About Colleen English

Colleen English holds a Ph.D. in British and Irish Romantic literature from University College Dublin. Her current book project, “Writing the Dead: Epitaphs, Elegies, and Communities of Sentiment in Romantic Ireland” interrogates the role elegiac poetry written in Ireland in the early to mid-nineteenth century played in reconfiguring the spheres of political and aesthetic influence and fostering transnational connections. She currently teaches writing and literature courses at Loyola University Chicago and co-convenes the Irish Studies Scholarly Seminar at the Newberry Library. Research Interests include: Nineteenth-century British and Irish literature and culture; Creative Writing; the elegy

Colleen English is a scholar of Irish and Romantic literature based at Loyola University Chicago. She co-convenes the Irish Studies Scholarly Seminar at the Newberry Library.

NBN Episodes hosted by Colleen:

Deirdre F. Brady, "Literary Coteries and the Irish Women Writers' Club (1933-1958)" (Liverpool UP, 2021)

September 11, 2025

Literary Coteries and the Irish Women Writers' Club

Deirdre F. Brady
Hosted by Colleen English

In this interview, Dr. Deirdre Brady discusses her recent book, Literary Coteries and the Irish Women Writers’ Club (1933-1958) (Liverpool UP, 2021).…

Mary M. McGlynn, "Broken Irelands: Literary Form in Post-Crash Irish Fiction" (Syracuse UP, 2022)

June 18, 2023

Broken Irelands

Mary M. McGlynn
Hosted by Colleen English
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In this interview Mary M. McGlynn, Professor of English at Baruch College, CUNY, discusses her new book Broken Irelands: Literary Form in Post-Crash I…

David Clare et al., "The Golden Thread: Irish Women Playwrights (1716-2016)" (Liverpool UP, 2021)

December 21, 2021

The Golden Thread

David Clare, Fiona McDonagh, and Justine Nakase
Hosted by Colleen English

The 2015 #WakingTheFeminists Campaign for gender equality in Irish theatre highlighted the marginalization of women in this industry and led t…