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Thanks to additional significant support from Seth Klarman ’79 and Beth Schultz Klarman, the Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowship program has been expanded to support 10 fellows per cohort.
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Novelist Victor LaValle ’94, BA ’95, has recently expanded his eerie narrative voice into Marvel Comics—and Apple TV
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Alumna perspective: "As a student, I never spent much time downtown—but in my 20s, vacationing in the Finger Lakes proved unexpectedly meaningful."
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From the clock tower to Risley and beyond, Grace Elmore ’25 finds inspiration in Cornell’s eclectic architectural styles
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Samantha Kathryn O’Brien turns the intimidation of an MFA into empowerment as she works on the beginnings of her novel. She is discovering her voice as she grapples with writing fiction about sex work in a non-polemical way.
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Aishvarya Arora is an avid researcher, reader, and writer. They're also an enthusiast for graphic novels as they create instructive, visual images in the world of literature and language!
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Pretaa, inspired by the Latin meaning ‘to be ready,’ draws upon Madon's Cornell English degree, his Wharton MBA, his military training and his technical expertise.
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McClane remembers the photograph that drew him to Cornell, and how the University has changed since his first day in 1969.
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Sawyer reflects on what drew him to a career in teaching and the importance of intersectionality when shaping the curriculum.
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A&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
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Extending her research on writing by Black women around the world, Carole Boyce Davies examines the stories of Black women political leaders in Africa and in the global African Diaspora.
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Her talk is one of three in the African Diaspora Knowledge Exchange Series.
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Both Morrison and Ginsburg graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Madi Fulchiero is studying Spanish and English and focused her senior thesis on two Disney films.
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Derrick Spires, Edward Baptist, and Gerard Aching help tell the story of the man born into slavery who became an advocate for African American freedom.
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The prize recognizes the best first book in American Studies released during 2021.
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This year’s Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading will include a conversation with poet Valzhyna Mort, associate professor of literatures in English.
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Fourteen authors from upstate New York participating in the Oñgwaga•ä’ Writers Workshop this month.
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Viasna, founded by activist Ales Bialiatski, was ‘liquidated’ by Lukashenka’s regime in 2003 but he has continued to fight for human rights in Belarus under the great pressure, says poet Valzhyna Mort.
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Scholar, writer and crossword star Anna Shechtman bridges the academic study and the real-world practice of media.
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Her books of poetry are “Looks” and “Customs”; part of the Fall 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series for the Creative Writing Program.
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Joseph Miranda, a doctoral candidate in English language and literature, received a dissertation competition fellowship.
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This year, 15 new faculty are bringing innovative ideas in a wide range of topics to the College of Arts & Sciences’ nexus of discovery and impact, including climate change, astronomy, identity studies and the economy.
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Chelsea Mikael Frazier, Literatures in English
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Sophia Veltfort, MFA ’20, a doctoral candidate in English language and literature, studies the representations of speech and thought in 20th-century fiction.
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Journalist Tristan Ahtone and historian Robert Lee will talk about how Indigenous land expropriated by the 1862 Morrill Act is the foundation of the land-grant university system in the 2022 Kops Lecture.
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Two ’06 classmates enjoyed a simple-but-tasty sandwich for decades—then the Washington Post shared it with the world
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Beginning Sept. 8, the series brings innovative, award-winning authors to read from their work on Cornell’s Ithaca campus.
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Klarman Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the creative arts as well as cross-disciplinary fields. The application deadline is October 14.
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Two students in the College explored legal careers this summer thanks in part to grants from the Humanities Scholars Program.
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The Department of Literatures in English celebrates four alumni as winners of the 2022 Philip Freund Prize for Creative Writing.
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The Department of Literatures in English celebrates the winners of the 2022 Philip Freund Prize for Creative Writing in recognition of excellence in publication: Ryka Aoki, Estella Gonzalez, Shane Kowalski, and Manuel Muñoz.
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From Ithaca to Hawaii to Ecuador, students in the Robert S. Harrison College Scholars Program took advantage of the summer as a time to explore their research interests.
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In a new book, Prof. Timothy Murray illuminates technological improvisation at the intersection of art and politics.
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Having returned to complete her degree in literatures in English, reporter Keri Blakinger ’11, BA ’14, now covers the prison system for the Marshall Project.
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The Klarman Fellow (and future prof) is a regular contributor to the New Yorker—and she created a puzzle just for Cornellians!
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On May 27, 2022 the Department of Literatures in English recognized the achievements of our graduates at a diploma ceremony in the Statler Auditorium. Guests, faculty, and staff gathered to celebrate graduates and wish them success into the future.
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The service and reception honoring the acclaimed writer's life and work are open to the public.
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A&S faculty will lead many courses on campus and join educational vacations as part of Cornell Adult University.
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Koch’s expertise made a mark on American literature and influenced writers who went on to publish bestselling and prize-winning works of fiction and poetry.
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"As a poet with the heart of a historian, I’m interested in attending to the interrelated histories of European colonialism and industrial warfare through the lyric."
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With a research travel grant, Heller will go to Nairobi this summer to research an archive of interviews with the Taarab musician Sitara Bute.
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The Department of Literatures in English is host to many gifted student writers and teachers. Thanks to the generosity of various donors, annual prizes are awarded for outstanding work in poetry, fiction, research, critical writing, and instruction. We are pleased to announce our 2021 - 2022 student award winners.
Cornell faculty and their community partners will tell the stories of local migrant farmworkers, use documentary film to better understand climate change and dispossession, learn how migratory birds are affected by drug trafficking and more.
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"These faculty members and graduate teaching assistants have made tremendous contributions for the benefit of our students, guiding their educational paths and molding their experiences."
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The Graduate School awarded over 100 Research Travel Grants totaling $204,196 in 2021-22, the largest group of grants awarded since the pandemic began interrupting travel.
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Kathryn Stamm is a Literatures in English and American Studies major.
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Claire Deng is a Literatures in English major.
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Ramneek Sanghera is majoring in government and Literatures in English.
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Andy Maghacot is majoring in Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and Literatures in English.
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