ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Poet Mary Oliver Captivates Marquette
Venerated American poet Mary Oliver makes very few public appearances. But she came to Marquette on Nov. 12, 2012, and experienced something that made her feel “giddy.”
That’s because the event — at which she read from her collections of poetry and received an honorary degree — began with a video of Marquette students reading her poem "What I Have Learned So Far." See the full story here.
The video was made for the inauguration of Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., an avid Oliver fan, when he became Marquette’s 23rd president in September 2011.
PROGRAMS OF STUDY
- 2 UG majors: English and Writing-intensive English
- 3 UG minors: English, Literature of Diverse Cultures, and Writing-intensive English
- M.A. degree: American and British Literature
- Ph.D. degree: American and British Literature
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UPCOMING EVENTS
3/20: FAME "What to Do With An English Major?" (AMU 4:30)
4/5: Dept Retreat (12:00-4:00, Room TBA)
4/10: Professor Thomas Wortham, Professor Emeritus at UCLA, former editor of Nineteenth Century Literature, and one of Joe Schwartz's students at Marquette, will be delivering the Schwartz lecture on American novelist and man of letters, William Dean Howells.
4/25: FAME “Shakespeare Goes to the Opera” (Weasler Auditorium, 4:30). Free and Open to the Public.
