"Gunpowder Mountain" by Jarret Keene (English) is now available for preorder. Join Kid Crimson in Virginia City, Nevada, in the 1860s as he faces ruthless gangs, rowdy saloon dwellers, and a plot to assassinate Lincoln. Bestselling western novelist Peter Brandvold says, "[Keene] is one hell of a writer."

Timothy Erwin’s (English) “Austen’s Oceans: New Contexts for Persuasion” appears in the current volume of 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era, a Rutgers University Press annual. The essay began as a presentation at a Luxembourg meeting called “Water and Sea in Word and Image.”  Erwin reads Austen’s last…

Katherine Walker (English) has published a lecture series with Audible's Great Courses titled, "The History and Enduring Popularity of Astrology." The lectures argue that past cultures viewed astrology as a science, one that shaped metaphorical thinking in the premodern worlds. The work is available to listen to for free for those who have an…

Booklist and School Library Journal recently published nice reviews of an illustrated nonfiction book for kids written by Jarret Keene (English) called Heroes of World War II: 25 True Stories of Unsung Heroes Who Fought for Freedom (Bushel & Peck Peck). Booklist says "this engaging book briefly describes 25 individuals (or groups) who were…

Gary Totten (English) published the article "Naturalism and the New Woman: Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" and Grant Allen's "The Woman Who Did" in the journal Studies in American Naturalism. The article examines the representation of New Woman characters in these two novels in relation to the genre conventions of literary naturalism…

John M. Bowers (English) published his article “Durin’s Stone, Ruthwell Cross, and Dream of the Rood” in Tolkien Studies, 20 (2023). This includes his newly discovered translation by J. R. R. Tolkien of the Old English masterpiece Dream of the Rood.

Professor Roberto Lovato (English) will be featured for his investigative reporting in the film, Hacking Hate. The film is a feature-length documentary about the rise of online extremist hate groups around the world. The film's world premiere will take place at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 9, 2024.

Wendy Chen (English) published her debut novel Their Divine Fires (Algonquin, May 7, 2024), which received a starred Kirkus review that called the work a "poignant, impressive debut." 

Jarret Keene (English) wrote a history book for kids called Heroes of World War II: 25 True Stories of Unsung Heroes Who Fought for Freedom, recently published by Bushel & Peck. The book is illustrated by Ricardo Gualberto and features brave tales of Ira Hayes, Dorothy Still, Guy Stern, and more. Heroes of World War II is available…

The Associate for Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) has selected Tanya Robertson (English) for the Season 20 Writer to Writer Mentorship Program. AWP's mentorship program, Writer to Writer, matches emerging writers with published authors to work toward the mentees' writing goals. Season 20 of Writer to Writer runs May 6 through July 26…

Timothy Erwin (English) received the 2024 Faculty Award from the UNLV Academic Success Center. He published “Discourses of the Eye: Romeo and Juliet and Hogarth’s Marriage A la Mode” in a recent festschrift, Howard Weinbrot and the Precincts of Enlightenment, and presented “Rhetoric, Artifice, and Iconoclasm” at the meeting of the American Society…

John M. Bowers (English) has been invited to be a Member of the Expert Panel for the Bellagio Center Residency Program sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation at the Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy.