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Dog Days Reading
English major Jessica Chace recently wrote to ask what folks in the English department were reading this summer, so we did a quick poll. Here are reports from far-flung students and faculty: Jessica Chace is finishing up The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty. “The title is a bit of misnomer,” she writes, “–it’s actually…
Thomas Mallon in the NYT Book Review
Congratulations to Tom Mallon for the excellent review of Yours Ever: People and their Letters in the New York Times Review of Books. An excerpt: It is next to impossible to read these pages without mourning the whole apparatus of distance, without experiencing a deep and plangent longing for the airmail envelope, the sweetest shade…
Erica Jong, “Fear of Flying” author, Reads Tuesday at 7 pm in SPMA B07
Erica Jong Tomorrow Jewish Literature Live hosts a special evening with award-winning Author, Erica Jong. The reading will be at 7 p.m. in SMPA B07. A New York native, Jong is best known for her work in fiction and poetry. Her first novel, Fear of Flying, has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Jong has…
The English Department Congratulates Rajiv Menon
Along with eight other students, Rajiv Menon was awarded a George Gamow Undergraduate Research Fellowship. From the press release: Rajiv Menon, a junior from Kingwood, Texas, is a double-major in international affairs and English. Working with Judith Plotz, professor of English, he will spend the summer of 2009 completing research for the project: “Imagined Dravidistans:…
Lounge Renovation!
The drywall came tumbling down today! Here is a photo of our lounge-in-process. Right now, the main office is a bit of a mess, and the hallway is currently serving as the location for faculty mailboxes, but we’re hopeful that the renovation will create a better community space by combining two smaller spaces. Now we…
Study with Prof. Dugan in England and Scotland this Summer
This just in from Prof. Holly Dugan, describing her fascinating summer 2010 English course: This summer, I’ll be teaching a course on early English drama that culminates with a week abroad, exploring Edinburgh, Scotland and Yorkshire, England and watching the 2010 production of the York mystery plays. I’m writing here in the hopes that I…