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Oliver Baker’s essay, “Embattled Settler Colonialism in John Rollin Ridge’s Joaquín Murieta,” was recently published in ESQ: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture.

The Department of English was represented in the Fall 2025 Penn State Emerging Academic Leaders (PSEAL) Program.

Philip Zapkin’s poem “Contemplating Heaven in St. George’s Garden” has been published in Assignment Literary Magazine

English and Italian student honors heritage through history project

Lee Peterson’s poetry chapbook, The Forgiveness Dream, was selected from over a thousand entries by Black Lawrence Press through its Open Reading Period.

Casey Wiley’s story, “Xmas Eve,” was recently published at Works Progress.

Congratulations to Steele Nowlin, whose article “Whil thilke mirour laste: Virgil’s Mirror and the Work of Avarice in Gower’s Confessio Amantis” recently appeared in The Chaucer Review.

Sherita Johnson’s new book has been released: Mixing: Race, Higher Education, and the Case of Clyde Kennard (UP Mississippi, 2026).

Phillip Zapkin published a review of Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall’s novel Tauhou in a recent issue of Limina.

English student charts next chapter