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Lure of the Archive. Holloway Poetry Series Welcomes George Stanley. September 28, 2016 in News. Each academic year, The English Department’s Holloway Series in Poetry welcomes several renowned and rising contemporary poets to campus to share and celebrate their work. This week, the series welcomes Vancouver poet George Stanley. His books include Vancouver: a Poem, Gentle Northern Summer, Opening Day, The…. View This Article →. The 2016 Commencement Address by Professor Eric Falci. 8220;Every thing must ...
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Lure of the Archive. Coloring Outside the Lines. May 7, 2015 in Lure of the Archive. Amy Clark is a graduating senior, and was recently awarded the Charlene Conrad Liebau Library Prize for her English honors thesis, “More than Meets the Eye: Cultural Color Resonances in Old English Literature.”. View This Article →. 8220;Homesick for Horror”: Introducing the Winner of the R1B Essay Prize. September 8, 2014 in Prizes. View This Article →. August 18, 2014 in Prizes. View This Article →. Below is a reflecti...
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Lure of the Archive. December 7, 2015 in Newsletter Stories. For our 2015 Newsletter, Professor Jos Lavery taught English 165: Oscar Wilde and the Nineteenth Century. In this piece, Jos talks about teaching the Wildean epigram. The background of my Twitter account is a screen-cap of a slogan posted by the moderator…. View This Article →. Alumni Stories: Sasha Podkolzina (’09). December 7, 2015 in Alumni Stories. View This Article →. Alumni Stories: David Corvo (’72). December 7, 2015 in Alumni Stories.
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Lure of the Archive | UC Berkeley English Blog
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Lure of the Archive. Lure of the Archive. The Lure of the Archive: The Novella That Took William Gaddis 50 Years to Write. March 22, 2016 in Lure of the Archive. Keanu Cohen is a current student in the English Department at Cal. Last summer, he was given the opportunity to pursue independent research through an English Department Undergraduate Archival Travel Grant. The English Department encourages its undergraduates to pursue serious archival research, offering seed grants…. View This Article →. Dennis...
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John Shoptaw wins 2016 Northern California Book Award; discusses winning book, Times Beach | UC Berkeley English Blog
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Lure of the Archive. John Shoptaw wins 2016 Northern California Book Award; discusses winning book, Times Beach. This academic year has proven itself to be an exciting one for Professor John Shoptaw; after publishing his book of poetry Times Beach. In late 2015, he received both the Notre Dame Book Review Prize. As well as the 2016 Northern California Book Award for Poetr. Y for his work. How are the poems in. Gardens, vigorously blurring the line between description and imagination. You even invoke ...
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Robert Hass and Amanda Su interview author Shawna Yang Ryan | UC Berkeley English Blog
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Lure of the Archive. Robert Hass and Amanda Su interview author Shawna Yang Ryan. Earlier last year, alumni and author Shawna Yang Ryan (’98) published her second novel,. An exploration of immigration and 1940’s authoritarian rule in China through the narrative of one girl force to flee with her family to California after the The February 28 Incident. Did you always know that it was going to be from the perspective of a girl who was born on 228? The novel started with my discovery of the 228 Massacre, be...
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English welcomes Ianna Owen, 2016 President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient | UC Berkeley English Blog
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Lure of the Archive. English welcomes Ianna Owen, 2016 President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient. In 1984, in an effort to encourage exceptional women and minority Ph.D recipients to continue their academic careers at the University of California, The UC System created the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This year one of the recipients of this award, Ianna Hawkins Owen. Q) Can you tell us a little bit about your academic background and how you came to study at Berkeley? The liminal postd...
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Lure of the Archive. Professor Namwali Serpell on PBS News Hour’s “Brief but Spectacular”. February 17, 2017 in Uncategorized. 8220;You might be wondering why a Zambian citizen and a resident alien of the United States is teaching you the history of American literature, but who better than an outsider to teach you about American literature? 8221; Professor Namwali Serpell was…. View This Article →. PhD Student Ismail Muhammad publishes two essays on James Baldwin. February 16, 2017 in Uncategorized.
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Lure of the Archive. Undergrad Kate Irwin reviews TDPS production of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. November 17, 2015 in On the Scene. From October 23rd to November 1st, Cal’s Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies staged a production of Anton Chekhov’s last play The Cherry Orchard, adapted by Libby Appel and directed by Lura Dolas. English Major and Daily Cal columnist Kate Irwin had…. View This Article →. Review of Aphra Behn’s The Rover at the Ashby Stage. October 28, 2015 in On the Scene.
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Alum Loofbourow profiles Emmy winner Maslany in NYT; joins David Thompson in TV and culture conversation | UC Berkeley English Blog
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Lure of the Archive. Alum Loofbourow profiles Emmy winner Maslany in NYT; joins David Thompson in TV and culture conversation. S Tatiana Maslany scored a surprise Emmy Award this week for Outstanding Actress in a Dramatic Series, there was one Berkeley alum who could take a bit of writerly credit for her victory: grad alum Lili Loofbourow, whose. New York Times Magazine profile of Maslany. Sketched the genius of the show and of Maslany’s performance in it. On September 29 at 5 pm. The Arts Research Center.
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