📺 Fiction Friday: ASU creative writing alum Isle McElroy's forthcoming novel "Satellite" is "provocative and profound." Read more in People Magazine : https://ow.ly/4hhb50ZvXZl #ASUHumanities

Isle McElroy’s ‘Satellite’ Is a Fresh Take on Marriage and Desire — See the Cover! (Exclusive)

A caretaker finds solace in TV, until she discovers a channel featuring a woman who looks and acts just like her, living a far more liberated life in Isle McElroy’s ‘Satellite.’ See the cover here.

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"Students might begin by discussing a concept in class and then immediately see it applied through hikes in the cloud forest." —ASU English Professor Jessica Early, discussing an Early Start program study abroad in Costa Rica. Read more in The State Press: https://ow.ly/8Zv350ZuSs0 #ASUHumanities

The Early Start Global Accelerator Program gives students a head start abroad - The Arizona State Press

The study abroad program immerses students in the culture, biodiversity and more in Costa Rica.

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ASU students: Your main character energy is needed! 📕💥 We're hiring a Student Front Desk Aide in the ASU Dept. of English main office. It's a great place to work. Apply by Aug. 10. Details: https://ow.ly/OlaE50ZwhQ1 #ASUHumanities

Congrats 🥳 to ASU linguistics PhD student Mohamed Almahdi, winner of the 2026 Robert A. Fischer Outstanding Graduate Student Award from CALICO, a research organization. Learn more: https://ow.ly/9Shs50ZvVTo #ASUHumanities

ASU linguist Peter Joseph Torres joined azcentral's Valley 101 podcast recently to explain where accents come from and why it's hard for Arizona to prove there is one. More: https://ow.ly/c81C50ZuSop #ASUHumanities

Apparently, we mumble. Is the Arizona accent real?

The Southern or Boston accent is easy to spot. But what about the Arizona accent? Valley 101 finds out more about the "Arizona mumble."

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🦪 Fiction Friday: "Who gets to choose the sound that follows the sound they make? Who gets to know if they’re the call or the echo?" From "Animal Gets Inside an Oyster Shell" by ASU English alum Winslow Schmelling. Read the story in Waxwing: https://ow.ly/zfU950Zqglu #ASUHumanities

ASU creative writing alum Max Doty's new horror novel, "The House That Eats the Dead" ☠️ (Bantam) will release in August. He says that his years as a poet, screenwriter and game-writer helped prepare him to write fiction. Read more in Grimdark Magazine: https://ow.ly/7XkO50Zr063 #ASUHumanities

The Making of a Horror Writer: How a Career Across Mediums Helped Me Write The House That Eats the Dead

My debut novel, The House That Eats the Dead comes out mid-August of 2026. On release day, I’ll be forty-four, which sounds old for a rookie novelist. 

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🌳 "The distant knuckles of the Poconos // vanished the highway in their green folds..." From "Matriarchs of the Rust Belt" by ASU English alum Claire McQuerry. Read the poem in The Shore: https://ow.ly/UZyH50ZqfI8 #ASUHumanities

Congrats 🥳 to ASU alum Sisko J. Stargazer, now a reporter for KAWC in Yuma, who has won 1st place in Digital Writing from the Public Media Journalists Association. Read more via the Arizona Local News Foundation: https://ow.ly/kGzI50ZqguF #ASUHumanities

Arizona Local News Foundation-Funded Journalist Wins First Place National Journalism Award – Arizona Media Association + Arizona Local News Foundation

YUMA, Ariz. — The Arizona Local News Foundation is proud to celebrate a major achievement by one of its funded journalists. Sisko J. Stargazer, Education Solutions Reporter at KAWC in Yuma, has earned First Place in Digital Writing from the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA), one of the nation's leading organizations honoring excellence in public

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ICYMI: This spring, we hosted ASU creative writing alumni Samyak Shertok ("No Rhododendron") and Scott Daughtridge DeMer ("Then Then Then") for readings from their stellar work. ✨ Watch: https://ow.ly/GScK50ZqfS3 #ASUHumanities

Congrats 🥳to ASU film and media studies grad student Crystal Harrell, winner of a Pacific Southwest Emmy for work on the KESQ story "Making a Stink at the Salton Sea." 🌊 Learn more: https://ow.ly/ukKk50Zq5Ak #ASUHumanities

(Non)Fiction Friday: "It’s like this: if you’ve never worked in the service industry or if you’ve never been ugly, what could we possibly have to say to each other." From the essay "Testimony" by ASU English alum Susan Nguyen. Read it in The Rumpus: https://ow.ly/a2gS50ZlO3o #ASUHumanities

Testimony - The Rumpus

I’ve never seen photos of my parents dancing and partying. Skipping stones. Skipping home. Children are children everywhere. But when I gift my parents a jigsaw puzzle made from a family photo, I learn my mother has never assembled one. This makes me heave. I spend hours sorting photos and ordering them carefully in albums. What if a line had not been drawn across their country, their body’s grammar split in half? I’ve seen photos of my mother as a child several times. Never of my father. I can’t picture him as a baby or a teen. The youngest version of him that exists is in a military...

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📣 ASU students 📣 The Department of English is hiring for student positions including course graders (multiple) and one office assistant for our Writing Programs. It's a great place to work. ☀️ Details: https://ow.ly/fkRl50ZnC5J #ASUHumanities

A book by ASU's Alberto Ríos was chosen to represent Arizona 🌵 at the 2026 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. taking place in late August. The festival is part of the Library of Congress celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial. Learn more: https://ow.ly/jKqR50ZmxZ0 #ASUHumanities

Professor's book of poetry chosen for Library of Congress festival | ASU News

As America comes together to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary this summer, a work that pays tribute to Arizona’s own unique history will be highlighted as part of the celebrations.

