@VCUEnglish

The teaching, activities, events, and creative and literary pursuits of @VCU's Department of English. Part of @VCUCHS

 Richmond, VA
english.vcu.edu
Joined February 2019
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Thank you to the @theCT for their article on our award and @RavenLeilani's incomparable "Luster"! Read it here: commonwealthtimes.org/2021/0… @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries @VCUCHS
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VCU News Center@VCUnews12 Oct 2021
In a Q&A with @Campus_Tech, @VCUEnglish professor Gardner Campbell discusses a new VCU course he's teaching this fall on the history, trends and future of social media. campustechnology.com/Article…
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VCU English Dept.@VCUEnglish8 Oct 2021
Tues, Oct 12, at 2 Adin Lears, is presenting "How to Read Like A Creature: Language, Labor, and Hard Play in Early English Visionary Writing" for the English Faculty Forum series. All are welcome! Free event Hibbs Hall, room 308 or Zoom Registration: english.vcu.edu/news--events…
Faculty Forum Adin Lears. How to Read Like A Creature: Language, Labor, and Hard Play in Early English Visionary Writing.

ALT Faculty Forum Adin Lears. How to Read Like A Creature: Language, Labor, and Hard Play in Early English Visionary Writing.

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VCULibraries@VCULibraries27 Sep 2021
Announcing an exciting competition, open to all #VCU students! Grand prize $1,000. @VCUarts @VCUEnglish @VCUComics @theCT @HistoryVCU #VCU bit.ly/2ZpZzr5
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VCU History Dept@HistoryVCU17 Sep 2021
Join us 9/20 at 5:30: Norton's account of the long year 1774, from the Boston Tea Party in Dec 1773 to the outbreak of hostilities in April 1775, shows that the scales had been tipped in favor of independence long before Dunmore issued his proclamation. vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register…
[image: drawing of the Boston Tea Party/photo of Norton/vcu history logo] [text: Book talk: Professor Mary Beth Norton examines the sixteen months leading up to the clashes at Lexington and Concord in mid-April 1775. Monday, September 20 at 5:30 P.M. Via Zoom]

ALT [image: drawing of the Boston Tea Party/photo of Norton/vcu history logo] [text: Book talk: Professor Mary Beth Norton examines the sixteen months leading up to the clashes at Lexington and Concord in mid-April 1775. Monday, September 20 at 5:30 P.M. Via Zoom]

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VCU News Center@VCUnews13 Sep 2021
The vast majority of Americans don’t learn about Indian boarding schools growing up, but some educators — such as @VCUEnglish professor and @HRC_VCU director @StanStanciu — are working to change that. Via @nativenews_net @jennakunze. nativenewsonline.net/educati…

The vast majority of Americans don’t learn about Indian boarding schools growing up. These Native...

As the United States federal government gears up to assess the genocide it perpetuated against Native communities for nearly a century, Native leaders and academics say there is one glaring method...

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Congratulations to LEILA CHATTI (@laypay) and DELUGE, winner of the 2021 Levis Reading Prize from Virginia Commonwealth University's English Department (@VCUEnglish)! 🎉 : english.vcu.edu/mfa/levis-re…
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VCU News Center@VCUnews13 Aug 2021
.@laypay is the winner of the 2021 Levis Reading Prize for her poetry collection “Deluge.” The prize is awarded for a best first or second book of poetry and chosen by @VCUEnglish and its M.F.A. in Creative Writing program. @CopperCanyonPrs @VCUCHS news.vcu.edu/article/2021/08…
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VCU News Center@VCUnews3 Aug 2021
A new @VCUEnglish class will shed light on Indigenous boarding schools, examining the traumatic histories at the schools in the U.S. and Canada, where thousands of Native children lost connections with their cultures, languages and families. news.vcu.edu/article/2021/08…

‘A painful chapter in our nation’s history’: New class to shed light o

The course will examine the traumatic histories at the schools in the United States and Canada, where thousands of Native children lost connections with their cultures, languages and families.

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🤩 ANNOUNCING ~THE WINNER OF THE 2021 VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD 🤩... ...and the winner is... "LUSTER" by @RavenLeilani. Congrats! to the author & @fsgbooks on a beautiful, stellar, wild ride of a book. We couldn't put it down! @VCUEnglish @VCUCHS @VCULibraries @vcucns
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STAY TUNED...we'll soon be announcing this year's VCU Cabell First Novelist Award winning author! @VCUEnglish @VCUCHS @VCULibraries
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CHECK IT OUT! @TigerTorakio, Gregory Kimbrell, alum of the VCU MFA in Creative Writing Program, is currently writing Book II of the epic erasure poem, entitled 'The Book of M.' Read more at: gregorykimbrell.com/ @VCUEnglish @VCUCHS @VCULibraries
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IN HONOR OF ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER (AAPI) HERITAGE MONTH... Check out this list of 15 essential books on AAPI Identity from @NewYorkMag ~ nymag.com/strategist/article… @VCUEnglish @VCUCHS @VCULibraries @VCUOMSA
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🤩 ANNOUNCING...THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD'S ~ 2021 'TOP-10' SHORT LIST 🤩 For more details visit us at firstnovelist.vcu.edu @VCUEnglish @VCUCHS @VCULibraries
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CONGRATS! to Ty Phelps, second-year fiction student in VCU's MFA program, for being selected to attend the March '21 Futurescapes Workshop in speculative fiction. Way to go, Ty! To learn more visit: futurescapes.ink/ @VCUEnglish @VCUCHS @VCULibraries
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This Wednesday! "Why Are There Several Arts and Not Just One?" April 28 | 12PM This MATX webinar features Michael North, literary critic and a professor in the department of English at UCLA vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register… #VCUCHS #VCUMATX
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🎉CONGRATS!🎉 to Vincent Chavez, third-year fiction student in VCU's MFA program, for being selected to attend The Summer 2021 Macondo Workshop! Way to go, @VTchavez! To learn more follow @MacondoWriters @VCUEnglish @VCUCHS @VCULibraries
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Christopher Martiniano@cr1ck3tz7 Apr 2021
Imagine a future where, in the words of [WEB] Du Bois, all are judged “by their souls and not by their skins.” –Grace Gipson, Ph.D., editor of "Imagining Black Futures in Richmond." Seeking proposals. @studentpowervcu @VCU @VCU_FI @VCUEnglish @UC_VCU news.vcu.edu/article/VCU_Pub…
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🤩CHECK IT OUT! ANNOUNCING THE 2021 VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD's TOP-20 LONG LIST🤩 . Full details at: firstnovelist.vcu.edu . @VCUEnglish @VCUCHS @VCULibraries
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VCU English Dept.@VCUEnglish30 Mar 2021
Our MFA Alumni Spotlight reading is Thurs, April 1, at 7 p.m. EST. FEAT. Rachel Beanland, Brian Castleberry, Laura Davenport, Tarfia Faizullah, and Rose Szabo VIRTUAL | FREE | OPEN TO ALL | REGISTRATION REQUIRED vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register…
MFA Alumni Reading on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Rachel Beanland. Brian Castleberry. Laura Davenport. Tarfia Faizullah, Rose Szabo.

ALT MFA Alumni Reading on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Rachel Beanland. Brian Castleberry. Laura Davenport. Tarfia Faizullah, Rose Szabo.

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