“Who cares if I fold up at my desk 
a heap of angry sorrow. Not any candidate
no ambassador. Sign a petition? Email some senators?
I make nothing happen.”

These are most precarious times.

COVID-19 has turned our lives upside down. Almost everything we know has changed in a matter of weeks, including how we interact with others.

Parents need strong social support because poor parenting not only damages children, but also leads to negative consequences for the larger community, according to a panel of experts who spoke at a

Editor's note: To stave off the stay-at-home blues, Devoney Looser is also participating with other scholars and Janeites (including ASU alumna Amanda Prahl) in VirtualJaneCon, a free, on

The health of the Sun Devil community is a top priority at ASU.

The ASU Health Services website is Arizon

Three Department of English faculty members are celebrating the launch of recent work in several kinds of media.

Artistic expression has always been a catalyst for discussion in society.

Many prominent American writers of the last 50 years — including Alice Walker, Spalding Gray, Maxine Hong Kingston, Louise Erdrich, Tobias Wolff and Sandra Cisneros — have one noticeable career mil

In Aristotle’s groundbreaking critical theory composition “Poetics,” comedy is one of several forms of literature.

Three women, three countries and hundreds of letters spanning five decades.

Three Department of English faculty members are celebrating recent and forthcoming books and journals spanning a range of interests.

A stretch of the imagination is needed when picturing Jane Austen.

As the new year approaches, it's time for a look back at some of the notable Arizona State stories of the past decade.

But first, two caveats.

Many children in the U.S. grow up hearing holiday stories of Santa Claus bounding through the skies with a fleet of reindeer and a bundle full of presents.

On Dec.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commenc

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2019 commenc

On November 19, 2019, we celebrated the winners of our annual H

Four Department of English faculty members are celebrating new and forthcoming books and journals that showcase a wide array of research and creativity.

As long as there have been people, there have been stories. We tell stories to convey knowledge, to entertain  and to explain that which we do not understand.

For Superior Court Judge Michael Convey, leaving his native Chicago to attend college at Arizona State University started off as a chance to see a new part of the country.

African American actress Regina King is the star in an HBO adaptation of D.C.’s “The Watchmen,” premiering Oct.

If you’re Italian, you don’t miss Mama’s “red lead” on Sunday night.

Sometimes the best conversations are the ones where all we do is listen. And when it comes to communing with the environment, there’s a lot that can be learned.

Representation and inclusivity in modern American fiction are essential components of honest, accurate writing, novelist Jess Row told a crowd of faculty, staff and students at Arizona State

Witches, pagans and polytheists: They’re not seance-holding weirdos, tree-worshipping nudists or Stonehenge-dancing hippies.

We don't often think about medieval and Renaissance culture.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the largest and most diverse academic unit at Arizona State University.

Four Department of English faculty members are celebrating the publication of important original research.

Artificial intelligence algorithms have become pervasive in daily life, but should they? And what are the drawbacks and advantages of using machine learning?

Editor's note: July 3 marked the start of "the dog days of summer," the most sweltering days of the year.

There’s a scene in Season 1, Episode 2 of FX’s acclaimed series "Pose" that chronicles the ballroom culture of New York City in the late '80s and early '90s, wherein one of the main characters, Bla

We all know the meaning of that blue decal with a stick figure person that hangs from rearview mirrors. What we probably don’t know is how to refer to the person it depicts.

Congratulations to 2018-2019 grads and award-winners in the Department of English!

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring

ASU English faculty, staff, students and alumni made waves on the local, state, and national scenes during National Poetry month 2019.

Each spring, high school students across the U.S. declare their college decisions, a first major step in carving their future path, and it deserves celebration.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement.

Among the uninitiated, Phoenix might conjure less-than-savory thoughts of suburban sprawl, ecological challenges or a dearth of history.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commen

During the spring convocation ceremonies on May 7, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will honor its best and brightest undergraduates from the social sciences, na

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commen

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commen

Arizona State University alumnus Dan Shilling considers himself a good example of somebody whose life was changed by the humanities.

Michele Clark studies invasive plant species, and her research could help save people from being attacked by tigers in a forest in Nepal.

The Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Arizona State University welcomes Eric H. Holder Jr.

Some 1.7 billion people are speaking or learning English around the world today, a number expec

In front of a sold-out crowd of 800 community leaders, business executives and ASU alumni on March 20, the 2019 Founders’ Day celebrated the founding of the institution by honoring ASU alumni

If you’ve returned from spring break in a panic because you haven’t yet made your fall 2019 class selections, we can help.

Shiv Shah is a scientist first and foremost.

The final Open Door event introduced visitors to everything from rescue robots to healthy eating. 

