Prof. Freake’s long career at York began in 1976 when he joined the University as a contract faculty member. He became a full-time faculty member in 1991 and received tenure in 1996. He taught for most of his career in the Division, now Department, of Humanities and the Department of English. He served twice as […]
ENROL NOW!!! AP/EN 4410 3.0M - Winter 2021: Caribbean Performance and Memory Course Director: Dr. Geoff MacDonald Please click here for the course description.
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Matthew Walsh graduated with a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from York in 2013 before going on to complete an M.F.A. at the University of British Columbia. Matthew grew up in rural Nova Scotia and is now living in Toronto. Matthew’s poetry has appeared in The Malahat Review and Arc, among other publications. Matthew […]
We are proud to announce that English and Creative Writing Alum Matthew Walsh is among the finalists for the prestigious Trillium Book Award for Poetry. Walsh graduated with a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from York in 2013 before going on to complete an M.F.A. at the University of British Columbia. His poetry has […]
Yusuf Saadi's first collection is Pluviophile (Nightwood Editions 2020). He graduated from York's creative writing program in 2013, and won the 2016 Vallum Chapbook Award and The Malahat Reviews 2016 Far Horizons Award for Poetry. At other times, his writing has appeared in journals/anthologies including Best Canadian Poetry 2019, The Malahat Review, Vallum, Brick, Best […]
Mark Wadman earned his BA and MA, and was completing his PhD at York University, when he passed away on 3 May 2020. A committed environmentalist, he studied and wrote on ecocriticism, and also published work on Indian and African-American writers. As a CUPE colleague, he served as a teaching assistant for courses in both […]
The Creative Writing Program announces 2019-20 President's Prizes and LA&PS Award Winners LA&PS Awards Babs Burggraf Award in Creative Writing - Teya Hollier bp Nichol Award - Rachel Kearney & Jackson Donnelly Judith Eve Gewurtz Memorial Poetry Award - Justin Vanek Sorbara Award in Creative Writing - Dante Nieuwold Stanley Fefferman Prize in Creative Writing - […]
York University English Professor Julia Creet traces the histories of the largest, longest-running and most rapidly growing genealogical databases, and seeks to explain North Americans’ current obsession with family history, in her new book set to publish on Feb. 28. The Genealogical Sublime (University of Massachuestts Press, 2020) is a crossover academic/trade book seeks to […]
The Department of English is proud to announce the winners of the essay prizes for the Fall/Winter 2018/2019 academic session. Best 1000-level Essay Prize Leah Perez Best 2000-level Essay Prize Daminee Salahuddin Best 3000-level Essay Prize Lee Murphy Best 4000-level Essay Prize Zena Kamocki Jerome Paul Avie Bennett Prize in Canadian Literature Muna Hussein Brian […]