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National Book Award finalist Marlon James, left, with Books & Books founder Mitchell Kaplan and A.J. Bermudez, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of English and Creative Writing. Photo: Julia Campbell/University of Miami National Book Award finalist Marlon James, left, with Books & Books founder Mitchell Kaplan and A.J. Bermudez, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of English and Creative Writing. Photo: Julia Campbell/University of Miami

Writer’s Night debuts with star‑studded literary lineup

The inaugural event featured readings by National Book Award finalist Marlon James and U.S. poet laureate Arthur Sze.
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Studying English at the University of Miami

Studying English at the University of Miami is much more than reading old books and writing five-paragraph essays. Want to study popular culture of the past and present, from Game of Thrones to classic Hollywood movies to the Harlem Renaissance? We've got classes on that. Want to go to law school or medical school? We have courses that combine law and literature and literature and medicine. Want to be a writer? We offer a major and a minor in creative writing. Interested in issues of race, gender, or the environment? We've got faculty who specialize in these areas of literature, and many more. And yes, of course we've also got the classics: Austen, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Chaucer, and more.

In UM English classes you’ll learn to write persuasively and vividly, whether it’s a blog post, a long-form research project, or a poem.

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