On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the English department hosted a very special Read/Write session. Vikki Warner, editor, memoirist and nonfiction writer, is an alumna of the English department at URI and was back to share excerpts from her memoir Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady. Vikki earned her BA from URI and went on to earn an MA […]
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I recently did an email interview with URI PhD student and co-organizer of the 13th annual Graduate Student Conference at the University of Rhode Island, William Bowden. This year’s conference will be held on Saturday, April 13th, 2019. Thank you so much for responding to my questions during such a busy time. Can you tell me a […]
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Francesca Borrione is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate focusing on film, literature, and adaptations depicting violence against women and her secondary focus is on Italian-Americans. Francesca is from Perugia, Italy and came to URI after meeting Dr. Peter Covino in Calabria while teaching Italian to study abroad students. Before beginning her career at URI, Francesca studied communication and American film history, […]
Continue reading "Student Spotlight: Francesca Borrione"The Talent Development (TD) program at URI marked its 50th anniversary this academic year. Founded as a response to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, the program serves Rhode Island high school graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds. The roots of the TD program are in the Civil Rights movement and King’s fight to overturn systemic racism and provide […]
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Charles Kell is a PhD candidate at The University of Rhode Island and associate editor of The Ocean State Review. His poetry and fiction have appeared in The New Orleans Review, The Saint Ann’s Review, Kestrel, Columbia Journal, The Pinch, and elsewhere. Cage of Lit Glass, chosen by Kimiko Hahn for the 2018 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize, is […]
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Dr. Christine Mok is the newest faculty member in the English department. After three semesters teaching at the University of Rhode Island, she is able to honestly say that it was the easiest transition that anyone could imagine and that it is wonderful being in our department. Before she joined us, she was a faculty […]
Continue reading "Faculty Profile: Dr. Christine Mok"This October 25, 26, and 27 marked the 12th annual Ocean State Writing Conference at URI. This event is the work of many hands, including graduate student students. The new cohort features several creative writers and below are some reflections on the conference. A. H. Jerriod Avant: Getting settled into the first year of a PhD in […]
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The latest issue of The Ocean State Review, URI’s journal of art and literature, has arrived! Volume eight, number one features poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, as well as visual art. The issue was beautifully crafted under the helm of senior editor Elizabeth Foulke alongside contributing editors Pamela Buck and Laura Marie Marciano, and associate editors Charles Kell (first place […]
Continue reading "Ocean State Review now out"Recently, URI hosted two impressive yet different scholars: Lisa Gitelman, professor of English and Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU, and Claudia Rankine, writer and professor of poetry at Yale. Each spoke to their area of interest; Gitelman discussed how shoes are a metaphor for the industrial revolution and Rankine talked about flipping the script […]
Continue reading "Gitelman and Rankine Juxtaposed"A new year brings new faces, we’re happy to welcome nine graduate students as the 2018 cohort! We asked everyone to share a bit about themselves to get to know them better. Afua Ansong is a Ghanaian American writer and artist who teaches contemporary and traditional West African dance. Afua recently completed her MFA in […]
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