The latest exhibit at ASU Gammage will feature the works from photographer Jim Bochenek.

In the midst of increasing chaos caused by climate change, from devastating hurricanes to deadly polar vortexes, the literary genre of climate fiction offers stories that capture our anxieties, bro

Three Department of English faculty members are celebrating the recent and/or imminent release of books.

As a global studies and linguistics double major, senior Karina Alonso has grown accustomed to learning about the world through her classes, her textbooks and her professors at Arizona State Univer

Talking, listening and connecting: They’re the three pillars of Arizona State University’s Project Humanities, and there were plenty of each to be fo

For many years, there existed among scholars of the medieval and Renaissance periods the old chestnut that those were the times before the concept of race existed.

For Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th and current Dalai Lama, his love of science began in childhood. Curious to know what made a mechanical watch tick, he took it apart and put it back together again.

With entire social media handles dedicated to the genre, today’s epic stories of animal connections enjoy an easy ride to internet fame.

Everyone has a story, and everyone has the voice to tell it.

On Tuesday, Dec.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2018 commencement. 

In recent years, talk of border security, child separation, caravans of migrants and building — or not building — “the wall” has dominated U.S. headlines.

Forget everything you thought you knew about drag. 

On November 1, 2018, we honored the winners of our annual Homec

Matt Bell knows the importance of a sense of place.

You may think of Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck as the lovable cartoon characters you grew up watching in Sunday morning cartoons.

“And so it stays just on the edge of vision,/ A small unfocused blur, a standing chill/ That slows each impulse down to indecision./ Most things may never happen: this one will.”

Female action heroes. Everyman poet-musicians. Fake news. Publishing YA lit. Saving the planet. Writing theft. A history of English.

Monsters exist across time and culture, from the infamous Count Dracula to the more obscure Filipina vampire creature, the Manananggal, who is said to sprout giant bat wings and fly through the nig

Single-use plastics — such as cups with straws, takeout containers and water bottles — are so common in our culture of convenience that we often don’t give them a second thought.

"You're going to need a bigger boat."

"We're not in Kansas anymore."

"I'll have what she's having."

"Go ahead, make my day."

For the seventh year, the ASU English Department is recognizing a hard-working staff writer at Arizona State University who deserves public recognition with its 2018 ASU "Behind-the-Scenes Writer o

The excitement in Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos’ voice when he tells a crowd of people gathered at a recent Changing Hands Bookstore event in Phoenix that he will soon become a gr

This fall, the Department of English at Arizona State University is getting another upgrade, and this time it’s personal. Rather, personnel.

"True awareness of mortality, when it comes, is a permanent revolution...."

Editor's note: Explicit verbal permission was given by Louise Wilson to publish photos depicting the Gitksan language.

Arizona State University played a major role in the first-ever Summit on the Research and Teaching of Young Adult Litera

The new issue of Accents on English, the Department of English at Arizona State University's annual newsletter, is now liv

Getting a bunch of high school students to show up for a poetry reading on a Friday afternoon in the summer is quite a feat.

Most of us hope that our confessional emails to friends won’t wind up on the internet.

Innovation at Arizona State University often comes in the form of research, business ideas and technology.

Congratulations to 2017-2018 grads and award-winners in the Department of English!

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement. 

ASU doctoral and MFA students in humanities disciplines were invited to compete in a Connected Academics Pitching Contest

Three Department of English faculty members and one alumna announce recent and forthcoming books of French poetry in translation, a Kindle version of Alcatraz island fiction, and pedagogy for teach

During the spring 2018 convocation ceremonies on May 8, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will honor their best and brightest undergraduates from the social scien

On April 3, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Congratulations to five faculty members in the ASU Department of English, whose volumes on animal studies, writing research, poems of the dead, and international student writing have been released

On March 13, English professor James Blasingame received an ASU Pat Tillman Veterans Center

Humanities studies and baseball? It’s not exactly an obvious pairing.

For historian Yasmin Saikia, Women's History Month is an opportunity to recognize all women, in addition to trailblazing historical figures.

Three Department of English faculty announce recent and forthcoming books centering on medieval optical science, Eastern European immigration, and verb meaning in English.

U.S. presidents have been political game-changers, prolific writers and social-policy pioneers. But did you know about the speeding and the cheerleading? 

Valentine’s Day can bring visions of roses and flowery language — or at least the Hallmark-card version. But poetry did not always serve the romantically minded.

This issue of Writing Notes, ASU Writing Programs' newsletter, features stories and notes about our new space.

Update: Venita Blackburn was named a finalist for the PEN America Literary Awards on Jan.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights icon, a beacon of light during a dark time in American history, and a defender of the poor, downtrodden and underrepresented.

