Department of English Language and Literature

UChicago students engage their senses outside the classroom

Undergraduates create art by listening, touching, tasting and smelling our impact on the environment

UChicago writer Ling Ma receives 2024 MacArthur Fellowship

Award-winning author of ‘Severance’ and ‘Bliss Montage’ recognized for storytelling that reveals the surrealism of our reality

Robyn Schiff’s epic poem ‘Information Desk’ draws critical acclaim

UChicago poet wins Four Quartets Prize—the latest award for work inspired by her time at the Met in New York

UChicago scholar wins National Book Critics Circle Award

As praise mounts,‘Deadpan’ author Asst. Prof. Tina Post hopes to push interpretations of Black expression

UChicago scholar receives ASAP Best Book Prize for 'Deadpan'

Asst. Prof. Tina Post explores expressionlessness, aesthetics and emotional withholding in Black culture

The haunting power of Edgar Allan Poe

UChicago course explores work of writer beyond his greatest hits

A world of poetry

Professor in English and lit department, editor of book series for UChicago Press talks about writing, which poems have attached themselves to him

Experimental UChicago course compares Maya, European stories of creation

Students, professors create energetic dialog between “Popol Vuh” and “Paradise Lost”

UChicago writer’s second book wins 3 significant awards

Ling Ma ‘quietly tackles the big questions of our day’ in her collection of short stories, ‘Bliss Montage’