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Jose Montoya by Ella Maria Diaz book cover

Diaz’s book, José Montoya, named Gold medal winner

Dr. Ella Maria Diaz’s second book, José Montoya, was named a Gold Medal winner in two categories in The 23rd International Latino Book Awards: Best Biography (English) and Best Arts Book.

Weiss teaching awards honor Jane Juffer

Ten faculty members have been selected to receive Stephen H. Weiss Awards honoring excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring, President Martha E. Pollack announced Oct. 18.

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Department of Literatures in English announces 2021 Freund Prize recipients

Julie Phillips Brown (MFA '08, PhD '11), Lena Nguyen (MFA '16), Michael Prior (MFA '17), and Renia White (MFA '16) are the 2021 recipients of the Philip Freund Prize for Creative Writing.

Book explores connections of Alaska’s Native and Asian peoples

As an Asian American growing up in Alaska, Juliana Hu Pegues was often told stories of Asian immigrants, by family and friends, even teachers, that never made it into the history books about her home state.

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OCT 26Writing Beyond the Academy The Society for the Humanities presents a freelance criticism workshop for Cornell graduate students ...

OCT 26The A.R. Ammons Creative Writing Salon at Cornell Un... The A.R. Ammons Creative Writing Salon at Cornell University ...

OCT 27Phi Beta Kappa Distinguished Lecture Series "Biography and the Challenge of Writing Contentious Histories" by Professor Sandra E. Greene

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Land Acknowledgment

Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' people, past and present, to these lands and waters.

This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' leadership.

Statement from the Department of Literatures in English

We, the faculty and staff of the Cornell Literatures in English department, pledge to support and do our utmost to protect members of our community who are discriminated against, unjustly treated, or otherwise targeted because of race, religion, gender identification, sexuality, immigration status, ability, and other forms of difference.

Recognizing that words and symbols can be manipulated into violence, we renew our commitment to direct the force of language toward large and small acts of learning, alliance, imagination, and justice.

Recent Books by Department of Literatures in English Faculty

Department faculty continually publish important works of criticism, fiction, poetry, and essays. Visit Literatures in English Faculty: Recent Books to learn more.