One of the founding departments of Stanford University in 1891, the English Department is the cornerstone of the humanities at Stanford. The pioneer faculty of English was an eclectic group of writers, comparativists, and literary scholars.
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Professor Ato Quayson with Professor Adam Johnson at Creative Writing Welcome Dinner
Recent News
From Orbit Books:
Ready for your next epic fantasy obsession? Orbit is thrilled to announce the acquisition of The Phoenix King by debut author Aparna Verma! The first in a trilogy blazing with mystic fire, political intrigue, and forbidden romance, The Phoenix King follows an assassin who is more than what he seems and a princess with...
From CCSR Director News | July 27, 2022
Earlier this month, Paula Moya was a featured guest of the podcast "Philosophy Talk" to discuss attempts to remove Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye from schools. The interview was part of the episode "Summer Reading List 2022: Banned Books Edition."
Listen to a preview of the episode and download it here...
Solmaz Sharif on Armen Davoudian
I kept returning to “Snow.” Each time, a new thing revealed itself, and yet the poem grew more resistant to being locatable. The about of it is simple enough: at the end of the day, a flag on TV, the national anthem, then snow. But whether that is happening now or the memory of it is, whether the rain is confused...
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English remains a top-ranked department nationally because of the strength and variety of our faculty publications, both in scholarly research and creative writing. Browse the Bookshelf to explore our many interests.
