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Immerse yourself in the imaginative worlds of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, and drama, and develop the skills and experiences to pursue a wide variety of career paths. Studying what gives you joy and sparks your creativity and intellectual curiosity will also set you up for a rich personal, professional, and civic life.

James Weaver James Weaver,Associate Professor, Chair of English, Lorena Woodrow Burke Endowed Ch…
Margot Singer Margot Singer,Professor (English/Creative Writing), Director of Creative Writing, Di…

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Renowned writers Billy Collins, Piper Kerman, and Alice Walker have all visited Denison and worked with students in recent years through the English Department's Beck Series.

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Creative Writing

We offer a wide variety of courses that engage with human experience, recent and historical as well as local and global.

One of the oldest undergraduate creative writing programs in the country, Denison’s major and minor in creative writing offer small classes taught by full-time professors, all practicing writers and poets, who also mentor and advise students.

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English Literature

Denison’s English majors develop expertise in critical reading and writing along with skills in cultural understanding, empathetic thinking, imaginative reasoning, storytelling, critical thinking, and textual analysis—all highly valued by 21st-century employers.

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