Tag: humanities
Taking a page from poetry to understand the music
Music theorist Matt BaileyShea explores the interrelationship between poetry, lyrics, and music in a new book.
Walt Whitman ‘more important now than ever’
On the anniversary of the Walt Whitman’s death, Ed Folsom ’76 (PhD) looked back on the legacy of the poet’s work, examples of which are available in the University’s libraries.
English professor’s cotranslation of poetry wins PEN American Literary Award
Everything I Don’t Know, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer, takes top honors for poetry in translation.
Laura Ackerman Smoller named a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
The Rochester historian also wins a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to write her third book.
National Endowment for the Arts grant supports Open Letter’s ‘International Voices’ project
Lauded for contributing to Rochester’s creative economy, the nonprofit literary translation press will publish five works of literature with the funding.
Undergraduate finds room to explore business, computer science, and an American music icon
Rochester’s flexible curriculum gives Jacob Rose ’24 a chance to research Leonard Bernstein.
Novelist Joanna Scott returns to short stories in Excuse Me While I Disappear
The acclaimed writer and University of Rochester English professor explores the theme of ‘lost stories.’
Mortality informs creativity in poet James Longenbach’s latest collection
Written in the aftermath of a cancer diagnosis, Forever is the University of Rochester English professor’s sixth book of poetry.
Open Letter novel wins National Book Award
Winter in Sokcho is the first title from the University’s literary translation press to be awarded the prize.
New imaging system captures text from barely open books
Rochester textual scientist Gregory Heyworth led the development of a digitization method for books with fragile binding.