New book by Professor Marcus Boon explores music as vibration

Published by Duke University Press, the book explores music as a material practice of vibration that emerges from a politics of vibration and which constructs a vibrational space of individual and collective transformation. Focusing on the work of three contemporary musicians – Hindustani classical vocalist Pandit Pran Nath, Swedish drone composer and philosopher Catherine Christer […]

Creative writing undergrad student sells debut novel

Matteo L. Cerilli, a York undergraduate student pursuing a BA honours with a double major in creative writing and professional writing from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, recently sold his debut novel Lockjaw. The novel is a multiple-perspective young adult horror novel corresponding to Stephen King’s IT and the hit television show […]

York University undergraduate students were recognized for their work in poetry, short fiction, and screenwriting at the annual Creative Writing Program Awards ceremony

The online ceremony held on May 24 honoured the 2021-2022 winning submissions. The event was organized by David Goldstein, creative writing program coordinator and associate professor of English, with support from staff members Kimberly Wilson, Rose Crawford and Marijana Gmitrovic.  “The awards ceremony is one of the highlights of our year in creative writing. Having the opportunity to honour students from […]

Passings: Professor Marilou McKenna

Dr. Marilou McKenna earned her BA from University of Guelph and completed her PhD in Victorian Literature at York University. As a CUPE faculty member from the 1980s, she had experience teaching in a wide range of areas, including American and British Literature, gothic literature, and poetry. She was an active member of the William […]

English Undergraduate Students' Association: Join Us Today!

A video message from EUSA’s President Tom Worthington. Dear students, The current president of the English Undergraduate Students’ Association (EUSA), Tom Worthington, will be graduating this summer and is planning to step down at the end of January. If you are in your second or third year of study, this is an excellent opportunity to […]

Bruce Powe - 2021 MEA Marshall McLuhan Book Award

Prof. Bruce Powe won the Media Ecology Association's annual Marshall McLuhan Book Award for The Charge in the Global Membrane. Read more about Prof. Powe's accomplishment on the McLuhan Gallery's website.

Statement regarding the remains of Indigenous children found in unmarked graves throughout Canada

Recent discoveries that the bodies of Indigenous children lie in unmarked graves throughout Canada -- 215 graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School on the lands of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, 751 at the Marieval Indian Residential School on the lands of the Cowessess First Nation, and 182 at the St. Eugene’s Mission […]

The Turn of the Screw, edited by Jonathan Warren

Jonathan WarrenYear of Publication: 2021Publisher website “This admirable new and expanded Norton Critical Edition, with its judiciously selected and expertly curated secondary materials, both historical and critical, and accompanied by Jonathan Warren's excellent introduction, is an invaluable resource for students, instructors, and scholars.”—Sheila Teahan, Michigan State University This Norton Critical Edition includes: The New York Edition […]

York alumna among prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize winners

Canadian poet and York University alumna Canisia Lubrin was named one of two winners of the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in poetry. In addition to a citation and award, winners of the prizes receive an unrestricted grant of US$165,000 to support their writing. Lubrin’s first collection of poetry, Voodoo Hypothesis, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert award, the Pat Lowther award and was a […]

Creative Writing Professor, Pasha Malla, publishes new novel

Douglas Adams meets David Lynch in this witty yet horror-tinged fable about one of North America's scariest inventions--the local mall. After writing a letter in praise of "malls," our eccentric narrator is offered a "residency" at a shabby suburban shopping centre. His mission: to occupy the mall for several weeks, splitting his time between "making […]