Route 7, the Utah Tech literary arts journal, praised Jarret Keene's (English) dystopian adventure novel "Hammer of the Dogs" (University of Nevada Press). "Set in Las Vegas following a nuclear attack that has transformed Glitter Gulch into Nightmare Alley," writes the reviewer, "Jarret Keene’s first novel, 'Hammer of the Dogs,'…

Author and professor Roberto Lovato (English) was listed on the Classically A-List in 2024 put out by Nob Hill Gazette, "San Francisco’s publication-of-record for the City’s social, philanthropic and cultural life."

Timothy Erwin (English) recently officiated at the 39th annual dinner of the Samuel Johnson Society of the West at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, where he introduced professor Greg Clingham, who spoke on the topic of "Johnson and the Dream of Sleep."

Roberto Lovato (English) was interviewed on the popular Bitchuation Room podcast, where he talked about, among other things, the unfolding crisis of political legitimacy, countering fascism, and finding personal and political hope and footing in extremely difficult, post-electoral times.

John M. Bowers (English) had his article "The Myth of the Poor, Homeless Poet: Revising the Chaucer Biography" accepted for publication in the top-tier journal CHAUCER REVIEW.  The outside reviewer remarked: "the essay offers a valuable corrective to established views about Chaucer's financial means, familial situation, social status, and…

Roberto Lovato (English) recently published the introduction to "Face. Deface," a Canadian art installation/newspaper focusing on dictators of the Americas — and how to best denounce them. Lovato's essay for Underline Studios in Toronto, Canada was published alongside the work artists and writers from around the world, including Elizabeth Brandt,…

Timothy Erwin (English) published a book chapter on the sister arts in a collection by various hands, Oliver Goldsmith in Context (Cambridge). The Irish author wrote canonical works in poetry, fiction, and drama during the Enlightenment, and the volume accompanies his new Collected Works edited by Michael Griffin and David O’Shaughnessy.  

Assistant Professor Roberto Lovato (English) published "Exodus," a feature-length essay in GEO magazine, "Europe's National Geographic." Written in conjunction with Italian photographer Nicolo Rosso, the piece documents and explores the migration epic taking place across the continent of América.

Assistant professor Roberto Lovato (English) delivered the keynote address at Rooted and Written, the first and only tuition-free literary conference for non-white writers, in the United States. Lovato founded Rooted and Written, which runs from Oct. 27 through Nov. 3 and provides 40 writers with classes, seminars, workshops, and other mentoring…

John M. Bowers (English) has published, with his former doctoral student Peter Steffensen, his book "Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-1959" with Oxford University Press. It is currently available on Amazon UK and will be available in January 2025 in the USA.  

Katherine Walker (English) gave an invited talk at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Medieval and Renaissance Colloquium titled "Ben Jonson's Supernatural Swindlers." 

The summer 2024 issue of Western American Literature contains a review of the dystopian-adventure novel "Hammer of the Dogs" (University of Nevada Press, 2023) by Jarret Keene (English): "Operating squarely in the purview of The Hunger Games and Divergent novels, with a bit of Harry Potter, 'Hammer of the Dogs' brings anarchistic glee to the post-…