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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.

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Miriam Jacobson awarded a distinguished fellowship at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies

Miriam Jacobson has been awarded a long-term distinguished fellowship at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem for the 2021-2022 academic year.

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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

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Professor Isiah Lavender III Keynote Speaker at International Science Fiction Conference

Professor Isiah Lavender III will give the keynote speech at the International Conference on The Possible and Impossible Worlds of Science Fiction, which is being held September 11-12, 2020. Non-presenting audience members are welcome to attend thi

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