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Howard Norman’s Next Life Might Be Kinder received a starred review in Library Journal and another starred review from Booklist! Keep reading to see the reviews.
Doug Kern, Writing Center Assistant Director, and Brittany Boyd, Writing Center tutor, presented at the Northeast Writing Center Association (NEWCA) conference in Smithfield, RI on March 1.
Alumna Koritha Mitchell will discuss and sign "Living with Lynching" on Friday, March 14, at noon in the Mary Pickford Theater, located on the third floor of the James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.
Alumna Koritha Mitchell discusses and signs copies of "Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890 - 1930" at the Library of Congress.
By Katie Takacs English alumna Stefanie Williams (B.A 2008) understands that writing can be hard, but she also knows that giving up is never an option, which led her to what she said is her biggest accomplishment – signing with United Talent Agency.
Hannah Baker Saltmarsh (2004 B.A. in English and 2006 MFA in Creative Writing, both at UMD) accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in English at Dillard University in New Orleans, LA.
Robert Manson Myers, who taught in the Department of English at the University of Maryland until his retirement in 1986, passed away on January 3, 2014.
Members of the MEM-UM community may be interested in this lecture by Dennis Kennedy, ‘Shakespeare and globalized performance’, coming up on Thursday, 11:00-12:15 in room 2804 in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Washington Area Group for Print Culture Studies 2013-2014 series will take place on Friday, March 7th, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the Woodrow Wilson Room (LJ-113), in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.
Speaker: Dr. Melissa Coleman, Claremont McKennaTitle: Wired to cooperate: Neural basis of cooperative behavior in a neotropical wrenDate: February 28, 2014Time: 10:15am – 11:30amPlace: 1103 Bioscience Research BuildingHost: Dr. Katrina MacLeod