Clark University English Department

💐 What a wonderful Spring Fling! 💐 Thank you to all who attended, and a special congratulations to our contest winners and our graduating seniors!

Tune into the newest post on the department blog, The Next Chapter! 📝
This article highlights senior Ketshaly Philome’s internship at the Worcester County Poetry Association. 📚

Chowder Fest is one week away! We hope to see you all there! 🍲

Be sure to check out “An Enriching Experience at Girton College’s Lifelong Learning Program” by Clark English alum Robin Bozik to learn about a new partnership with the University of Cambridge and Sigma Tau Delta!

Sigma Tau Delta seniors-this program is available to you as SigTau alumni, so be sure to take a look if you are interested.

Read more through the link in our bio 📖

Let’s congratulate our Professor Kourtney Senquiz on her recent publication in Towards a Community of Antiracist Praxis in Higher Education, along with Clark faculty Jie Park and Laurie Ross! Her chapter explores “The Invisibility of Whiteness in Literary Studies”.

Students and faculty alike had a great time at Spring Fling today! 🌼 Thank you to everyone for coming out. We had a great time celebrating our students who won the writing contests and the Department prizes!

Be sure to join us on 4/29 at 10 AM for our annual spring fling event! We'll be serving breakfast, giving out awards, and hitting a pinata! We hope to see you there 🌷

The Spring 2025 English Department Writing Contests are now open! 🥳📝📚 And here are the rules!

Submit your work by February 28th at 11:59pm to be considered for a cash prize!

Please join us at the Stockmal Reading presented by Mary Bonina on September 26th from 7:30-9:30pm in Razzo Hall.

Mary Bonina is a Worcester native and the author of My Father's Eyes: a Memoir and the poetry collections Lunch in Chinatown, Clear Eye Tea and Living Proof. The Stockmal reading is held annually in Central Massachusetts and Clark University is honored to be hosting it this year.

The event is sponsored by the Alice Coonley Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities and the English Department, in partnership with the Worcester County Poetry Association.

Light refreshments will be served, followed by a book signing. Copies of Mary Bonina's book will be available for purchase at the event. We hope to see you there!

Reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

Join Clark’s LGBTQ+ Alumni Association (CLAA) celebration of Pride Month with a special virtual event celebrating Prof. Blake’s new book, “Edible Arrangements: Modernism’s Q***r Forms”. The conversation will be moderated by Laura Robinson, Clark’s University Librarian. Contact [email protected] for more information.