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Nafissa Thompson-Spires to Be Published in Ploughshares

“The Old Doctor’s Story, or The Haunting of Mill Creek Medical Facility” by Nafissa Thompson-Spires will be published in the 50th Anniversary Issue of Ploughshares this summer.

The Passion of the Taxidermist: On Betina González’s “American Delirium”

An article by Molly MacVeagh, a doctoral student in English language and literature, has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

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New Kiswahili science fiction award charts a path for African languages

The Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature founders Mukoma Wa Ngugi and Lizzy Attree speak about African language literature and publishing, and introduce the Nyabola prize.

July Fourth and early Black Americans: It’s complicated

Black people in early America used July Fourth to argue that they should be freed from enslavement and had as much right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as white people.

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SEP 09Carissa Harris, Nahir Otaño Gracia, Mary Dockray-Miller Carissa Harris, "Anger and Justice: The Rhetoric of Rage in Medieval Texts and Black Women’s Protest Movements" ...

SEP 16Trans-Generational A Dialogue on the Evolving Meanin... ...

SEP 23The Robert Chasen Memorial Poetry Reading by Ada Limón The Fall 2021 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series premieres with a reading by poet Ada Limón. ...

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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.