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UNCG English Department

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The English Department is a large and complex department in the College of Arts and Sciences offering B.A., B.A. with licensure, M.A., MFA, and PhD degrees.

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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Join us for WEDNESDAY WORDS: SPECIAL EDITION, a rapid-fire fiction and poetry reading featuring six creative writing lecturers from UNCG’s Department of English. Wednesday, September 16 at 6 PM Organ Recital Hall, UNCG School of Music. Free & open to the public; reception to follow. #uncgenglish
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Emilia Phillips @emdashphillips.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reminder: novelist Kayla Rae Whitaker reads TONIGHT, Thursday, September 10 at 6 PM in the Elliott University Center Auditorium on UNCG’s campus. The reading is free and open to the public, and a book signing will follow. Event details: buff.ly/xwLW714 #KaylaRaeWhitaker #UNCGCreativeWriting
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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Join us for a poetry reading by Romanian poet, scholar, and translator Radu Vancu next Thursday, September 3 at 6 PM at Scuppernong Books. Hosted by the Class of 1949 and Creative Writing at UNC Greensboro, the event is free and open to the public. Details: buff.ly/s891RvP
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Come join the English Club for our first meeting of the year! We will enjoy drinks and pizza, and we’ll do some “speed-friending” activities to foster new connections and strengthen old ones 🍕 #uncgenglish
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Mark your calendar: Radu Vancu will read at Scuppernong Books on Thursday, September 3 at 6 PM. Vancu is a Romanian poet, translator, editor, and professor whose work has traveled widely across languages. The reading is free and open to the public. #uncgenglish
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
WELCOME BACK SPARTANS 🎉🎉🎉 Please stop by MHRA 3407 if you have any questions about courses or scheduling or if you just need a snack! #uncgenglish
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Check out ENG 348: THATCHERISM AND ITS AFTERLIVES for Fall 2026! #uncgenglish
ENG 348 Thatcherism and its Afterlives
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Terry L. Kennedy @terrylkennedy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Just finished reading the latest from The Journal, and I’m carrying that good lit-mag feeling: a little unsettled, a little sharpened, and grateful for the editors putting these voices in conversation. Ask your local library to subscribe: buff.ly/Fw4lqYa
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Stories surround us and shape us. The craft of fiction is an art, but it's also something that you can study, practice, & attain new skills in so that you might better understand and create stories. #uncgenglish
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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, selected by Airea D. Matthews: Another Man, the debut collection by Jim Whiteside, is available now for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Pre-order: buff.ly/6jHiyPB #AnotherMan #JimWhiteside #FelixPollakPrize #Poetry
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
What happens when a poem is spoken aloud? How does a short story become a film? What changes when a graphic novel becomes animation? In this course, we explore how literature transforms across media, from page to performance to screen. #uncgenglish
ENG 115: Literature Off the Page
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What do we mean when we talk about "Black Power," and how has the idea been framed/mobilized by Black writers over the last century? ENG 376 explores this topic through the eyes of writers as well as other genres including film, comic strips and graphic novels, and print culture. #uncgenglish
ENG 376 Black Power, Black Literature
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Terry L. Kennedy @terrylkennedy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Just finished the latest Birmingham Poetry Review, and Emilia Phillips’s “Natura Morta” is one I keep turning back to. A strong reminder that a good journal issue gives you not just poems to read, but poems to live with for a while. Ask your local library to subscribe: buff.ly/to5gHIL
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Think you are ready to survive the zombie apocalypse? ENG 363 will help you find out! #uncgenglish
ENG 363 Technical Writing on the Zombie Apocalypse
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Need to complete your Fall 2026 schedule? If you are looking for a fun & interactive course, check these out 🎮 #uncgenglish
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
CONGRATULATIONS to all of our graduates! We wish you all the best as you begin your next chapter 🎉📖 #uncgenglish
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Drop by EGSA’s Self-Care Bar tomorrow! Take a moment for yourself on Wednesday, April 29, from 12pm to 3pm in MHRA 3206 and enjoy aromatherapy, coloring pages, and snacks. Feel free to take a self-care bag to-go or stay a while and participate in our many activities. #uncgenglish
Self-Care Bar MHRA 3206 12-3 April 29th
