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October 16, 2015 | 03:31 pm

Author Jacinda Townsend to receive 2015 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction

The award is being given for Townsend’s debut novel Saint Monkey, which was named by The Root as one of the 15 best works published by black authors in 2014.

topics: announcements, Arts and Humanities, Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, literature, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies,
The Arts
May 27, 2015 | 04:31 pm

Can Xue, Rocío Cerón win 2015 Best Translated Book Awards

The eighth annual Best Translated Book Awards were announced at BookExpo America on Wednesday, May 27, with Chinese author Can Xue’s The Last Lover taking home the award for fiction, and Spanish poet Rocío Cerón’s Diorama winning for poetry.

topics: awards, Best Translated Book Award, literature, translation,
The Arts
May 5, 2015 | 03:55 pm

2015 Best Translated Book Award finalists announced

Ten works of fiction and six poetry collections remain in the running for this year’s Best Translated Book Awards following the announcement of the two shortlists today on Three Percent, the University of Rochester’s translation-centric website.

topics: announcements, Best Translated Book Award, Chad Post, literature, Open Letter, translation,
Society & Culture
April 6, 2015 | 01:27 pm

The Poitier Effect: New book by film scholar examines ‘change without change’

Sir Sidney Poitier became a cultural icon in the 1950s as the first black actor to break racial barriers in film. But as art and art history professor Sharon Willis argues in her new book, his image on screen creates a false sense of equality that continues to appear in the popular media and remains damaging to race relations today.

topics: book authors, Department of Art and Art History, film, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, literature, racism, research finding, Sharon Willis,
Society & Culture
October 15, 2014 | 03:23 pm

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Greenblatt speaks at humanities symposia

One of the world’s most celebrated scholars in the humanities, Stephen Greenblatt will visit the University to lecture and participate in workshops with the campus community. Greenblatt will give a public talk for the University’s Ferrari Humanities Symposia on Thursday, Oct. 30 based on ideas introduced in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern.

topics: events, Ferrari Humanities Symposia, humanities, literature,
The Arts
October 8, 2014 | 02:46 pm

Author and activist Ru Freeman to receive 2014 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for fiction

Freeman will receive the award and $7,500 prize on Thursday, Oct. 23. As part of the award ceremony, Freeman will give a reading from the novel and she will sign copies of her book during a reception after the event.

topics: announcements, Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, literature, Ru Freeman, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies,
University News
September 22, 2014 | 05:05 pm

Six hundred books and counting: University of Rochester Press celebrates 25 years

In an innovative collaboration, the University makes the editorial selection of new books to be published, while Boydell & Brewer provides production, marketing, and worldwide distribution. The distinctive “Rochester model” has been noted in discussion among colleague presses in the Association of American University Presses (AAUP).

topics: anniversary, announcements, literature, UR Press,
Society & Culture
September 16, 2014 | 05:13 pm

Acclaimed author’s new novel steeped in family mystery

As a child, professor and noted author Joanna Scott played with figurines collected by her great-grandfather, Armand de Potter. After unearthing a trunk filled with diaries and documents, Scott realized her great-grandfather wasn’t the man he seemed. This disquieting discovery became the basis for her new novel, De Potter’s Grand Tour.

topics: announcements, book authors, Department of English, Joanna Scott, literature, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
May 7, 2014 | 07:11 pm

New book explores awkward moments in film and media

Films like This is Spinal Tap have built large followings around their use of awkward and cringeworthy comedy. But according to Jason Middleton, assistant professor of English and director of the film and media studies program, the use of staged “awkwardness” extends far beyond the domain of contemporary popular culture and into the earliest days of filmmaking.

topics: announcements, book authors, film, Film and Media Studies Program, Jason Middleton, literature,