ASU English faculty celebrate recent and forthcoming book publications on topics from gender and sexual politics to existential poetry to sixteenth-century court literature.

Three ASU English faculty members and an alum announce recent and forthcoming book publications.

On Tuesday, Dec.12, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will recognize its highest achieving students from the social sciences, n

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2017 commencement.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2017 commencement.

Once sworn to secrecy about their cryptic contributions to U.S. military battle, some former hidden heroes are now decoding the details of their efforts for historical posterity.

Thanksgiving brings us closer together, but our conversations across generations in a family can sometimes drive us farther apart.

Big questions about the nature of time and space and how they relate to mankind and the Earth have confounded some of the greatest minds since humans were capable of complex thought.

The 2016 election left many communities looking for better ways to communicate with one another, an issue that Arizona State University is working to improve for students on and off campus. 

Editor's note: This story is being highlighted in ASU Now's year in review.

Hacking can imply something negative: your identity stolen, your bank account emptied. Can it go the other way?

As an out-of-state, incoming first-year student to Arizona State University, Angelica Berner decided to attend an Early Start program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

At the beginning of the year, Arizona State University publicly launched

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles of fall 2017 incoming ASU students.

Arizona State University’s Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing has appointed Regents’ Professor and Arizona’s inaugural poet laureate Alberto Ríos as the new director of the center. 

In pursuit of a career that embodied her appreciation for language, Arizona State University alumna Elizabeth Meadows became a speech-language pathologist at Kino Junior High School.

Arizona State University alumnus Matt Shindell found a way to bring all his interests together in a career many would rank high on their list of dream jobs: curating a collection at the Smithsonian

Arizona State University’s Department of English is feeling a little pride in the name of Alberto Rios: the Regents' Professor's work is part of U2’s Joshua Tree Tour 2017.

The way Alberto Rios tells it, it’s like it was fated to happen: He was going to lead a public art project to celebrate South Phoenix, but he didn’t know how until “it occurred to me that we could

Hey ASU undergrads: is the class you wanted already full? Bored by your initial scan of course offerings? Here’s your chance!

Summer means graduation, vacations and — perhaps, most of all — blockbuster films.

On Wednesday, April 26, recipients of the 55th annual Gle

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2017 commencement.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2017 commencement.

Celebrity chef Nephi Craig, who made a guest appearance

Sha Xin Wei, the director of the School of Arts, Media and Engineering, will give a keynote speech at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (S

Updated: May 9, 2017

Horseback riding instructor by day and an author by night, Arizona State University alumna Brooke S. Passey has followed her bliss to find success and accomplish her dreams.

Who says studying English isn’t fun and games?

Women in recent generations have made remarkable progress in academia and the workforce — but there’s a lot left to do.

Linda Hogan (Chickasaw), a prominent poet, novelist, essayist and environmentalist, is the featured speaker in ASU’s Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Communi

A breakthrough is on the horizon for doctoral students and the dissertation process at Arizona State University.

In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, several ASU English professors reflect on women who have made history.

Arizona State University has hit upon a new solution to help Native American men and boys overcome the host of obstacles that block the path to socioeconomic success for so many: Get outside the cl

For five evenings over the course of February, the public was invited onto Arizona State University's campuses for Night of the Open Door to see what each ha

In anticipation of National Poetry Month in April, Arizona Poet Laureate and Regents' Professor Alberto Ríos and ASU Now photographers Charlie Leight and Deanna Dent are collaborating to create a "

Following the resignation of founding artistic director Jewell Parker Rhodes earlier this year, the Virginia G.

An award-winning professor in counseling and psychology, an international expert in linguistics, and a renowned authority in geographical sciences and urban planning have been named the Outstanding

Searching for new ideas and unique experiences with the family in 2017?

Zoila Bardales Harris, a junior in ASU's W.P.

“Writing, in particular, is a very strong conduit for compassion, empathy and human connection,” said Jake Friedman, coordinator for ASU’s Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.

Three more Department of English faculty are celebrating the recent and forthcoming releases of their newest books and journals.

Indigenous arts collective Postcommodity — whose members include two Arizona State University alumni — has been selected to participate in the

During the fall 2016 convocation ceremony on December 13, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will honor their best and brightest undergraduates from the social sci

On Tuesday, Dec.

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2016 commencement.

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles for fall 2016 commencement.

Hayden Library, which sits at the center of ASU’s Tempe campus, is the most visited library facility at Arizona State University, receiving more than 1.5 million visitors each year.

Leonard Cohen was never supposed to be a huge star. He was a failed poet and novelist before he tried his hand at songrwiting.

