Juneteenth's history serves as a warning of white backlash
Juneteenth—June 19, 1865— marks the day when the last collective of enslaved people heard the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, TX, a full two years after Abraham Lincoln delivered it.
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Department of English Announces Student Award Winners
Online cultural critic wins 2018-19 Nathan Award
Soraya Nadia McDonald, cultural critic for The Undefeated, a website that explores the intersection of race, sports and culture, has been named winner of the 2019-20 Geor
Susan Choi, MFA ’95, wins National Book Award
Celebrated author Susan Choi, MFA ’95, an alumna of Cornell’s Creative Writing Program, has won the National Book Award for fiction for her fifth novel, “Trust Exercise.”
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A Statement from the Department of English
We, the faculty and staff of the Cornell 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 English Faculty
Department faculty continually publish important works of criticism, fiction, poetry, and essays. Visit English Faculty: Recent Books to learn more.
English Event Videos:
- Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading Featuring Joanie Mackowski
- The Paul Gottschalk Memorial Lecture by Richard Rambuss
- MorganFest: A Conversation with Robert Morgan
- MorganFest Reading
Click here to browse the archive of English Department events.