photos from the night!

Another Student Writing Awards in the books! The room was packed with a terrific crowd of students, families, friends, faculty, staff, administrators, and alums. The 2026 Analecta was revealed! Thi…

04/22/2026

Tomorrow (Thurs 4/23) is the Student Writing Awards event! Here's an interview with the Analecta editor and writing award-winner Aubren Kubicki!

Aubren won first place in the Graduate Nonfiction category for their piece, “A Portrait of the Author as a Father’s Child”.Interview by Sef Stone What does winning this award mean…

04/20/2026

Look our students go! English BA & MA students sharing their research and creative work!

Congratulations to all who shared their research and creative work at the 2026 Graduate Symposium and the Undergraduate Research Conference! Once again, English was well represented! The Deadline T…

04/16/2026

Lots of events coming up, starting with the Graduate Symposium tonight!

There’s a LOT going on in the final weeks of the semester. Here’s your guide to events where English majors and Master’s students will be featured! The Deadline Team Graduate Symp…