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Fall 2026 English Courses Offered

2026 -- 27 English Course Highlights

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Professor Amy (Ayotte-) Juarez published a public-facing, freely-available, peer-reviewed online essay in "The So What" portion of Arthuriana: the Journal of Arthurian Studies. It derives from her courses about medieval representation in contemporary media. Enjoy "Chappell, Chaucer, and the Structural Instability of Fame." The So What 5 (June 2026), https://www.arthuriana.com/tsw/chappell-chaucer-and-the-structural-instability-of-fame.

Professor Shena McAuliffe published a short essay "Tiny Hairs," in Hayden's Ferry Review, 78 (2026).

Professor Jillmarie Murphy's four-volume book project Women and the Environment in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1775–1925 was published by Routledge on April 30, 2026, see news.

Nick Soluri '20 published "At the Punk Bar in Asheville" in Four Way Review, vol. 35, Apr. 20, 2026.

Other current publications include:

Faculty:

Professor Bunkong Tuon published "Chanda Says; and Dropping off Chanda at Nursery School," Research and Reflections on Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, ed. Wayne Wright, et. al., Purdue UP, 2026 (print); "My Friend Said" and "Emergency" in Meat for Tea, 20.1, Spring 2026 (print).

Professor Jordan Smith published an essay, "Liberty," and two poems, "In the Pines" and "Threadbare" in Live Encounters, February, 2026. On Feb. 7, the poem "Tattoo" appeared in Vox Populi.

Professor Claire Bracken, published “Read a Dirty Book: James Joyce, Samuel Steward and the Orientations of Literary Rebellion,” with Laurel Harris and Marissa Stinson, in Modernism/Modernity, Nov. 2025.

Current creative writers --

Naomi Nayor '28 currently has a poem called "The Rocking Chair is Still" in Green Street Review, May 4, 2026 and published a poem entitled "-9" in Oakland Arts Review, vol. 10, Spring 2025, p. 29.

Nevaeh Williams '28, a student in EGL295: Creative Nonfiction Workshop, had an essay accepted for publication in The Oakland Arts Review, an undergraduate literary journal at Oakland University in Michigan. It appears in Vol. 11, their spring 2026 issue.

Alumni --

Matt Futterman '91, sports journalist, publishes THE CRUELEST GAME: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis with Penguin Random House on Aug. 4, 2026 (may be pre-ordered).

Joanna Doxey '03, professor of creative writing at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, published the poetry collection Unfruitful, with Middle Creek Publishing, March 2026.

Jamaluddin Aram '17's essay collection, The Blood of Things: A Love Letter to Afghanistan will be published by McClelland & Stewart (Canada) Sept. 15, 2026 (may be pre-ordered). Aram's prize-winning debut novel is Nothing Good Happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday (Scribner-Canada, 2023).

Aja Schiller '25 has a short story, "Pigs," available as a chapbook from Bottlecap Press, CA, 2026.

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