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English professor’s novel tells of love triangle in post-WWII Paris
A new novel by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign English professor David Wright Faladé tells the story of three people in a love triangle in post-World War II Paris. The characters in “...
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To last a lifetime: A love of reading and giving back leads campus couple to support the next generation of writers.
It was a love of reading that led Jean Sklansky (BA, ’72, teaching of English) to English. For Steve Kaplan (BS, ’72, business), it was his interest in Jean.
The two students from Chicago, who met at a mixer between the men’s and women’s residence halls the first Sunday of new student orientation...
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Harrington poetry collection makes NBCC Award longlist
Creative writing professor Janice Harrington’s poetry collection, Yard Show, has earned a spot on the National Book Critics Circle’s 2024 NBCC Awards longlist for poetry. The poetry collection fuses Black history, cultural...
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Jamie L. Jones book earns spot on MLA's shortlist of outstanding titles
The Modern Language Association (MLA) has named English professor Jamie L. Jones’ book Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling to its shortlist for outstanding books. Her book, published by the...
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Slowing down in the digital age
"Friend, you stand on sacred ground. This is a printing office."
These words from Beatrice Ward are displayed in Skeuomorph Press & BookLab, where the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign community can create their own prints using a...