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LeAnne Howe

AWP Spotlights Eidson Chair LeAnne Howe

The Association of Writers and Writing Program (AWP) interviewed Eidson Distinguished Professor of American Literature LeAnne Howe about her teaching and creative and scholarly work.

Oprah holding When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through

Native Nations poetry anthology edited by Professor LeAnne Howe an Oprah Book Club pick

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry has been chosen as one of Oprah's "The Books That Help Me Through." When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Throu

WHEN THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD WAS SUBDUED, OUR SONGS CAME THROUGH: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry

English Department Edison Chair LeAnne Howe co-edits landmark Native poetry anthology

University of Georgia Eidson Chair of American Literature LeAnne Howe (Choctaw) has coedited WHEN THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD WAS SUBDUED, OUR SONGS CAME THROUGH: A Norton Anthology of Nativ

Willson Center Shelter Projects

Three English Dept. Graduate Students Awarded Willson Center Micro-fellowships

The English Department and Creative Writing Program are pleased to announce that three graduate students have been

Famine Pots: The Choctaw Irish Gift Exchange 1847-present by LeAnne Howe and Padraig Kirwan

Reciprocation of aid: Irish donors help a Native American Tribe face the coronavirus crisis

In the article "US Native tribes and Ireland’s 170-year-old connection is renewed in the pandemic," Vox reports, "When members of the Choctaw Nation heard about the struggles of the Irish in the

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