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Congratulations to Dr. Liz Miller on the publication of her new book, which she co-wrote with Juyoung Song.  Titled Language Teacher Emotions, the book was published by Cambridge University Press in its Elements in Language Teaching series. More information about the book can be found here. 

The English Department is happy to announce that Professor Bryn Chancellor has been selected as the inaugural Fiction Writer in Residence for Charlotte Lit’s new Writers in Residence program. Launching in the fall of 2025-26 with support from the Cowan Slavin Foundation, the program will feature three residents working one-on-one with writers in the community […]

Congratulations to Dr. Lara Vetter for editing a collection of short fiction by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle).  Titled The Usual Star & The Moment: Stories, the collection was published by the University Press of Florida.  Here is more information about the book:  https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813079394

Congratulations to Dr. West on the publication of his 25th book! It’s an edited collection titled Once Upon a Toy:  Essays on the Interplay Between Stories and Playthings. UNC Charlotte’s English Department is well represented in the book.  In addition to Dr. West’s essay on “The Winnie-the-Pooh Toys and Their Immigration to America,” the collection includes two other […]

Congratulations to Juan Meneses, editor of Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination, a collection of essays that investigates the erosion of meaningful political action in today’s world. The essays in this volume explore how the aesthetic imagination can play a crucial role in reenvisioning key political elements such as governance, agency, rights, and responsibility. Through analyses […]

Congratulations to Aaron on the publication of The Cannibal Owl. A novella drifting through the broken plains of 1820s Texas, Aaron Gwyn’s latest venture into the American frontier tells a riveting coming-of-age story. Read more information about the book here: https://bellepointpress.com/products/the-cannibal-owl

Congratulations to Maya on the publication of The Documented Child: Migration, Personhood, and Citizenship in Twenty-First-Century U.S. Latinx Children’s Literature. More information about the book here: https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/the-documented-child

This week, the country is remembering former President Jimmy Carter, who died just over a week ago at age 100. President Biden has declared Thursday to be a national day of mourning as the state funeral for Carter is held in Washington, D.C. He also leaves behind a rich literary legacy having written more than […]

UNC Charlotte Prof. Bryn Chancellor is teaching a class on T 10/29 at Charlotte Lit (@charlottelit). There are a few seats left!  The course draws from East Asian garden design, in particular the technique of shakkei—“borrowed scenery” or “borrowed landscape,” which embraces features beyond a bordered space and makes them essential to the view; this […]

The English Department is happy to announce that Pilar’s new book Influencer Discourse: Affective relations and identities has just been published. Co-edited with Alexandra Georgakopoulou (King’s College), this very timely volume of essays includes a lengthy introduction written by the editors and a chapter by Pilar focusing on Hilaria Baldwin, who was canceled amid accusations of cultural […]