Explore Undergraduate Publications

See below for a selection of published works from our undergraduate students and alumni. To learn more about the undergraduate programs and opportunities in the Department of English, visit our Undergraduate page.

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Patrick Ness
Different for Boys
Walker Books, 2023
Brad Thor
Black Ice
Emily Bestler Books, 2023
Becca Klaver
Greetings from Bowling Green
The Magnificent Field, 2022
Becca Klaver
Midwinter Constellation
Black Lawrence Press, 2022
Susan Straight
Mecca
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2022
Brad Thor
Near Dark
Atria/Emily Bestler Books, 2022
Brad Thor
Rising Tiger
Atria/Emily Bestler Books, 2022
Brad Thor
Spymaster
Atria/Emily Bestler Books, 2022
John Gobbell
Somewhere in the South Pacific
Severn River Publishing, 2022
Brad Thor
Backlash
Emily Bestler Books, 2022
Brad Thor
Use of Force
Emily Bester Books, 2022
Cory Martin
The Yoga Prescription: A Chronic Illness Survival Guide
WriteOut, 2022
 Brad Thor
Act of War
Emily Bestler Books, 2021
Brad Thor
Code of Conduct
Emily Bestler Books, 2021
Brad Thor
Foreign Agent
Emily Bestler Books, 2021
Becca Klaver
Ready for the World  
Black Lawrence Press, 2020
Patrick Ness
Burn
Walker Books, 2020
Paul Legault
Tower
Coach House Books, 2020
John Gobbell
A Call to Colors
Severn River Publishing, 2020
John Gobbell
The Brutus Lie
Severn River Publishing, 2020
John Gobbell
The Neptune Strategy
Severn River Publishing, 2020
John Gobbell
Dead Man Launch
Severn River Publishing, 2020
John Gobbell
When Duty Whispers Low
Severn River Publishing, 2020
John Gobbell
A Code for Tomorrow
Severn River Publishing, 2020
Susan Straight
In the Country of Women
Catapult, 2019
John Gobbell
The Last Lieutenant
Severn Publishing, 2019
Beau Boudreaux
Toy Park
Cherry Grove Collections, 2019
Patrick Ness
And The Ocean Was Our Sky
Walker Books, 2019
Tea Obreht
Inland: A Novel
Random House, 2019
Paul Legault
Lunch Poems 2
Spork Press, 2018
Patrick Ness
Snowscape: A Chaos Walking Short Story
Walker Books, 2018
Patrick Ness
The Wide, Wide Sea: A Chaos Walking Short Story
Walker Books, 2018
Patrick Ness
Monsters of Men
Walker Books, 2018
Patrick Ness
The Knife of Letting Go
Walker Books, 2018
Patrick Ness
The Ask and The Answer
Walker Books, 2018
 Becca Klaver
Girl Talk Triptych
Dancing Girl Press, 2016
 Becca Klaver
Empire Wasted
Bloof Books, 2016
Paul Legault
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror 2
FENCE, 2016
Patrick Ness
Release
Walker Books, 2017
Beau Boudreau
Rapunzel’s Braid   
Five Oaks Press, 2016
Cory Martin
Love Sick
Write Out, 2016
Oscar Balderrama
Arrow (Vengeance)
Titan Books, 2015
Patrick Ness
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
HarperTeen, 2015
Beauty Bragg
Reading Contemporary African American Literature   
Lexington Books, 2014
John Gobbell
Edge of Valor
Naval Institute, 2014
Hiram Sims
Photoetry
Figueroa Press, 2014
Brad Thor
Hidden Order
Pocket, 2014
Pat Lowery Collins
The Deer Watch
Candlewick Press, 2013
Becca Klaver
Merry, Merrily
Lame House Press, 2013
Becca Klaver
Nonstop Pop
Bloof Books, 2013
Ellen Mulholand
Birds on a Wire
Logos, 2013
Patrick Ness
More Than This
Candlewick Press, 2013
Patrick Ness
The Crane Wife
Canongate Books, 2013
Beau Boudreaux
Running Red, Running Redder
Cherry Grove, 2012
Paul Legault
The Emily Dickinson Reader
McSweeney’s, 2012
Susan Straight
Between Heaven and Here
McSweeney’s, 2012
Becca Klaver
See/Sucka
Dusie Press, 2011
Paul Legault
The Other Poems
Fence Books, 2011
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
Candlewick Press, 2011
Tea Obreht
The Tiger’s Wife
Random House, 2011
Paul Legault
The Madeleine Poems
Omnidawn Publishing, 2010
Susan Straight
Take One Candle Light a Room
Pantheon, 2010
Susan Straight
A Million Nightingales
Anchor, 2007

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