"The humanities are a form of medicine, not because they cure us, but because they teach us how to recognize what hurts." —Alberto Ríos, Regents Professor of English + director of Piper Center for Creative Writing, at a recent ASU Health event. More: https://ow.ly/5Ygw5102FqR #ASUHumanities

Arizona’s poet laureate: Humanities an essential part of health care | ASU News

Alberto Ríos had a story to tell.Ríos, Arizona’s inaugural poet laureate and director of Arizona State University’s Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, was taking part in a fireside chat as the featured guest for ASU Health’s “Narrative Medicine and Impact on Health Outcomes” event, part…

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Horror movies are all the rage these days. Why? ASU film professor Michelle Martinez thinks they're a way to break out of daily drudgery. 🧟 “That’s what horror does. It pinches you awake.” Learn more via Reuters: https://ow.ly/t1ug5102cWE #ASUHumanities

Fear factory

How filmmakers turn psychological triggers, practical effects and modest budgets into some of Hollywood's most profitable movies

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🫆 (Non)Fiction Friday: "In pursuing this story, I haven’t been eating well. I’ve been sleeping poorly, and when I when I do sleep, it’s ornamented with nightmares." From an essay on sensationalism and ethics by ASU alum Matthew Gavin Frank. Via CrimeReads: https://ow.ly/5yBa50ZZVPL #ASUHumanities

Matthew Gavin Frank on Kim Wall and the Ethics of Sensationalistic True Crime

In August 2017, the Swedish journalist, Kim Wall, was brutally assaulted and murdered by the amateur submersible builder, Peter Madsen, while onboard his sub, UC3 Nautilus, off the coast of Copenha…

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This ASU grad class explores the topic of belonging in ELA classrooms, spring '27 ✍️ ENG 606: Queer Identity—Youth, Culture, Pedagogy explores youth identity, representation and possibility in K-12 education. Register/add to favs on ASU Class Search: https://ow.ly/6yG450ZZLsp #ASUHumanities

ASU English + Film & Media Studies + Culture, Tech & Environment majors: Do you have a piece of creative (fiction/poetry/nonfiction) or scholarly work you're jazzed to share? 👐 Submit to the ASU Homecoming Writing Contest by Nov. 1 🔱 $500 prizes. Info.: https://ow.ly/aFNI50ZZ9uw #ASUHumanities

How do you ethically engage w/ Native communities, whether you're a researcher, student, artist or practitioner? A trio of ASU profs—Thunderbird, Larissa FastHorse, Michael John Garcés—share best practices + exercises in an embodied experience. RSVP! https://ow.ly/MQot51019FZ #ASUHumanities

Congrats 🥳 to ASU English Professor Alberto Ríos, winner of a 2027 Pushcart Prize for "A Dictionary of the Wind" published in Cholla Needles. Learn more: https://ow.ly/1Kjf50ZZ8BX #ASUHumanities

Alberto Ríos - Winner of Pushcart Prize 2027

photo by Laurel Streed Congratulations to Alberto Ríos for being selected by the Pushcart Committee for his powerful poem A Dictionary of t...

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#ASUHumanities Week is Oct. 26-30 ✨ In 2026, we're celebrating democracy & the liberal arts through events focused on health, poetry, culture, art & of course, language. We especially hope you'll come to hear AZ Poet Laureate Laura Tohe on Oct. 27 @ 7 p.m. Join us! https://ow.ly/yx5h5100lpH

In spring '27, learn how to tell true stories using techniques borrowed from fiction 🪄 ENG 381: Craft of Creative Nonfiction is taught by Andrew Dana Hudson—a speculative fiction writer, researcher, teacher and critical futurist. Register/add to favs: https://ow.ly/M5eJ50ZYZWp #ASUHumanities

🍂 Fiction Friday: "I knew of John for the first twenty-two years of my life only through rumors." An excerpt from "Another Name for Red" by ASU English alum Amber Blaeser-Wardzala. Read more in Narrative: https://ow.ly/VX8e50ZWZHY #ASUHumanities

Another Name for Red | Narrative Magazine

Another Name for Red by Amber Blaeser-Wardzala — His name wasn’t really John. He told me that soon after...

