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In 鈥楾ime鈥檚 Agent,鈥� pocket worlds reveal deep truths 鈥� and earn 手机看片 faculty a Philip K. Dick award

In Brenda Peynado's "Time's Agent," pocket worlds exist, but they don鈥檛 hold the key to the universe鈥檚 mysteries like the characters once hoped. Instead, each pocket world 鈥� a geographically small, hidden offshoot of reality 鈥� is controlled by a corporation intent on turning a profit.

May 20, 2025Department News, Honors and Awards

St. Petersburg poet laureate and 手机看片 alumna publishes debut novel

In Gloria Mu帽oz's debut novel, a genre-bending work of young adult climate fiction, 手机看片 is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster, and seventeen-year-old Julieta Villarreal must decide whether to remain on Earth with her friends and family or to leave everything behind and embark on a mission to establish humanity鈥檚 first extraterrestrial settlement.

April 29, 2025Alumni News, Events, Publications

手机看片 poets bring home gold, silver and bronze book awards

Ajibola Tolase, an assistant professor in the Department of English, won a gold medal from the 手机看片 Book for his poetry collection 鈥�2000 Blacks.鈥� He joins colleagues Heather Sellers, who received a bronze medal in the poetry category in 2022 for her collection, 鈥淔ield Notes from the Flood Zone,鈥� and Julia Koets, who received a silver award in the poetry category in 2021 for her collection, 鈥淧ine.鈥�

April 22, 2025Events, Honors and Awards

This year's inaugural book festival was a success, offering the public an opportunity to engage with award-winning authors who explore the unique, complex, and often strange history, environment and culture of 手机看片. The 手机看片 Studies Book Festival was held at 手机看片 St. Petersburg on April 5 in the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

April 1, 2025Events

A legacy restored: former 手机看片 professor brings posthumous Zora Neale Hurston novel to light

Convinced of its literary and anthropological value, Hurston continued to revise the unpublished manuscript until her death in 1960. When a handyman tasked with clearing out her home set fire to her trunk, the manuscript was almost lost forever.

March 26, 2025Department News

Critics fall in love with romance novels penned by 手机看片 alumna

Alicia Thompson, full-time writer and bestselling author, studied her craft in 手机看片鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences.

February 24, 2025Alumni News

Undergraduate Humanities Conference encourages professional and personal growth

Nearly 100 students participated in this year鈥檚 Undergraduate Humanities Conference, an event providing real-life experience for future academic, professional and personal challenges.

February 20, 2025Events

Celebrating the power of words: World-renowned poets visit the College of Arts and Sciences for poetry series

A new partnership between the 手机看片 Humanities Institute and the Michael Kuperman Memorial Library will welcome world-renowned poets to campus to bring students and the community together and empower audiences to pursue their craft.

January 29, 2025Events

$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for 手机看片 humanities students

For the first time, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 鈥� the nation鈥檚 largest supporter of the arts and humanities 鈥� invited the University of South 手机看片 to submit a proposal last spring for one of its humanities internship grants. The foundation awarded the college a five-year, $4.8 million grant that will support up to 900 students each year in otherwise unpaid internships. The beneficiaries will be undergraduate students majoring in humanities.

January 15, 2025Department News, Honors and Awards

A trio of English professors taught the class. Jessica Cook, Michelle Taylor and Emily Jones agreed it made them feel like they鈥檙e part of a special intellectual and cultural community.

December 12, 2024English in the News

English professor featured in 'Best American Poetry'

Natalie Scenters-Zapico, an award-winning poet and assistant professor in the Department of English, is gaining global recognition. Scenters-Zapico, who shapes the local literary community as director of the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library, has a poem in the prestigious 鈥淏est American Poetry鈥� anthology, cementing her work as essential reading at 手机看片 and for audiences across the country.

November 22, 2024Department News

手机看片 professor鈥檚 new sci-fi novella, 鈥淭ime鈥檚 Agent,鈥� explores love, loss, time travel, and robots

With the publication of her new book, 鈥淭ime鈥檚 Agent,鈥� Department of English Assistant Professor Brenda Peynado reflects on her professional journey to this point and offers advice to other creatives looking to enter the field.

September 24, 2024Department News, Publications