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Congratulations to Allison Hutchcraft on her wonderful new book of poetry, Swale. The poems, writes Marianne Boruch, “are about human time and love and loss through brilliant observations about the natural world.” Her poems bring together images from the natural world, some living some extinct, as well as remarkable seascapes and landscapes that turn our […]

Poets Chris Davis and Allison Hutchcraft will be reading and discussing their work on “Charlotte Readers Podcast” hosted by Landis Wade. Charis and Allison will read and talk about their award-winning work, and respond to questions that offer depth and insight into the readings. The podcast audio releases on The Charlotte Readers website, CM Library’s […]

Congratulations to Sophie Yates, UNC Charlotte’s recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for the Category of Humanities and Fine Arts. Sophie’s thesis, “Queer Desire and Narrative Fiction in the Works of Coleette, Renée Vivien, and Natalie Barney,” is a stunning work of scholarship that explores how these significant writers drew on their experiences […]

Dr. John R. McNair, professor emeritus in the Department of English at UNC Charlotte, died on November 3, 2020, in Wilmington, North Carolina, as a result of unexpected complications following a medical procedure. He is survived by his sons, John McNair, Jr. and Michael McNair, and his daughter-in-law, Andrea McNair. Dr. McNair was born on […]

The 2020 U.S. presidential election results are dominating the national conversation. What can be learned from the animal kingdom about how animal societies make decisions and resolve conflict? College of Liberal Arts & Sciences researchers Alan Rauch, English; Stanley Schneider, Biological Sciences; and Lydia Light, Anthropology, offer their insights. Rauch earned degrees in zoology and […]

Professor Aaron Gwyn’s new novel. All God’s Children, has just been publish by Europa Editions. The novel is an historical epic that spans thirty years in the lives of three people – an illiterate frontiersman, a runaway teenage slave, and a gay young man fleeing scandal. All of the characters are searching for the kind […]

Congratulations to Dr. Lara Vetter, who has led the Department’s Graduate program with tireless energy and a spirit of integrity and progress, for being the recipient of the 2020 Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award. Vetter has sustained and elevated our graduate degree to one of the premier MA programs on campus. She has been instrumental […]

Lexi Reed, soon to graduate from English program, has been admitted into the prestigious Young Adult writing program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT. She will be working with Nova Ren Suma, author of Imaginary Girls (2011), The Walls Around Us (2015), and A Room Away from the Wolves (2018). Congratulations […]

Professor Lewis, named one of Charlotte’s 40 under 40, is featured in the most recent issue of Inside UNC Charlotte, take a look. Janaka Lewis – Literacy & Leadership for Girls and Women

The Department of English mourns the loss of Professor Emerita Mary T. Harper who was instrumental in developing African-American Studies in the department and across the university. Her energy, determination, and work eventually resulted in the Harvey Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture. For more infor mation about Prof. Harper visit here.