Each year, the Department of English CARE committee partners with St. Vincent de Paul to "adopt"

The ASU English Education Program has garnered several awards from the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALA

Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s winning the Nobel Prize in Literature has many in the literary community up in arms, and the genre-defying Dylan himself remains mum on whether he’ll accept.

How do you break down cultural stereotypes? For two groups in the U.S. and Pakistan, it was through storytelling.

In many ways, the intersection of 48th Street and Thomas Road in Phoenix is unremarkable.

Arizona State Univeristy's Institute for Humanities Research has appointed Jacque Wernimont as interim director of the institute's Nexus Lab for Dig

Most teens load up their smartphones with apps. 

Fifteen-year-old Ariana Sokolov doesn’t just use apps; she has already created five.

The striking landscapes that make up our national parks can inspire profound exclamations in even the most ineloquent of visitors.

For six centuries, Geoffrey Chaucer’s work has stirred continued re-examination, modern adaptations and fresh insight into English society in the 14th century.

As autumn looms and temperatures drop (at least for for most of the world), Arizona State University’s Frankenstein Bicentennial Project stirs to life wit

Nearly 1,800 undergraduates will call the ASU Department of English their academic “home” this fall.

Not everybody is a fan of sci-fi.

Podcasts have exploded in popularity.

Jewell Parker Rhodes writes children’s novels about tough subjects.

Samantha Winter grew up with Arizona State University in her backyard.

Some of the most significant turning points in history began with a compelling argument.

On May 5, 2016, the Department of English presented its annual event celebrating 2015-2016 graduates and award-winners.

Arizona State University has no shortage of high-achieving Sun Devils making their mark on the world — and being recognized for it.

Congratulations to the following graduate students in the Department of English who received honors and support for their continuing work this summer and next fall.

The Department of English at Arizona State University announces spring 2016 winners of graduate and undergraduate awards, scholarships and fellowships.

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2016 commencement.

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2016 commencement.

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2016 commencement.

Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2016 commencement.

As the academic year comes to a close, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recognizes exceptional faculty members who have gone above and beyond to educate the next generation of scholars.  

The final tallies are in and once again the ASU Forensics (Speech) Team can report outstanding success at this year’s American Forensics Association’s National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIE

When she was a child, Nicole Lemme’s father would take her to see an old mining town in northern Arizona that he used to visit when he was young.

El Día de Los Niños/El Día de Los Libros (Día) at ASU has launched a campaign through ASU's Pitchfunder platform, which provide

The Navajo language is dying, and Manuelito Wheeler wants to change that.

Nearly every Fulbright grant winner who spends time abroad faces challenges with a new language.

Those who work in developing countries face other issues as well.

Immersion in another culture can change a person.

For writer Allegra Hyde, the year she is spending in Bulgaria will also likely affect her art.

Who was Nick Salerno? Many would say: a generous soul who changed the Valley of the Sun and ASU for the better.

Department of English faculty members Jessica Early and Christ

A high school principal, a judge and a former prisoner walk onto a college campus …

Sometimes getting even the most exciting news can be anticlimactic. (Curse you, caller ID!)

Students in China are eager to learn about American culture, and Arizona State University is part of a project designed to meet that need.

Arizona State University is a training ground for many new forms of expression in fiction, including in the popular Young Adult (YA) genre.

On Friday, October 9, 2015, the Americanist Reading Group hosted an Archival Faculty Talk by Keith Miller and Eric Wertheimer, scholars in the field of American Studies and Department of English fa

Despite studying English every year since kindergarten, Chang Liu realized upon arriving in Arizona last August that she could not properly speak the language.

On Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, the Department of English hosted Jeffrey N.

“Big data” sounds like it could be a pretty boring topic, maybe not something you want to bring up during a dinner party.

Never let it be said that we didn’t “show up.” The list of awards, recognitions, and “best ofs” from 2015 features a slew of outstanding work by ASU Department of English faculty and alumni.

It’s a fight to the finish for most graduate students at the end of their programs, their defenses looming on the horizon.

Arizona State University’s Department of English has no shortage of talented alumni and faculty, as is evidenced by the latest crop of novels, short-story collections, memoirs and poetry to come ou

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of student profiles that are p

A team of faculty and students based in ASU’s Department of English has been awarded a Changemaker Central $1,500 Woodside Community Ac

Several Department of English students were named College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Students Leaders at a special reception at Manzanita hosted by CLAS Dean Patrick Kenney on Nov. 13.

British biographer and scholar Sir Jonathan Bate comes to ASU on Nov.

The Department of English Homecoming Writing Contest celebrates the creative and scholarly writing of undergraduate students within the ASU Department of English (English and Film and Media Studies

The Department of English's Community Engagement Committee (a.k.a.

Civics education is not just for aspiring political scientists.