Undocupoets co-founder headlines English Department spring literary lineup

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo in black and white

Fresno State’s Department of English welcomes 10 acclaimed authors and scholars this spring for campus visits, including the poet and translator Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, the co-founder of Undocupoets, a collective that brings recognition to works written by undocumented poets and spreads awareness about the societal barriers they face as writers.

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Kudos to Fresno writers — Fall 2024

Graphic image with headshots of Samantha Golden, Kenyeih Williams, Kayla Mendoza, and Mary Sosa as photo cutouts of a background of cutout paper scraps

Kudos to #FresnoWriters is an ongoing series on the Fresno State MFA blog, celebrating the professional accomplishments of students, alumni, and faculty in Fresno State’s Creative Writing Program and Department of English.

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University Theatre dances its way into the 2025 spring season

dancers in black in a pile embrace.

The Contemporary Dance Ensemble will present six unique repertory dance works that explore themes of social activism, nonsensical rules and regulations, abstract visions infused with deep human emotions, family bonds, belonging and a nostalgic look at the 1980s.

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