Anyone with an English degree will tell you that picking this major can lead to a lot skeptical questions: “What are you going to do after school?” or “What kind of a job can you really get with an English degree?” Read more read more about 100 Careers for English Majors: They Exist (Really) »
Published on Oct 29, 2015 Many hours of hard work go into publishing a single journal issue. With over 50 journals at Duke University Press, get to know more about how we work with editorial offices to create beautifully designed, easy-to-read, and readily available journal issues. This video includes interviews with journal editors Priscilla Wald of American Literature, Michael Hardt of SAQ: South Atlantic Quarterly, miriam cooke of the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, and Chia-Ling Wu of EASTS: East Asian… read more about Journal Publishing at Duke University Press »
Congratulations to the 2015 Library Writing and Research Award Winners! The Duke University Libraries are pleased to announce the winners of the 2014-2015 library writing and research awards. The Aptman Prize, the Middlesworth Award, and the Holsti Prize recognize excellence in student research using sources from the Libraries’ general collections, the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and primary sources for political science or public policy, respectively. New this year is the Rudolph William Rosati Creative… read more about Library Writing and Research Award Winners »
Duke professor and acclaimed poet Nathaniel Mackey, left, talks with South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim, right, about his remarkable career in music as part of Duke's "Talking Music: Conversations with Scholars, Writers, Archivists, and Artists" series on Thursday. The event was co-sponsored by Duke Performances, the Forum for Scholars and Publics, and the Duke Africa Initiative. Read more read more about Talking Jazz with Nathaniel Mackey and Abdullah Ibrahim »
October 15, 2015 Recent Duke graduate Jeffrey Cicurel (English ‘15) leaves for his morning commute from the North Side of Chicago, where he grew up. He arrives at 88th and Aberdeen on the South Side, where he teaches English to high schoolers. “They’re great. And they listen,” he says of the 9th and 11th graders in his classroom at Hansberry College Prep, a charter school. “Because of the way that the school is run, it's a great place to work.” Cicurel is in his first year as a corp member of Teach for… read more about Alum Empowers High School Students in Chicago Classroom »
Jaji will read her poetry at Flyleaf Books on Friday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m. as a part of the West End Poetry Festival. read more about Tsitsi Jaji Reading at West End Poetry Festival »
Durham, NC - Graduate students have a lot of ideas, says Mary Caton Lingold, who is nearing completion of her Ph.D. in English. What they often lack is status and access to resources, which can make it hard to innovate on a larger scale. So tapping into structures designed to bring scholars together from different areas is a smart move, Lingold says. “Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration helps to capitalize on the energy that grad students bring to their field.” Inspired by her interest in early Caribbean literature,… read more about For Dissertation in English, Lingold Thrived on Interdisciplinary Collaboration »
ENG 220S Introduction to Writing Poetry Inst: Melissa Malouf WF 11:45 am - 1:00 pm You will have the opportunity in this course to engage (as both reader and writer) a variety of poetic forms and styles and moods. We won’t have a textbook — I’ll provide you with the reading assignments. I will be asking you to "look around and write" instead of simply "write what you know" in order to push your imaginations to work on the world around you, and on what you dream, think, apprehend, intuit,… read more about Writing Poetry »