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Some years ago Jenny Spencer and I figured we overlapped by some years at the University of Iowa—she in her first years as a graduate student, me in my last years as an undergrad. She said she...

Arthur Kinney has retired. Yes, you heard that right. The learned and amiable colleague who was here when we came and promised to say farewell to us really has retired. He will remain a valued...

It is a great honor to toast my American studies friend, Mason Lowance. When I asked Mason if there was anything in particular he’d like me to say about his distinguished long career as a UMass...

It is my pleasure as well as privilege to offer this tribute to James Young, one of the most accomplished colleagues we in the English Department have ever been fortunate enough to count as one of...