Aravind Adiga wins Man Booker Prize

CANCELLATION The talk by poet and critic Adam Kirsch has been cancelled for this evening because of the weather. The talk was to have been in the Marvin Center Auditorium at 7 pm. We hope to reschedule him later in the semester; look to this blog for more information. Share on FacebookTweet

From the electronic mailbag: Dear Dr. McAleavey— I was one of the lucky students that got to participate in the JMM poetry workshop with Dr. Van Cleave (Ryan). I am writing you today to give you my feedback on the course and Ryan as a workshop leader. First, these workshops are incredibly important to the…

From Verve: 26/11 : A Historical Perspective Text by Kavita Daiya Published: Volume 17, Issue 1, January, 2009 When the terrorists struck on 26 November 2008, no one could believe this could be happening to Mumbai, to the people it did, at the places it did. Terrorism in India had until now, largely resulted in…

Congratulations to Joseph Fisher and Brian Flota on the publication of their co-edited volume The Politics of Post-9/11 Music, which will be available next month from Ashgate. Seeking to extend discussions of 9/11 music beyond the acts typically associated with the September 11th attacks – U2, Toby Keith, The Dixie Chicks, Bruce Springsteen – this…

Jonathan Gil Harris, a popular professor of the early modern period, has been awarded a one year NEH fellowship to work at the Folger Shakespeare Library. From the Folger website, a description of his project: Professor Jonathan Gil Harris, Professor of English, George Washington University“Shakespeare and Literary Theory” “Shakespeare and Literary Theory” will consider the…

One day Thomas Mallon looked out his office window in Rome Hall and had a strange sense of déja vu. “I look out into the apartment of one of my characters,” he said. Mallon’s novel Fellow Travelers was set in 1950s DC, at which point the dorm West End was an apartment where he placed…