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Just TWO more scheduled advising sessions for next Fall! Come see us on Monday or Wednesday 👈 #uncgenglish
Advising on Monday and Wednesday
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Jen Feather, the recipient of the 2026 Gladys Strawn Bullard Award, given in recognition of those faculty, staff and students who have shown commendable initiative and perseverance in their leadership or service roles at UNCG. 🎉🎉🎉 #uncgenglish #uncg_cas #uncg_haw
Dr. Jen Feather, recipient of the 2026 Gladys Strawn Bullard Award
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Check out these 300+ courses and drop by an advising session in MHRA 3407 if you have any questions about next semester! Tuesday, 04/21 12:30-3 Wednesday, 04/22 12:30-4 #uncgenglish
ENG 353, The Contemporary American NovelENG 363 Technical Writing in the Zombie ApocalypseENG 371, Literary Study of the BibleENG 376, Black Power, Black Literature
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Congratulations, Dr. Heather Adams! 🎉 www.uncg.edu/news/knapp-a...
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Knapp & Adams are UNCG's 2026 Research Excellence Award Winners
UNCG's 2026 Research Excellence Award winners are Dr. Paul Knapp, for innovative work in biogeography and climatology, and Dr. Heather Adams, for groundbreaking scholarship in rhetoric, composition, a...
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UNC Greensboro @uncg.edu · 20/04/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Paul Knapp and Dr. Heather Adams, winners of UNCG's 2026 Research Excellence Awards! 🏆 Their work exemplifies innovation and the impact of research at UNCG. 🌲✍️ www.uncg.edu/news/knapp-adams-are-u…
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Knapp & Adams are UNCG's 2026 Research Excellence Award Winners
UNCG's 2026 Research Excellence Award winners are Dr. Paul Knapp, for innovative work in biogeography and climatology, and Dr. Heather Adams, for groundbreaking scholarship in rhetoric, composition, and writing studies.
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Please join us on Reading Day in MHRA 3501. We will have journals you can use over the summer and snacks with friends! #uncgenglish
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Need an advising code to register for Fall courses? Come see us this week! #uncgenglish
English Advising for Fall 2026
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Are you interested in publishing or creative writing? Come learn about The Greensboro Review, UNCG's own magazine publishing original poetry and fiction for 60 years! #uncgenglish #mfagreensboro
Greensboro Review Meeting 23 April 12-3 MHRA 3501
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Enjoy aromatherapy, coloring pages, snacks, and many more activities on Wednesday, April 29 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in MHRA 3206. You deserve to enter your finals rested and ready. Drop in and take a self-care bag to go or stay a while and recharge! #uncgenglish
Self-Care Bar April 29 12-3 MHRA 3206
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
SO many 300 level courses to choose from! True Crime? Early Women Writers? Becoming Shakespeare? Language and Storytelling? It's all here - take a look! #uncgenglish
ENG 306ENG 332ENG 339ENG 352
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Terry L. Kennedy @terrylkennedy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Happy Pub Day to UNCG Creative Writing alum Mark Caskie! Field Notes for Extinction launches today from Grayson Books. buff.ly/s9NeZi5
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The options for Fall 2026 keep coming! Check these courses out 😎 #uncgenglish
ENG 237.01ENG 237.02ENG 240
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Stop by MHRA 3407 this week to have registration questions answered and awesome snacks 🤩 #uncgenglish
Stop by MHRA 3407 this week to have registration questions answered and awesome snacks 🤩
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Won't you please join us for our last (😢) English Club meeting of the year on Friday, April 17th? Back by popular demand, we're ending the semester with literary debate teams! And sammies & cookies, of course. @uncg_cas @uncg #uncgenglish
Won't you please join us for our last (😢) English Club meeting of the year on Friday, April 17th? Back by popular demand, we're ending the semester with literary debate teams! And sammies & cookies, of course.
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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Introducing our Keynote Speaker for the 2026 Spring Conference: Crystal Simone Smith! Crystal Simone Smith is an award-winning poet and brilliant writer—we are so excited to welcome her to our Spring Conference faculty! buff.ly/K5cokOb
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
TODAY is the day!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #uncgenglish
Hot Ones in SOE 120 from 2-4
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Whether you are looking for adventure or advocacy, game writing or rebirth, we have it covered this Fall! #uncgenglish
English 215English 223English 227English 237
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Join us this morning in MHRA 3501 and enjoy prompts from your favorite professors while you journal, connect, and recharge! #uncgenglish #UNCGWellnessTakeoverDay
Join us this morning in MHRA 3501 and enjoy prompts from your favorite professors while you journal, connect, and recharge!

