2022-23 brought notable achievements, developments, and transitions at Princeton English, notes Simon Gikandi, the Class of 1943 University Professor of English and chair.

The word cast arms open and outstretched, signaling recognition and an offer that does not presume the addressee is a hugger: You belong here.

A box arrived for me in the mail. It was filled with the most exquisite, luxurious collection of rainbow-colored miniature clothes.

"Gibberish is the language of the other," Peters said. "We typically attribute it to languages we don't know how to read."

"A brilliant teacher, an original and inspired scholar/critic ... the most wittily congenial of colleagues,” said Joyce Carol Oates.

What’s in a name? A lot, according to Dean of the College Jill Dolan.

 Gene Jarrett, dean of the faculty and the William S. Tod Professor of English, shares what’s on his summer reading list.

Howarth served on Princeton’s faculty for 51 years. He was among the cofounders of the Princeton Environmental Institute (now High Meadows Environmental Institute).

On Monday, May 29, 2023 at 1:30 p.m., the Department of English celebrated the 31 graduates of the Class of 2023 who majored in English.