Department of English News
The Department of English provides programs that transform students into engaged and informed citizens who enrich the vitality of their local and global communities. Our majors explore literature as an artistic medium from theoretical and historical perspectives. In the process, students hone their analytical and writing skills.
Current English News
Author, activist, and alum Dennis McBride on how classmates and allies established one of the city’s first LGBTQ organizations — the Gay Academic Union.
‘Tis the season for UNLV folklore expert Katherine Walker to guide us through some of the holiday season’s holliest and jolliest customs.
An interview with the poet and multimedia artist. She visits UNLV on Nov. 13 as part of the Breakout Writers Series.
The former English department chair and American lit buff will support faculty and help develop their teaching and research.
President Keith E. Whitfield honors six graduates who have shown exemplary commitment to both the community and their studies.
March 21 reading is part of Black Mountain Institute's Breakout Writers Series.
English In The News
President Trump has repeatedly shared an image of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's finger tattoos in an effort to link the Maryland man, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador on March 15, to the notorious MS-13 gang.
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite court orders, is affiliated with the MS13 gang. He shared a photograph of the man’s hand tattoos online, but experts say it appears to have been digitally altered. Others point that tattoos do not constitute proof of gang affiliation.
US President Donald Trump has insisted that a digitally edited image of the tattoos on the hand of Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Ábrego García, deported to El Salvador, is irrefutable proof of his alleged ties to the MS-13 gang.
The Trump administration has asserted time and time again that the Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador had finger tattoos who proved he was a member of the MS-13 gang. But experts are casting doubts on those statements.
The Trump administration has asserted time and time again that the Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador had finger tattoos who proved he was a member of the MS-13 gang. But experts are casting doubts on those statements.
Over the past two decades, literary fiction has become a largely female pursuit. Novels are increasingly written by women and read by women. In 2004, about half the authors on the New York Times fiction best-seller list were women and about half men; this year, the list looks to be more than three-quarters women. According to multiple reports, women readers now account for about 80 percent of fiction sales.
