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Photos: UMKC MFA Students Read at Kick Comedy Theater
Last Sunday, Feb. 28, UMKC MFA students Sabrina Veroczi, Jermaine Thompson, Ian Swalwell, Anders Carlson, Andrew Reeves, and Mariah Marsden read their fiction and poetry at the Kick Comedy Theater in...
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Cine Shakespeare Series to Feature Richard III
Hollywood has adapted, sampled, and stolen from William Shakespeare for more than a century — seeing his works as a source of prestige as soon as the commercial possibilities of narrative movies were...
View ArticleUMKC English Professor Receives Research Award
UMKC English professor Dr. Joan Dean has been awarded the 2016 N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity. This is a prestigious campus award that celebrates the most...
View ArticleUMKC IPhD Student Honored with Superior Teaching Award
UMKC IPhD student Ande Davis (English/Humanities Consortium) has been awarded the 2015-2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant Superior Teaching Award. This is a tremendous honor and speaks to the hard work...
View ArticleUMKC MFA Student Receives Financial Award for Research in Ozarks
UMKC MFA student Rhonda Cooksey received a financial award from the Women’s Council Immediate Aid Assistance fund to do ethnographic research on Ozark folklore narratives for a research paper titled...
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UMKC English Professor Celebrates New Publications
UMKC English professor Dr. Norma Cantú has published two books in 2016: Entre Malinche y Guadalupe: Tejanas in Literature and Art. Co-edited with Inés Hernández Ávila, University of Texas Press The...
View ArticleEnglish HCSP Writing Contest Winners Announced
Congratulations to the English High School/ College Partnership (HCSP) Essay Contest winners for 2016! The winners and their teachers’ names are listed below. Special thanks also goes to our screeners...
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English Undergrads Gain Recognition at Research Symposium
At the 16th Annual Symposium of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship, UMKC English undergraduate Rachel Hoffman was awarded the Arts & Humanities Presentation of Distinction for her...
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Michelle Boisseau, UMKC Alums to Read at Writers Place
On Friday, May 13 at the Writers Place (3607 Pennsylvania), UMKC English professor Michelle Boisseau is reading with UMKC alum Chun Ye at 8 p.m. Boisseau is celebrating the release of her fifth book,...
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Grad Student Describes Life as an Intern at UMKC’s ‘New Letters’
Each semester, New Letters, UMKC’s literary journal, offers internships to students that provide hands-on publishing experience, including publication management, copy editing, manuscript evaluation,...
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