The Kenyon College English Department is dedicated to the teaching and study of literatures in English through attentive close reading, critical thinking, effective speaking, and skillful writing. Its faculty includes renowned teachers, award-winning poets and fiction writers, and a recent winner of the MacArthur Foundation's "genius award." As the home of the internationally renowned Kenyon Review, as well as many student-run literary publications, Kenyon offers a rich literary as well as intellectual life.