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UMSL alumna brings lessons in composition and rhetoric to broader St. Louis community with FLOW, her grant-funded startup

Amanda Wells credits her graduate alma mater with helping her grow the idea into an achievable dream....

UMSL grad’s mission at Eat Sandwiches is to ‘feed people good food’

Byron Smith is the co-owner, operator and chef of Eat Sandwiches, which opened last fall near Tower Grove Park in south St. Louis....

Class assignment begun two years ago lives on as printed book and card game

The project that Nicholas O'Brien and Chris Rolwes helped pull together for course credit in a technical writing class has morphed into a real way to explore St. Louis....

Eye on UMSL: Chaucer banter

Professor Frank Grady and his Chaucer class react as one of the students makes a trenchant and amusing observation about a 14th-century tragic romance....

Eye on UMSL: Warming up to Shakespeare

Under the direction of a professional British actor, UMSL students warm up during a unique class session bringing to life one of the texts they’ve been studying....

Honors graduates now classmates again while pursuing MFAs in fiction, poetry

Marie Carol Kenney and Jessie Eikmann are each on track for back-to-back UMSL degrees after finishing their undergraduate studies earlier this year....

Set in the Ozarks, Mary Troy’s new novel follows a protagonist ‘Swimming on Hwy N’

The professor of English tells a tale of generations, hard-earned wisdom and the tricky intersections of past and present in “Swimming on Hwy N,” her second novel....

Teaching award honors Frank Grady’s infectious energy for Chaucer, other traditionally difficult texts

The longtime UMSL professor and current chair of the Department of English is the recipient of the 2016 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching....

English professor partners with E. O. Wilson on ‘Darwin’s Bridge,’ heads up new journal

Joseph Carroll discusses the newly released volume of essays as well as his new role as editor-in-chief of "Evolutionary Studies in Imaginary Culture."...

Newest edition of Litmag showcases campus community’s artistic, literary talents

Spanning 90-some pages, the student-run literary magazine's 2016 edition offers up a carefully curated selection of written and visual pieces....