Department of English Language and Literature

Kenneth Warren to deliver Aims of Education speech to Class of 2030

English professor will urge UChicago undergraduates to push through uncertainty of modern times

How ‘turning away’ from suffering makes us deeply human

In new book, UChicago’s Benjamin Saltzman traces the complex “gesture of aversion” through the history of art and literature

Edith Rickert: Novelist, Chaucer scholar and WWI code breaker

New biography of UChicago professor and alumna shines light on her contributions to cryptography and medieval scholarship

Lost pages reveal an alternate ending to a classic Caribbean novel

Discovery from UChicago’s Kaneesha Parsard sheds new light on “Minty Alley” by political theorist C.L.R. James

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