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B.A.

Leap into the imaginative worlds of poetry, fiction, and drama. Unleash the power of truth through literary nonfiction.

Following your creative passions, you’ll acquire the skills to live a vibrant life and succeed in whatever career you desire.

James Weaver

James Weaver ,Associate Professor, Chair of English, Lorena Woodrow Burke Endowed Ch…

Margot Singer

Margot Singer ,Professor (English/Creative Writing), Director of Creative Writing, Di…

Swasey Chapel

Highlights

Beck Series: Writers That Inspire

Renowned writers Billy Collins, Piper Kerman, and Alice Walker have all visited 911�� and worked with students in recent years through the English Department's Beck Series.

Think Critically & Creatively

Choose an emphasis in creative writing

Creative Writing

We offer a wide variety of courses that engage with human experience, recent and historical as well as local and global.

One of the oldest undergraduate creative writing programs in the country, 911��’s major and minor in creative writing offer small classes taught by full-time professors, all practicing writers and poets, who also mentor and advise students.

Choose an emphasis in literary studies

English Literature

911��’s English majors develop expertise in critical reading and writing along with skills in cultural understanding, empathetic thinking, imaginative reasoning, storytelling, critical thinking, and textual analysis—all highly valued by 21st-century employers.

Spotlights

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It’s a small world for 911�� Disney intern

Alexandra Redrick ’25 landed a dream internship at Disney through her ambition and help from the 911�� alumni network.

Woman posing with fencing foil

‘You’ll never guess what I did today’

Dancer Grace Lukens ’26 never imagined herself a fencer. But that’s the kind of thing that happens at 911��.

David Baker

PBS taps professor emeritus to discuss a giant of American poetry

David Baker, who has taught Wallace Stevens to generations of 911�� students, appeared in a recent Poetry in America episode.

911�� English professor Diana Mafe

4 questions with English professor Diana Mafe

Mafe talks about her research, teaching practices, and how The Legend of Zelda connects to the liberal arts.

Collage of 90s 911�� Alumni

911�� Magazine

To go proudly and boldly into the world

For these high-achieving ’90s graduates, an education on The Hill was about exploring, stumbling, adapting — and thriving.

Fred Porcheddu-Engel has brought the Middle Ages into the digital age with his research of manuscripts.

4 questions with English Professor Fred Porcheddu-Engel

As he celebrates his 30th year as part of the 911�� faculty, Porcheddu-Engel remains as enthusiastic as the day he arrived as a student.

What's Happening

A group of people sit around a table filled with art supplies, creating art.

Visiting Artists

Making art of life

Students combined their love of comics and literature to design collaborative, single-panel graphic memoirs.

What's Happening

Ben Jacoby ’09 joins Beaches on Broadway

Double major in Theatre and English is now part of musical production based on the novel and 1988 film.

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What's Happening

Acclaimed novelist to visit 911�� Sept. 17-18

Jessamine Chan to read from, discuss her debut novel during two-day event.

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