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In âTimeâs Agent,â pocket worlds reveal deep truths â and earn ±«Óătv faculty a Philip K. Dick award
In Brenda Peynado's "Time's Agent," pocket worlds exist, but they donât hold the key to the universeâs mysteries like the characters once hoped. Instead, each pocket world â a geographically small, hidden offshoot of reality â is controlled by a corporation intent on turning a profit.
May 20, 2025Department News, Honors and Awards
St. Petersburg poet laureate and ±«Óătv alumna publishes debut novel
In Gloria Muñoz's debut novel, a genre-bending work of young adult climate fiction, Florida is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster, and seventeen-year-old Julieta Villarreal must decide whether to remain on Earth with her friends and family or to leave everything behind and embark on a mission to establish humanityâs first extraterrestrial settlement.
April 29, 2025Alumni News, Events, Publications
±«Óătv poets bring home gold, silver and bronze book awards
Ajibola Tolase, an assistant professor in the Department of English, won a gold medal from the Florida Book for his poetry collection â2000 Blacks.â He joins colleagues Heather Sellers, who received a bronze medal in the poetry category in 2022 for her collection, âField Notes from the Flood Zone,â and Julia Koets, who received a silver award in the poetry category in 2021 for her collection, âPine.â
April 22, 2025Events, Honors and Awards
This year's inaugural book festival was a success, offering the public an opportunity to engage with award-winning authors who explore the unique, complex, and often strange history, environment and culture of Florida. The Florida Studies Book Festival was held at ±«Óătv St. Petersburg on April 5 in the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
April 1, 2025Events
A legacy restored: former ±«Óătv professor brings posthumous Zora Neale Hurston novel to light
Convinced of its literary and anthropological value, Hurston continued to revise the unpublished manuscript until her death in 1960. When a handyman tasked with clearing out her home set fire to her trunk, the manuscript was almost lost forever.
March 26, 2025Department News
Critics fall in love with romance novels penned by ±«Óătv alumna
Alicia Thompson, full-time writer and bestselling author, studied her craft in ±«Óătvâs College of Arts and Sciences.
February 24, 2025Alumni News
Undergraduate Humanities Conference encourages professional and personal growth
Nearly 100 students participated in this yearâs Undergraduate Humanities Conference, an event providing real-life experience for future academic, professional and personal challenges.
February 20, 2025Events
Celebrating the power of words: World-renowned poets visit the College of Arts and Sciences for poetry series
A new partnership between the ±«Óătv Humanities Institute and the Michael Kuperman Memorial Library will welcome world-renowned poets to campus to bring students and the community together and empower audiences to pursue their craft.
January 29, 2025Events
$4.8M Mellon Foundation grant opens internship opportunities for ±«Óătv humanities students
For the first time, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation â the nationâs largest supporter of the arts and humanities â invited the ±«Óătv to submit a proposal last spring for one of its humanities internship grants. The foundation awarded the college a five-year, $4.8 million grant that will support up to 900 students each year in otherwise unpaid internships. The beneficiaries will be undergraduate students majoring in humanities.
January 15, 2025Department News, Honors and Awards
A trio of English professors taught the class. Jessica Cook, Michelle Taylor and Emily Jones agreed it made them feel like theyâre part of a special intellectual and cultural community.
December 12, 2024English in the News
English professor featured in 'Best American Poetry'
Natalie Scenters-Zapico, an award-winning poet and assistant professor in the Department of English, is gaining global recognition. Scenters-Zapico, who shapes the local literary community as director of the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library, has a poem in the prestigious âBest American Poetryâ anthology, cementing her work as essential reading at ±«Óătv and for audiences across the country.
November 22, 2024Department News
±«Óătv professorâs new sci-fi novella, âTimeâs Agent,â explores love, loss, time travel, and robots
With the publication of her new book, âTimeâs Agent,â Department of English Assistant Professor Brenda Peynado reflects on her professional journey to this point and offers advice to other creatives looking to enter the field.
September 24, 2024Department News, Publications