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An Interview with Barbara Epler, Editor and Publisher of New Directions Publishing

Oct. 30, 2025

Prior to the Cabell First Novelist event, we sat down with the editor and Publisher of "It Lasts Forever And Then It’s Over" to discuss her iconic career, how she chose to Publish De Marcken’s work, and where to look for inspiration in a world that has come to devalue artists.

Students in a class focused on the poet John Milton visited historically significant sights related to the literature they were studying. Here, the group is in the Wren Library at Trinity College. (Contributed image)

VCU students follow in John Milton’s footsteps — literally

Oct. 24, 2025

Summer study abroad program from the Department of English embraces the life and times of the ‘Paradise Lost’ poet

SJ Sindu’s new graphic novel, “Tall Water,” is about an American teenager named Nimmi who is visiting Sri Lanka in 2004 when a tsunami strikes. (File photo)

Family, war and a tsunami propel ‘Tall Water,’ SJ Sindu’s new graphic novel

Oct. 20, 2025

The VCU creative writing professor from Sri Lanka says her latest work stems in part from the responsibility she feels to bear witness to ‘the horrors and the joys of the world.’

Marcel Cornis-Pop, Ph.D., a longtime English professor at VCU, died in September. Of Cornis-Pop, a former colleague said, “No one relished new ideas with more enthusiasm. And no one communicated that enthusiasm to students more genuinely.” (File photo)

Marcel Cornis-Pop, a leader in VCU humanities education, dies at 79

Oct. 16, 2025

The Romanian-born scholar served as chair of the Department of English and established the interdisciplinary doctoral program in media, art and text.

Clint McCown, an author of poetry, fiction and nonfiction, taught creative writing at VCU until his retirement in 2024. (Contributed photo)

Clint McCown looks back on a rich and storied career

Oct. 7, 2025

From working as an actor to investigating organized crime, the VCU professor emeritus, who retired last year after 45 years of teaching, has followed his curiosity to compelling places, helping to fuel his ‘vivid and cinematic’ writing.

VCU’s second annual Humanities Week will highlight their transformative power for real-world challenges

Sept. 29, 2025

Hosted by the Humanities Research Center, the Oct. 20-24 program includes public sessions on careers, artificial intelligence and more.

Students Jimmy Perez Hernandez, Savvy Figueroa, Layla Hashish and Ashley Dominguez helped to collect donated items, which will be provided to Southwood Apartments residents. (Contributed photo)

VCU students help collect sweatshirts and more for local families

Sept. 12, 2025

The recent donation drive connects the classroom to the community, College of Humanities and Sciences organizer says.

VCU announces recipients of 2025 faculty awards for scholarship, teaching excellence

Sept. 10, 2025

Interim Provost Beverly J. Warren today announced 30 winners of VCU’s National/International Recognition Awards and 25 winners of the Excellence in Pedagogical Innovation Awards.

Alumni Q+A: Karishma Singh (B.S. ’20) is a storyteller and marketer inspired by literature

Aug. 21, 2025

Singh’s studies in the Department of English created the foundation to pursue roles in marketing and communications.

Please Welcome Our Incoming Fall 2025 MA class...

Aug. 15, 2025

Please Welcome Our Incoming Fall 2025 MA class...