Best Books of the Year 2023-2024
Mirror & the Lamp asked students and faculty, what is the best book you read this year? Marjorie Allison A perhaps odd choice for me, but David Joy’s When These Mountains Burn. It… Continue reading
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The English Graduate Colloquium Is Back
On March 23rd, the English Graduate Program held its second colloquium since covid, and this one sees the event growing again! Meeting in person again made this a very special event, as once… Continue reading
Proust Questionnaire —Ashley Beardsley
Ashley Beardsley is the University Writing Center Director, and a scholar of Writing Studies, Cultural Studies, and Food Studies. If you are lucky enough to attend one of the department events when she… Continue reading
Letter from the Chair
We are back! The 2022-2023 academic year was a year of growth and renewal for the WIU Department of English. Most of our classes were back to face-to-face, but we kept plenty of… Continue reading
Bill Thompson Retires
William “Bill” Thompson, Reference Librarian and Professor of English, retired from Western this spring. The Department gathered at the Old Bailey House with friends from across the university to celebrate Bill’s remarkable career… Continue reading
Author Angeline Boulley Reads on Campus
Angeline Boulley, author of Firekeeper’s Daughter, the breakout, bestselling young adult novel, came to campus this spring as a Lola Austin Case Writer-in-Residence. Boulley met with students and faculty, talked about the craft… Continue reading
Ways of Seeing Simpkins Hall
Originally constructed in 1938 as the university’s lab school, Simpkins Hall is festooned with symbols appropriate to its original—and continuing— purpose, education. Here we see two symmetrical bas reliefs of flowers and fruit,… Continue reading
2021-2022 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Award Winning Students Each spring, the English Department awards $20,000 in scholarships and fellowships for our graduate and undergraduate students. We are pleased to announce the following students were awarded English scholarships this spring… Continue reading
A LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
This has been an incredible year of perseverance, persistence, and resilience for the Department of English. Our students, faculty, and staff have dealt with the unprecedented demands of the Covid-19 pandemic, recruited exceptionally… Continue reading
Tribal School Initiative Student Teacher Adrienne Tinsley
English Education student Adrienne Tinsley completed her student teaching as the first Tribal School Initiative student teacher. Here she is talking about her experience!