English Department Master Calendar

Friday, December 12, 2025

Thursday, February 19, 2026

  • 4:30 pm
    TBD

    A reading by Callie Siskel made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series. Callie Siskel is the author of Two Minds, forthcoming from W. W. Norton, and Arctic Revival, selected by Elizabeth Alexander for a Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship. Her poetry appears in The Paris Review, The Atlantic, and the New York Review of Books. A

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Friday, April 3, 2026

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

  • 4:30 pm
    TBD

    A reading by Stephen Markley, made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series. Stephen Markley is the author of The Deluge, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as an Editor's choice. His previous books include the critically acclaimed bestseller Ohio, as well as Publish this Book and Tales of Iceland. He has also written for the hulu comedy

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Saturday, May 2, 2026

  • 1:00 pm
    Illini Union Bookstore: Authors Corner

    Hear the graduating MFA students in Creative Writing read from their Final Projects. This year's third-years include: Isabella Escamilla Paz Hoggatt David Foley Tyler Moore Callan Latham Garrett Stack

Saturday, May 16, 2026