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Morris Eaves, English professor who breathed new life into William Blake scholarship, remembered
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
The scholar made the British poet and “multimedia artist” accessible to a wide audience.
Continue ReadingThe work of horror films
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
A collection of essays coedited by Jason Middleton explores the "monster" of late capitalism lurking in modern American horror films.
Continue ReadingA poet’s meditation on loss, light, and legacy
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
Still Falling, English professor Jennifer Grotz’s fourth collection of poems, illuminates the connection between art and time.
Continue ReadingEzra Tawil, English professor of substance and style, remembered
Mon, 05 Feb 2024
The scholar of American literature had a special talent for connecting with colleagues and students alike.
Continue ReadingProvoking and coping through light verse
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
Rochester English instructor ‘explores the lighter side of dark times’ with her latest collection of poems.
Continue ReadingHow Nobel Prize–winning author Jon Fosse was found in translation
Fri, 06 Oct 2023
Open Letter’s Chad Post on discovering the Norwegian author for English audiences—and the importance of foreign translation presses today.
Continue ReadingThe ‘first English language trans novel,’ adapted for stage
Sat, 30 Sep 2023
The International Theatre program’s production of Orlando promises “a wild ride” and a serious reflection on the fluidity of identity.
Continue ReadingWhen fictional children become stranger things
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
Teaching an undergraduate class on ‘dangerous’ children in literature inspired English professor Kenneth Gross’s latest book.
Continue ReadingQuestions of character and motives drive professor’s new novel
Mon, 03 Apr 2023
In Stephen Schottenfeld’s This Room Is Made of Noise, a down-on-his-luck handyman befriends an elderly widow of means. What’s a reader to think?
Continue ReadingEnglish major from The Gambia helps preserve ancient African fables
Fri, 24 Mar 2023
Fatoumatta Jobe is transcribing in Wolof—and then translating into English—centuries-old stories passed down orally.
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