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Barabara McCaskill and Nicholas Allen. Photo by Jason Thrasher.

Barbara McCaskill and Nicholas Allen to lead $1 millon Mellon foundation grant for their project, “Culture and Community at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District.”

The University of Georgia’s Willson Center for Humanities and Arts has received a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to partner with Penn Center, one of the nation’s most important institutions of African American culture.

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Eric Morales-Franceschini Awarded the Anzaldúa Poetry Prize

The Gloria E. Anzaldúa Poetry Prize is awarded annually, in conjunction with the Anzaldúa Literary Trust, to a poet whose work explores how place shapes identity, imagination, and understanding.

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.

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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