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Huge congrats 🥳 to ASU creative writing alum Tayari Jones, winner of the Kirkus Prize for fiction for her novel, "Kin." See the full list of recipients: https://ow.ly/joq850ZZ65w #ASUHumanities

Winners of the 2026 Kirkus Prize Revealed | Kirkus Reviews

The recipients of this year’s prizes were announced at a ceremony in New York on Wednesday.

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TODAY!

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Curses, secrets and familial rot—oh my! 🍂😱 We're discussing hayden casey's haunting novel "A Harvest of Furies" at ASU Book Group on 10/22 at Noon, online or at Hayden Library. Join us! https://ow.ly/6bRk50ZZ10I #ASUHumanities

On Oct. 27—inspired by Daisy Fancourt's book "Art Cure"—artists discuss personal approaches to creativity, artistic practice and wellness in a special ASU campus event. Featuring 🎨 Cala Coats, Barbara Crawford, Thunderbird (Ty Defoe) & Kat Kiernan. Info: https://ow.ly/1zQc50ZZ2gC #ASUHumanities

From Curate to Cure: Artists on Health and Wellness | ASU Events

Please join us for this in-person roundtable discussion exploring ideas from Daisy Fancourt’s book “Art Cure,” selected for the 2026-2027 ASU Common Read.

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ASU English professor Madeline Sayet recently directed the first Tlingit opera in recorded history which premiered September in Juneau, AK. The Tlingit are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. Learn more via Opera Wire: https://ow.ly/GPFX50ZZ87f #ASUHumanities CC: Perseverance Theatre

Sealaska Heritage Institute & Juneau’s Perseverance Theatre Give World Premiere of First Tlingit Opera - OperaWire

On Sept. 11, Sealaska Heritage Institute and Juneau’s Perseverance Theatre co-produced “Kutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles,” the first Tlingit opera in recorded history.

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We are so happy to celebrate the revitalized The Bilingual Press | Editorial Bilingüe in the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University 🤝 Kudos to ASU Online English major Sofia Diaz-Ojeda—an intern with the press—for her work there. Learn more: https://ow.ly/JegJ50ZYFcT #ASUHumanities

Building community across languages | ASU News

Many universities across the United States house a publishing press, however, few offer services in a second language. A new commitment at Arizona State University is hoping to change that.

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It's time to meet our 26-27 ASU English Student Ambassadors! 🙌 This cohort of leaders is passionate about representing #ASUHumanities in the larger community. Please say hello 👋 when you see them around. Learn more: https://ow.ly/ZXLe50ZZ3tO

Curses, secrets and familial rot—oh my! 🍂😱 We're discussing hayden casey's haunting novel "A Harvest of Furies" at ASU Book Group on 10/22 at Noon, online or at Hayden Library. Join us! https://ow.ly/6bRk50ZZ10I #ASUHumanities

"Red witch roaming the scorched house / of fires I have been, fires I have built, / and nurtured, all my good days burnt..." 🔥 From "Bluebeard" by ASU English Professor Safiya Sinclair. Read the poem at the Academy of American Poets: https://ow.ly/U7rq50ZZ4Lr #ASUHumanities @poetsorg.bsky.social

Bluebeard

It’s true I put my head / into the mouth

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Coming up 🖌️ASU hosts a virtual conversation with scientist Daisy Fancourt, author of "Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives"—a book that's been called a "groundbreaking exposé." Join us! 📆Oct. 27 at 10am (AZ time). All welcome. Register: https://ow.ly/6eHv50ZYFg3 #ASUHumanities

The FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards for horror and genre content are coming up this Oct. 25 🫣 They're not for the faint of heart! ASU monster expert Dr. Emily Zarka isn't scared; she'll be there presenting the award for Best Documentary Feature. More via Variety: https://ow.ly/mga550ZYFmK #ASUHumanities

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2026 Presenters Announced: Lin Shaye, Tracie Thoms, John Kassir and More Horror Icons (EXCLUSIVE)

The 2026 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards are bringing in a bunch of genre icons to present awards to the year's best in horror.

