Graduate Applications
Applications for admission to the English Department’s graduate programs are submitted through the UNLV Graduate College.
- Online Application to the UNLV Graduate College
- MA, MFA, and PhD programs in English at UNLV
Events: November 2009
- November 4–8: Vegas Valley Book Festival. Featured participants include UNLV English faculty members Doug Unger, Donald Revell, Claudia Keelan, and John Irsfeld, current MFA student Leah Bailly, and alumni Constance Ford, Josh Kryah, and Vu Tran. Details and a full schedule of events are available from the Vegas Valley Book Festival website
- November 5: An Evening with Kay Ryan. 7:00pm at the Historic Fifth Street School. Kay Ryan, poet laureate of the United States, gives the opening keynote for the Vegas Valley Book Festival. Co-sponsored by the city of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs, Black Mountain Institute and Nevada Humanities.
- November 6: The Sin City Sonneteer Spectacle. 6–10pm at First Friday in downtown Las Vegas. A literary pageant — on wheels — with stops every 30 minutes at select art galleries and bars downtown throughout November's First Friday. Hosted by Jarret Keane and UNLV English faculty member Claudia Keelan. Performers include UNLV English faculty member Donald Revell. For details, see the Vegas Valley Book Festival website.
- November 7:
City of Second Chances
. 1:45pm at the Historic Fifth Street School. A Vegas Valley Book Festival panel featuring Cheryll Glotfelty, John L. Smith, and UNLV English faculty member Doug Unger. - November 7:
Poetry in the Courtyard
. 1:45pm at the Historic Fifth Street School. A Vegas Valley Book Festival presentation featuring Claudia Keelan, Donald Revell, and others. - November 7: Restless City. 4:00pm at the Historic Fifth Street School. A Vegas Valley Book Festival reading and panel discussion on the collaborative serial e-noval Restless City, featuring a reading of the final chapter by Vu Tran, and a panel discussion to follow with co-authors H. Lee Barnes, John Irsfeld, Brain Rouff, Leah Bailly, John L. Smith, Constance Ford, and Vu Tran.
- November 8: Closing Keynote by E.L. Doctorow. 7:00pm at the Clark County Library Theater, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. E.L. Doctorow, renowned American author, presents the closing keynote address for the Vegas Valley Book Festival. Presented by Black Mountain Institute, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, the City of Las Vegas and Nevada Humanities
- November 11: Veteran's Day. University is closed.
- November 13: English Department Meeting. 10am–12pm, SU 208B.
- November 26 and 27: Thanksgiving holiday. University is closed.
- November 30 – December 4. Study Week.
English Department News
Check here for upcoming visiting speakers, details on semester deadlines, and other news of interest to our department.
2.Nov.2009. Rebel Yell covers English Department Majors Mixer
The Rebel Yell editorial staff writes, Wednesday’s English department mixer was a perfect example of how campus leaders are working to make connections between UNLV’s academic strengths and its social and cultural traditions ... Not only was the event a huge success in terms of numbers, with dozens of undergraduate English majors and graduate students appearing throughout the afternoon to mix, mingle and learn, it made an important step toward building the public community of mutual learning and benefit that UNLV and the department strive for.
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- UNLV Rebel Yell article, by Pashtana Usufzy, 2.Nov.2009
- UNLV Rebel Yell op-ed, 2.Nov.2009
29.Oct.2009. Vu Tran wins coveted Whiting Writers’ Award
On October 28, the Giles Whiting Foundation announced that UNLV English Department alumnus and instructor Vu Tran would receive the prestigious 2009 Whiting Writers’ Award, a national prize for writers of exceptional talent and promise in early career
. Vu Tran was awarded a Glenn Schaeffer Fellowship by the UNLV English Department in 2003, and graduated with a Ph.D. in English in 2006. He is currently an instructor for the UNLV English Department, teaching creative writing, world literature, and composition. He is the author of multiple short stories and a forthcoming literary crime novel, titled This Or Any Other Desert. [Read more...]
