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Laura Furlan Elected President of Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL)

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Laura Furlan became President of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL) on July 1, after serving two years as Vice President....
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Nathan Hill's, MFA '04, Novel Selected by Oprah Winfrey for Book Club

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Nathan Hill's, MFA '04, new novel, Wellness, was recently selected by Oprah Winfrey for her book club. Hill's novel is the 102nd book to be chosen for the book club, and Winfrey states that...
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Peter Gizzi Interviewed by NER

Thursday, September 14, 2023

NER poetry editor Jennifer Chang recently talked with Peter Gizzi about vertical imagination, selfhood, and the lyric "I", spending a life in poetry, and his new book, Fierce Elegy. Read the...
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Abby Chabitnoy Publishes In the Current Where Drowning is Beautiful

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Abby Chabitnoy has recently published her latest book, In the Current Where Drowning is Beautiful with Wesleyan University Press....
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Peter Gizzi Publishes Fierce Elegy

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Peter Gizzi's new book, Fierce Elegy, has recently been published by Wesleyan University Press. As Wesleyan University Press states: "Peter Gizzi's powerful new collection reminds us that the elegy...
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Stephen Clingman Publishes in Caryl Phillips’s Genealogies

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Stephen Clingman has recently published “The Space of Crossing: Caryl Phillips, Jenny Erpenbeck, and Parallel Genealogy," in Caryl Phillips’s Genealogies (essays in honor of Bénédicte Ledent),...