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Oct. 22: ASU's creative writing program hosts stellar alumni ✨ for a campus visit. Short fiction writer Dana Diehl ("The Earth Room") and novelist kalani pickhart ("I Will Die in a Foreign Land") will read from their work at a public event. Join us! Details: https://ow.ly/bZS750ZY7rf #ASUHumanities

The Department of English at ASU seeks an Assistant Professor of Computational / Digital Humanities whose work bridges humanities & computational methods. Focus could include data analytics, digital mapping, generative or agentic AI & more. Apply by Nov. 9: https://ow.ly/8NHX50ZWxYm #ASUHumanities

In spring '27, discover genuinely useful methods for analyzing communication 📝🗣️ In ENG 393: Theories of Literacy, you’ll learn new ways to define "literacy" and how these concepts impact your daily life. Register on ASU Class Search/add to favs: https://ow.ly/bon950ZWy4i #ASUHumanities

Just in time for spooky season 🍂😱 ASU Book Group discusses the novel "A Harvest of Furies"—a re-telling of the Greek tragedy “Oresteia"—by hayden casey on Oct. 22. Hayden Library or online, Noon. All welcome. Register: https://ow.ly/GM4050ZWyaO #ASUHumanities

"A standout." Congrats 🥳 to ASU English alum Amber Blaesar-Wardzala, whose forthcoming novel "Another Name for Red" received a starred review on Booklist Publications. Read: https://ow.ly/CbQw50ZWxZp #ASUHumanities

Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery

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It's almost time to send your poetry that "evokes a connection to place" to the $1K Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize contest, which accepts submissions Nov. 23 to Jan. 31. ASU English Chair Prof MNP is on this year's selection committee. Learn more: https://ow.ly/yX4v50ZIjuh #ASUHumanities

The 2027 Zócalo Poetry Prize Honors Poems Exploring Place | Prizes

Accepting Submissions of Original Work November–January

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Capping off Banned Books Week, ASU English professor Josh Coleman was part of a Humanities Institute event that discussed the effects of declining access to books on college education. Learn more via The State Press: https://ow.ly/N2Z250ZWrQP #ASUHumanities

Professors warn K-12 book bans reach into higher education - The Arizona State Press

Professors engaged in a discussion about what book banning is and how it impacts intellectual freedom at the university level.

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Non/Fiction Friday: "Humor in Mavis Gallant’s stories is important for its leavening effects; her wit is sly, slightly wicked, never mean." —ASU Professor Emeritus Melissa Pritchard. Read more in The Marvelous Paragraph Project: https://ow.ly/lA4E50ZKXi2 #ASUHumanities

Melissa Pritchard on Mavis Gallant’s “The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street” — Sarah Stone

In the early 1980s, few MFA Creative Writing programs existed in this country. As a midwestern housewife and mother, lacking time or money for any writing program, I taught myself to write fiction. My “method?” First, read a story for pleasure, then fillet it sentence by sentence, paragraph by parag

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You'll find qapla' (success) in this spring '27 course 🖖Learn basic methods of linguistic analysis using systems like Klingon, High Valyrian and Dovahzul—languages created for T.V. & games in ENG 294: Fictional Languages. Register/add to favs: https://ow.ly/PzW450ZUFza #ASUHumanities

In a record year for ASU Fulbrights, English professor Claudia Sadowski-Smith was awarded a Fulbright to teach and research migration literature at the University of Vienna, Austria. Learn more: https://ow.ly/siQw50ZVaQn #ASUHumanities

Record year for ASU faculty Fulbrights | ASU News

Arizona State University has had a record year for faculty Fulbright awards, with 15 receiving awards for 2026–27 from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board — the most ASU has ever received in a competition year.

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