English Studies at Kean University

Join us for an activity to create a fantasy map and share your ideas about worldbuilding. Bring your laptop if you prefer digital formatting. All writers and majors welcome to participate. Event will be hosted in L208 in the Nancy Thompson Learning Commons.

Come one, come all! Bring a draft of a creative piece to our student run writer's workshop.

Need somewhere to study before midterms start? We got you covered. ✨

HEY! Kean's English Department finally has a ☀creative writing club☀ this semester. Anyone of any major is welcome to attend. This is our 1st general body meeting, so don't feel pressured and drop in if you have time!

Submissions are about to close!! Hurry!!

Attention all aspiring authors and writers‼️ Join our "How to Get Published Event" on October 17th to learn tips and tricks on how to navigate the publishing industry 📚

The English Department is proud to host an open mic event celebrating any and all writers! Stop by for some inspiration and refreshments. Maybe we'll even see you on stage...👀

Are you ready to go back to school? 📚 To prepare for the upcoming semester, check out the Academic Calendar for important dates such as add/drop deadlines, university closures, and more. We can’t wait to see everyone soon! ✏️

Everyone has confused their, they’re and there at least once! Though, it doesn’t hurt to refresh our memory! THEIR = belonging to them THEY’RE = they are THERE = in that place We hope this helps! #grammar 😅

A possessive apostrophe is used to show that something belongs to or is connected to something else. One example is “Harry’s book”. This shows that the book belongs to Harry. Harry is a singular noun, so you must add the ‘s. #grammar 😅

Want to be involved with English Studies? Apply to be one of our Fall 2023 interns! Check your email for the form and be sure to submit it by September 1! We hope to work with you soon ✏️

A comma is a punctuation mark that indicates a pause between parts of a sentence. Without the comma, we would think someone was telling us to eat our grandma, but with the comma, we know that the meaning of the sentence was to call our grandma to come eat. #grammar 😅

Did you know that the Fall 2023 semester starts in 4 weeks? Summer flew by, and now it’s time to get ready for school! Check out KeanWISE for class information, and be on the lookout for class syllabi as the countdown to 23FA begins!

Have you checked out our blog, The Writers’ Block? We post weekly about a plethora of topics, whether it be books to read or ways to get out of a writing slump. Visit this link for this week’s post! thewritersblockkeanenglish.b…

Today is the last day to fill out our forms to be featured in this summer’s newsletter! Check out the links in the photo for the form that applies to your standing. ⬇️

There are still seats available in ENG*4350 Contemporary Literature for the upcoming fall semester. Some books on the reading list include To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Night by Eliezer Wiesel, and more! We hope to see you there! 📚

The common read for the upcoming year is The Future is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha! We are so excited to be sharing this event with you all, and we hope to see you in October along with the author for a conversation regarding the book and its themes. 📚