Congratulations to Kathleen and Beth Rooney!

Our very own Kathleen Rooney and sister Beth were published in the New York Times this week!

Check out their essay, A Lesson From the Strange and Lovely World of ‘Leaf Town’: The story of the rise and fall of a society built by schoolchildren

The sisters are both writers, and Professor Kathleen Rooney is teaching undergraduate courses this Winter Quarter on fiction writing, writing the body, and ladies/womanhood in literature.

Michele Morano New Release & Events

Congratulations to Michele Morano for her newest book, Like Love! The memoir-in-essays explores the idea of unconsummated romance and all of its possible lessons, pleasures, and weirdness. 

While the book comes out Friday, September 25th, 2020, here are some events as a part of Morano’s virtual book tour:

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Release Recap

In case you missed it, we’re celebrating three new releases from the English department faculty! Find out more about the authors and their most recent publications below (listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name).

Miles HarveyThe King of Confidence

Kathleen RooneyCher Ami and Major Whittlesey

Eric SelingerThe Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction