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English Department

English Department

English Department
Spring 2024 Holder Lecture to address how to argue differently

Barry M. Kroll, PhD, professor emeritus from Lehigh University, will speak about “Learning to Argue Differently” when he delivers the annual Holder Lecture on Thursday, April 25.

Event location
Callen Conference Center
Event date(s)
English Department
Celebrating African American literature
Old Main 1971
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On June 19, 1863, Union Army general Gordon Granger proclaimed freedom for enslaved people in Texas under President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, General Order No. 3.  Texas was the last Confederate state with institutional slavery. Today, we celebrate the 157th anniversary of the last African American slaves being freed.

English Department
Spring Writers Series Features Poets
Poet Brenda Shaughnessy will read at the Spring Visiting Writers Series
Poet and essayist Brian Blanchfield will read at the Spring Visiting Writers Series
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Poet Brenda Shaughnessy, associate professor of English and creative writing at Rutgers University-Newark, will give a reading on Thursday, March 30. Poet and essayist Brian Blanchfield, visiting faculty at The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will give a reading on Thursday, April 13.