John Milas’ journey as a writer has been far from typical, but those unique experiences helped shape his gripping gothic horror novel about a mysterious abandoned building in Afghanistan and the...

It was a love of reading that led Jean Sklansky (BA, ’72, teaching of English) to English. For Steve Kaplan (BS, ’72, business), it was his interest in Jean. The two students from Chicago, who met...

Perusing a used bookstore was nothing out of the ordinary for David Obuchowski (BA, ’01, English) and his wife, Sarah Pedry, but the excursion was...

A new book by Phillip B. Williams has its roots in his days at Illinois. The book, his first novel, stems from a story that Williams wrote for a short story writing contest while he was a student.

Jonathan Phalen, who graduated in May with degrees in English and secondary education, has accepted a Fulbright/America for Bulgaria Foundation English teaching assistant award. The program aims to...