Sewanee English Department

11/19/2025

TV and comic book writer, J Holtham, will be on campus for a talk, “THE WORLDS WE BUILD: writing dystopia and the supernatural” on Wednesday, Nov. 19th at 4:30pm in Naylor Auditorium. At 7:30, he will host a writing workshop which will focus on comic book writing in the Torian Room.

All are welcome.

J was a writer on THE HANDMAID’S TALE and SUPERGIRL, and he’s written for Marvel comics. He also just signed a deal for a new dystopian graphic novel series, THEY BLEED BLACK.

03/31/2025

10/15/2024

Alumna Elisa Faison has a contract for her debut novel!

Sceptre has signed Skin Contact, the debut novel from former bookseller Elisa Faison, in a “significant” six-figure deal

08/29/2024

Two of your beloved professors will be reading at the Cowan Arts Center this Sunday night at 6 pm. Please come!

10/09/2023

On Saturday, November 4, Vice-Chancellor Pearigen will unveil a portrait of Professor Emerita Pamela Royston Macfie. This will take place in Convocation Hall at 3 pm. If you are on the Mountain for Homecoming, please make plans to attend.

06/28/2023

Come for a paid position with free housing at Sewanee next year!
https://new.sewanee.edu/programs-of-study/english/poet-in-residence/

03/28/2023

Jacob is one of our alumni, and this is nearby in Hixson, TN.

Dust off your lawn chairs and break out the picnic blankets - 'All the world's a stage' as Scenic City Shakespeare in the Park springs back into beautiful Greenway Farm in Hixson, Tennessee this May with As You Like It.

11/09/2022

A reminder that UT offers a fully funded master's program in English, which several of our alumni have completed. It can be a step toward a PhD or a way to discern whether graduate work is really for you.

Welcome to UT’s graduate program in English. We offer the MA and the PhD in English and the MFA in Creative Writing. We’re happy through our endowment and teaching opportunities to ensure that 100% of our PhD and MFA students are funded.

07/19/2022

This program is directed by Dr. Benita Huffman Muth, a Sewanee graduate.

Please join 's School of Arts & Letters at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, via Microsoft Teams for an information session about graduate programs. Learn more about the Master of Arts in Public Relations; the Master of Arts in Technical and Professional Writing; and two graduate certificate programs - Strategic Business Communication and Technical Writing and Digital Communication. If you’ve considered continuing your education to pursue a career in one of these growing fields, now is the time! Applications can be expedited so students can enroll this August.

Register for the session at https://bit.ly/3AVagTr. Contact Dr. Benita Muth at [email protected] or Dr. Andre Nicholson at [email protected] for more info.

07/18/2022

Good opportunity at Princeton UP for a recent graduate interested in academic publishing.

Princeton University Press (PUP) seeks a motivated, detail-oriented, and highly organized individual to support two editors. The...