The 2019 EGO committee with keynote speaker Dr. Ariana Ruiz at the 16th Annual EGO/ΣΤΔ conference Award Winning Students Each spring, the English Department awards $20,000 in scholarships and fellowships for our graduate… Continue reading
In January the University Writing Center (UWC) added asynchronous (e-tutoring) appointments to complement its face-to-face and online (real-time) appointment options. Little did we know how crucial those alternative options would be in the… Continue reading
I have always found something special about the first line of a work of literature – especially when it comes to novels. Whenever I begin a new book, I stop after the first… Continue reading
Timothy Helwig is a Professor in the Department of English at Western Illinois University. He specializes in nineteenth-century American literature and antebellum print culture, with an emphasis on working-class identity and cross-racial… Continue reading
