MFA Professor Tim Denevi attended the CPAC conference last weekend and shares his observations.

Steven Corbett and Michelle LaFrance, faculty members in the Department of English, offer advice in Inside Higher Ed on how to help students identify the sources of procrastination and defeat them.

In an article from Inside Higher Ed (and reprinted on Slate.com), Debra Lattanzi Shutika, chair, Department of English, discusses reasons for the increasing rarity of English majors nationwide, and how English departments are changing to meet students' needs.

A special March Readers' Review: Diane Rehm and her guests discuss why fiction matters. A recent study indicates that fewer than half of all Americans are reading novels today. It suggests that those who do read fiction are better able to understand the emotions of others. A conversation about the social and personal benefits of reading fiction.