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David Gewanter on PBS NewsHour
David Gewanter appeared on PBS NewsHour to discuss the relevance of poetry in our modern world. Is poetry dead, too slow for our wired, sound-bitten world? Even if poetry…
April 24, 2018
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Brian Hochman Interviewed for Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian Magazine interviewed Brian Hochman for a piece called ‘A Brief History of Surveillance in America.’ He discusses the history of eavesdropping and…
March 26, 2018
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Jennifer Natalya Fink's Bhopal Dance Reviewed
Jennifer Natalya Fink’s Bhopal Dance is gaining attention from reviewers and fellow writers. The Seattle Review of Books has released a glowing review: “In this…
March 22, 2018
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Aminatta Forna On PBS News Hour
PBS News Hour recently featured Aminatta Forna in a segment entitled ‘The power of your suffering is in how you tell your story.’ The description of the segment…
March 22, 2018
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Cheryl Suzack's Indigenous Women's Writing and the Cultural Study of Law Announced as 2018 Canada Prizes Finalist
Cheryl Suzack’s Indigenous Women’s Writing and the Cultural Study of Law is a finalist for the 2018 Canada Prizes in the Humanities and Social Sciences by the…
March 20, 2018
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Aminatta Forna's Happiness Reviewed by Washington Post
Congratulations to Aminatta Forna on a rave review of her newest book, “Happiness” in the Washington Post! “Happiness” is a meditation on grand themes: Love…
March 20, 2018
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The Evolution of Georgetown's Literary Curriculum
English professors Henry Schwarz, David Gewanter, Carolyn Forché, and Aminatta Forna are featured in a recent Hoya article about the evolution of the…
February 5, 2018
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David Gewanter's Fort Necessity Released by University of Chicago Press
David Gewanter’s latest collection of poetry, Fort Necessity, is now available for order via the University of Chicago Press. The compilation uses historical documents,…
January 23, 2018
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Caetlin Benson-Allott's Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens Gets Alamo Drafthouse Treatment
Caetlin Benson-Allott’s book Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship From VHS to File Sharing is a celebration and conversation about our (and…
December 14, 2017
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Sarah McNamer's Meditations on the Life of Christ: The Short Italian Text Wins MLA's Scaglione Publication Award
The Modern Language Association of America has announced that is awarding the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies to Sarah…
December 8, 2017