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The ASU Department of English seeks applicants for Faculty Associate positions in both its Writing Programs and academic areas. Applications reviewed beginning Aug. 5. Info: https://ow.ly/I6aB50Zn1xL #ASUHumanities

If you're still searching for that perfect summer beach read 🏖️ Oprah Daily has got you covered with this 2026 list that includes "The Atmospherians" by ASU English alum Isle McElroy. See more: https://ow.ly/UIqy50ZlPwq #ASUHumanities

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🏜️ (Non)Fiction Friday: "It's so dry here, I want to press my face into a bowl of yogurt." From "All Day" by ASU English professor Sally Ball. Read the poem in The New Republic: https://ow.ly/gT0p50ZlNx5 #ASUHumanities

All Day | The New Republic

Sally Ball/June 25, 2026All DaySally BallSally Ball is the author, most recently, of Hold Sway.Read More: Magazine, Poetry, July-August 2026

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Come work with us—we're hiring! Join our ASU English team as a Business Operations Specialist. Great benefits, beautiful campus.🌴☀️🌵Apply by 7/16/26. Info: https://ow.ly/1So450ZmePn #ASUHumanities

ASU linguists Peter Joseph Torres and Karen Adams reflected on how the English language has evolved since the U.S. was founded. "We are really celebrating 250 years of a language that came from different people (and) from different influences." Read: https://ow.ly/vNkW50ZlE3f #ASUHumanities

Life, liberty and the pursuit of modern English | ASU News

After the United States gained its independence 250 years ago, influences from across the seas slowly began to fade, including the way Americans talked. But when and how exactly did the accents change and the meanings of words morph into what we hear today? According to linguists in Arizona State University's Department of English, the transition to a new era of North American English began rather quickly.

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ASU English Professor Mitchell Jackson spoke to NPR about what celebrating America's 250th means to him: "If you truly love America, then you got to tell the truth about America." Listen: https://ow.ly/HRSc50ZkKrq #ASUHumanities

ASU English emeritus professor Laura Tohe, who is Arizona poet laureate, was featured at the Four Corners Poetry Festival in Durango, CO, where she gave a workshop on telling family stories through food writing. Learn more via KSJD: https://ow.ly/uErM50ZeLsB #ASUHumanities

Four Corners Poetry Festival explores memory, language and home

The Four Corners Poetry Festival brought poets laureate to the Durango Public Library for workshops and readings focused on memory, language, sensory writing and place.

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ASU's Mitchell Jackson was the featured commencement speaker for an unusual group of new college graduates for whom a degree might be a bigger accomplishment than for most: Inmates of MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility. Learn more via The Oregonian: https://ow.ly/yGGB50ZeMm8 #ASUHumanities

For youth earning diplomas in prison, the ‘accomplishment is bigger because of those struggles,’ speaker Mitchell S. Jackson says

28 young men are looking ahead to their next chapter.

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ASU English professor Neal Lester, director of Project Humanities, says that one way to observe the Juneteenth holiday is to "connect with groups who are doing work that aligns with your values & challenge those things that aren’t." More on KJZZ Phoenix: https://ow.ly/tQBW50ZeLjm #ASUHumanities

Acknowledging and celebrating Juneteenth are acts of resistance, this ASU professor says

This year’s Juneteenth celebration arrives alongside increased racial tension. The reasons include concerns about congressional representation for Black Americans after a Supreme Court ruling.

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We ❤️ writing teachers! Several ASU English faculty were celebrated for their innovative instruction, mentorship and service at a recent event. See the full list of awardees: https://ow.ly/kAfj50ZbYUq #ASUHumanities Pictured: Vincent Oliveri, Sarah Hynes, Andrea J. Severson, PhD & Amilynne Johnston

Congrats and best wishes to ASU English Professor Deborah Clarke, a former associate dean of the ASU John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering and winner of the 2026 Gary Krahenbuhl Difference Maker Award, who is retiring this June. More: https://ow.ly/9nfQ50ZbYsM #ASUHumanities

A new installment in our "The Humanities and AI" video series features ASU's Jacob Greene, a professor of rhetoric who calls generative AI "a revolutionary paradigm shift" for writers. Watch: https://ow.ly/ICp550ZbmUx #ASUHumanities

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ASU English professor Ty Defoe hopes his new one-man puppet show, "Skeleton Canoe," which plays June 19 and 20 at Yale Repertory Theatre, promotes love and understanding. Learn more: https://ow.ly/b2nz50Zaari #ASUHumanities

A puppeteer with a purpose | ASU News

It’s not easy to define Ty Defoe’s work.

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☄️"In the mirror, beauty at last visited me like a daytime comet." From "Ars Poetica as Jacob Wrestling the Angel" by recent ASU creative writing grad Siobhan Jean-Charles. Read the poem in Harpur Palate: https://ow.ly/uEXC50Z8Uz2 #ASUHumanities

A few weeks ago, we celebrated our 2025-2026 graduates and award-winners at an event that featured remarks by ASU English Professor Mitchell Jackson and Dean's Medalist Emerson Amaya. Then we announced the winner of a brand new scholarship. Learn more! https://ow.ly/A6Yx50Z8TpQ #ASUHumanities

ASU English professor Josh Coleman has won the Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching Award in the humanities, which recognizes faculty who have gone above and beyond to help their students succeed. Learn more: https://ow.ly/fGLZ50Z7R0X #ASUHumanities

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU recognizes outstanding faculty with 2026 teaching awards | ASU News

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University is home to over 1,300 faculty members and enrolls over 31,000 students every semester.Every year, The College recognizes faculty who have gone above and beyond to help their students succeed across its humanities, natural sciences…

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