English Department

Union's creative writing students and faculty continue to impress with their recent publications in many genres. Consider enrolling in Union's Creative Writing minor hosted by the English department with contributions from Film Studies and Theater.

Students:

Nevaeh Williams '28, a student in the fall term EGL295: Creative Nonfiction Workshop with Shena McAuliffe, had an essay accepted for publication in The Oakland Arts Review, an undergraduate literary journal at Oakland University in Michigan. It will be published in their spring 2026 issue.

During spring 2025, Patrick Mulready '25 placed a story from his honors thesis, "The Work Capacity of Young Adults" in Short Vine Literary Journal (U Cincinnati), Spring 2025, pp. 27-33. Naomi Nayor '28 placed a poem drafted in EGL 110: The Poetic Process workshop with Jordan Smith entitled "-9" in Oakland Arts Review, Spring 2025, p. 29. Benjamin Stern '26 wrote an original one-act play in ATH 320: Playwriting, "The Trees Have Names Too," which won the Judith Barlow Prize.

Faculty:

Professor Jordan Smith published a guest editorial essay, "Listening" in Live Encounters' Nov-Dec 2025 issue; a poem, "Parts of the Same Project" in Vox Populi, September, 2025 and "No Expectations" and "The Great Uncertainty," also in Live Encounters, September 2025.

Professor Bunkong Tuon, who teaches English, Africana , American, and Asian studies, and is the winner of a 2024 Pushcart prize and Union's 2025 Stillman Prize for Faculty Excellence in research, has published another Pushcart-nominated poem, "Eating Donuts with My Son at Dunkin'" as well as "My Neighbor's Plea to his Children" at Collateral, where you can both read and listen to Prof. Tuon read the poems.

See you in a writing workshop soon!