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10/29/2026

As we head into this spooky weekend, here are some frighting reads to celebrate Halloween!

All recommended by JMU English students 🎃

10/27/2026

We are thrilled to have Dr. Sarah Hagelin join us as our new Academic Unit Head!

Dr. Hagelin earned her Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. Her specializations include Contemporary US Film and Television, Feminist Media Studies, and American Literature and Culture.

Read about her journey to JMU by clicking the link in our bio 💜⭐️

10/21/2026

Recently, Dr. Brooks Hefner’s Advanced Studies in American Literature – American Pulp course visited JMU’s Special Collections in Carrier Library!

Students had the chance to view pulp magazines from the 1920’s – 1950’s 📖

10/19/2026

10/06/2026

Did you miss WMRA’s Books & Brews last month?

Then you should attend a Reading & Conversation about “Life’s a Wander: Martha Woodroof in Her Own Words,” this Thursday! The event will feature co-editors Erica Cavanagh & Jack Greer!

Thurs. October 8th | 5:30pm
Parentheses Books
76 W. Gay St.
Harrisonburg, VA

09/30/2026

Last week, students in Dr. Courtney Murray Ross’s Early Black Press course visited the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.!

They had the opportunity to view historical newspapers from various eras of the Black press and were given a presentation by two Library of Congress reference librarians.

Click the link in our below to read more 📰

https://www.jmu.edu/news/english/2026/9-30-library-of-congress.shtml

09/24/2026

Congrats to Dr. Matthew Rebhorn, Professor of English, who has been selected as the editor of Herman Melville’s shorter fiction to be published by W.W. Norton & Company!

This Norton Library Edition will contain five stories—“Bartleby, the Scrivener,” “The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids,” “The Bell-Tower,” “Benito Cereno”, and “Billy Budd”—and will be available next year.

09/22/2026

THIS FRIDAY: Come out for the 1st Nibbles & Narratives event of the year! We cannot wait to hear all of your poetry, excerpts, and prose!

Everybody is welcome and encouraged to break out of their comfort zones by empowering ourselves as writers! Join other English and Creative Writing students in sharing your writing or simply enjoying the event - and snacks!

Fri. September 25th | 5-6pm
Parentheses Books
76 W. Gay St.
Harrisonburg, VA 22802

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