Past Department Speakers

The English Major in Writing Celebrates 30 Years on campus

Jo Ann Beard, Frank Bidart, and George Saunders were Writers in Residence for the English Major in Writing’s 3rd Annual Spring Writers’ Festival

Creative Writing students gather at the 3rd Annual Spring Writer’s Festival

English Department faculty attend one of the talks organized as part of the annual One Book, One Northwestern program

Writing students Cathy Gao (left) and Alleliah Nuguid (right) meet writer Elizabeth Benedict (center) at the Skidmore Summer Writers’ Institute.

Photo provided by Cathy Gao.

Northwestern writing students Matt Pacult, Cathy Gao, and Alleliah Nuguid meet poet Frank Bidart at the Skidmore Summer Writers’ Institute.

Photo provided by Cathy Gao.

Professors Mary Kinzie and John Keene celebrate 30 Years of creative writing at Northwestern

Professors Wendy Wall (Avalon Foundation Professor, left) and Reginald Gibbons (Frances Hooper Chair in the Arts and Humanities, right) at their inauguration, with Professor Christopher Herbert (Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities, center)

English Department faculty and students gathering before the Department's Fall Collation

Professor Rebecca Johnson speaks at the English Department's Fall Collation