wiumirrorandlamp

As the heading above states, The Mirror & the Lamp is a publication operated by a team of dedicated WIU students. These…

Mirror & the Lamp asked students and faculty, what is the best book you read this year? Marjorie Allison A perhaps odd…

Second-year English graduate student Mark Brown presents his paper to the audience On March 23rd, the English Graduate Program held its second…

We are back! The 2022-2023 academic year was a year of growth and renewal for the WIU Department of English. Most of…

William “Bill” Thompson, Reference Librarian and Professor of English, retired from Western this spring. The Department gathered at the Old Bailey House…

Angeline Boulley, author of Firekeeper’s Daughter, the breakout, bestselling young adult novel, came to campus this spring as a Lola Austin Case…

Originally constructed in 1938 as the university’s lab school, Simpkins Hall is festooned with symbols appropriate to its original—and continuing— purpose, education.…

Award Winning Students Each spring, the English Department awards $20,000 in scholarships and fellowships for our graduate and undergraduate students. We are pleased…

This has been an incredible year of perseverance, persistence, and resilience for the Department of English. Our students, faculty, and staff have…