Join us this morning in MHRA 3501 and enjoy prompts from your favorite professors while you journal, connect, and recharge!
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It is almost time for Wellness Takeover Day at UNCG!! Join us tomorrow in MHRA 3501 to reconnect, recharge and journal. #uncgenglish #UNCGWellnessTakeover
It is almost time for Wellness Takeover Day at UNCG!! Join us tomorrow in MHRA 3501 to reconnect, recharge and journal.
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Terry L. Kennedy @terrylkennedy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Live in the Triad? UNCG Creative Writing alum Tita Ramírez will be reading at Guilford College this Thursday, April 9th, at 6PM. The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception and book signing. buff.ly/yZ0Vz1N
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Advising continues this week and we have two more drop-in sessions on Wednesday and Friday. See you soon! #uncgenglish
Advising continues this week and we have two more drop-in sessions on Wednesday and Friday. 

See you soon!
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
From advocacy to video games, there's a course for everyone in Fall 2026. Here's a few of ours! #uncgenglish
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) is hosting our Hot Ones event, where English faculty answer your questions while eating spicy wings. You can submit questions to our faculty panel in advance by using this form: go.uncg.edu/hotones26. #uncgenglish
The English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) is hosting our Hot Ones event, where English faculty answer your questions while eating spicy wings. You can submit questions to our faculty panel in advance by using this form: go.uncg.edu/hotones26.
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UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Join us this Thursday, April 2nd, at 6PM in the UNCG Alumni House for a poetry and fiction reading by Diamond Forde and Stephanie Powell Watts. The reading is free and open to the public and will be preceded by a reception and book signing. buff.ly/ZsQBbir
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Join us on April 8 to create, connect, and recharge on Wellness Takeover Day 📖 #uncgenglish #UNCGWellnessTakeover
Join us on April 8 to create, connect, and recharge on Wellness Takeover Day 📖
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Our very own Dr. Magana Kabugi doing plenary panel on HBCU archives at the Society for the Study of Southern Literature Conference at Fisk University! #uncgenglish
Our very own Dr. Magana Kabugi doing plenary panel on HBCU archives at the Society for the Study of Southern Literature Conference at Fisk University!
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Terry L. Kennedy @terrylkennedy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Live in the Triad? UNCG Creative Writing alum Tita Ramírez will be reading at Guilford College on Thursday, April 9th at 6PM. The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception and book signing. buff.ly/yZ0Vz1N
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Advising for this week - come see us! #uncgenglish
Advising for this week - come see us!
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Celebrate the launch of the Greensboro Bound Book Festival: American Kaleidoscope with #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston. Free event. Registration required. #uncgenglish #greensborobound #uncglibraries
Celebrate the launch of the Greensboro Bound Book Festival: American Kaleidoscope with #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston.

Free event. Registration required.
April 9 at 7 pm, EUC
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Please join us as we welcome Casey McQuiston to UNCG for a Master Class on April 9th. Planning to join us? Let us know here forms.office.com/r/GxxrVc6K8h #uncgenglish #greensborobound
Please join us as we welcome Casey McQuiston to UNCG for a master Class on April 9th.  

Planning to join us? Let us know here https://forms.office.com/r/GxxrVc6K8h
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Happy Monday, Spartans! Stop by one of our drop-in sessions this week to have advising questions answered and enjoy some great snacks! #uncgenglish
This week's advising sessions for Fall 2026
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UNCG English Department @uncgenglish.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Today is the day 🎉 Advising for Fall 2026 begins today in MHRA 3407. Stop by to get your questions answered and to grab a snack! #uncgenglish
Today is the day 🎉

Advising for Fall 2026 begins today in MHRA 3407. 
Stop by to get your questions answered and to grab a snack!

#uncgenglish
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