Troy University English Department

Hmmmm... I wonder what's being taught today....

Congrats to all the English dept/CCFA awardees!

Coming in T5! Email Dr. Leslie Whatley for details!

Mark your calendars, please!

TROY to honor nonfiction author Patricia Foster with Hall-Waters Prize on April 12 - Troy Today Award-winning nonfiction author Patricia Foster, a native of Fairhope, will receive the Hall-Waters Prize from Troy University on April 12. Foster, who is professor emerita at the University of Iowa’s celebrated MFA Program where she taught for more than 25 years, will read selections from her mos...

Students! This is a great study abroad opportunity for you for summer 2024!

The 2023 issue of The Rubicon is now available online. A great portfolio of stories, poems, and artwork---all of it in color this year! We're very proud of our English majors' creative work. Check it out!
https://spectrum.troy.edu/rubicon/Rubicon17.pdf

Coming this Friday! The National Book Award-winning MacArthur "genius" grant recipient Terrance Hayes will be on-campus to receive the Hall-Waters Prize for his distinguished contributions to Southern Literature (an all literature). He'll be reading and signing books at 10 am in the amphitheater (or in the Trojan Center theater if it's raining--not the Claudia Crosby). Students in ENG 4495 have organized this event, so come on out and help support the Hall-Waters Prize!

We're very excited to announce that one of our great alumni, Mary Griffin, has just published her first novel (under a nom de plume)!

Please either scan the Q code or go to to the link here to pick up a copy! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/run-for-your-life-griffin-capps/1142357976?ean=9798823123259&fbclid=IwAR2SkGKihBu2-1xqO-oF6mHBCuYdCEBMJP-t9PA51QE-S7VJNZ40P5otJBA . We couldn't be prouder!

Online Conference 2022
Teaching Composition to ESL/EFL Students
30 Sept. and 1 Oct. 2022

We welcome participants for a free online scholarly conference focusing on theories and practical applications for teaching composition to ESL/EFL students. The planned schedule is as follows (all times USA Central Daylight Time):

Friday, 30 September 2022
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Introductory remarks + three presentations
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Four presentations

Saturday, 1 October 2022
8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Four presentations
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Four presentations
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Three presentations
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Round-table discussion and concluding remarks

To participate, please register for free at: https://forms.office.com/r/qeriwa39nZ

Troy University English Department
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Welcome to the fall 2022 semester, everyone! We hope you have a great academic year!

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