Ohio State English

Congratulations to Prof. Corinne Mitsuye Sugino, whose book, Making the Human: Race, Allegory, and Asian Americans was awarded the Cultural Studies Association's First Book Prize at the 2026 CSA conference. Read more about their book and award here: https://bit.ly/4fsMCSt

Lord Denney's Players, the Department of English, and the OSU Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies are excited to announce the winners of the 2026 Lord Denney's Players Sonnet Contest:

1st Place: "A Tale of Salt" by Sam Morgan
2nd Place: "My Tongue Feels Like Sandpaper" by Rowan Fleming
Honorable Mention: "To Fetch or Not to Fetch" by Maheshwar Sai Ganesh

Interested in reading the winning sonnets? check out our website: https://bit.ly/3OMJK7W

LOCATION CHANGE: due to Denney Hall's HVAC woes, this launch has been moved to the Barnett Center's Collaboratory, 141 Sullivant Hall. (Many thanks to the Barnett Center for their help in relocating events!)

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Join us on April 20th from 3 - 4:30 in 311 Denney Hall to celebrate the launch of PhD student Sara Abou Rashed's debut poetry collection, Theories of Return! This event will feature readings from Prof. Allison Pitinii Davis and MFA student Misha Ponnuraju, followed by a Q&A moderated by Prof. Johanna Sellman (Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at OSU).

For more information: https://bit.ly/41rxFIb