Literary Arts Live

Please join us on Thursday, March 9th at 7:00PM in PGILL G52
for a reading and conversation with poet Peter Twal.

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English Department News & Updates
- Allison Mann ’08
  by Deb Cutten
  February 16, 2023
  Please join us for an evening with Kathyrn Allison Mann onWednesday, March 8, 2023 in Olin 104 at 7:30PM When Allison will answer the question “What Goes on in the Writing…
- Carleton Lecture
  by Deb Cutten
  February 16, 2023
  Please join the English Faculty for the annual Carleton Lecture on March 29, 2023 in PGILL G52 at 4:15pmfor a presentation given by Maurice O. Wallace titled “I Heard a Dream:…
- Literary Arts Live
  by Deb Cutten
  February 16, 2023
  Please join us on Thursday, March 9th at 7:00PM in PGILL G52 for a reading and conversation with poet Peter Twal.
- Maria Gray (’23) named in Best New Poets 2022
  by Deb Cutten
  October 3, 2022
  Our own Maria Gray (’23) was just named as one of fifty poets for the 2022 anthology Best New Poets 2022 for her poem titled “Where Were You when Mac Miller…
- Welcome back, English majors!
  by Sylvia Federico
  September 1, 2022
  As you begin to make your way back to campus, here are some things to look forward to: Eden Osucha is back from leave! We have a new fiction writer, Lynn…

News & Updates

May 28, 2023

‘Be better. Do better. Be an arc in the bigger circle,&…

The 157th Bates Commencement saw degrees conferred on 439 Bates seniors and an address by author and scholar J. Drew Lanham — a self-described "bird-loving Black kid" from South Carolina — who spoke about freedom and Benjamin Mays, and called on the graduates "to be better, to do better" and "to be an arc in the bigger circle" that gives power to our freedom.

May 25, 2023

Bates Class of 2023 ivy stone points to the future

The Class of 2023 ivy stone was designed by Abby Segal, who is a professional magician. But there’s no dazzling illusion in the design, just simple storytelling about a class navigating COVID.

May 25, 2023

Bates announces promotions of 11 professors

Eleven professors at Bates College have received promotions, including tenure awards, effective Aug. 1, 2023. The promotions were recommended by the faculty’s Committee on Personnel and approved by the Bates College Board of Trustees.