Update from Ann Romines
Although on sabbatical, professor of American literature Ann Romines has been busy. She writes that the following projects have been her preoccupations:
Although on sabbatical, professor of American literature Ann Romines has been busy. She writes that the following projects have been her preoccupations:
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Rajiv Menon writes of the course he took with British Council Writer in Residence Suhayl Saadi: My experience with the first British Council in Residence reading course was overwhelmingly positive, and when I learned of the second opportunity to participate in the class, I had no doubt in my mind that I wanted to take…