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The Pioneer has an article, "‘Rebati’ translated into 36 languages of world," about the release of a new multilingual anthology:"'Rebati’ was the first truly iconic short story written in Odia language in 1898 by the father of modern Odia literature, Fakir Mohan Senapati."This story was written against the backdrop of the cholera epidemic that...
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi, associate professor of literatures in English, has an op-ed in The Guardian titled, "Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s playlist: 10 songs from my travels.""The author’s life, literary trips and adventures have taken him across Africa with music as a constant companion."Gentleman by Fela Kuti"I first heard Fela as a teenager in Kenya, when his...
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi talks about his new novel, Unbury Our Dead with Song, for BBC Sounds: The Cultural Frontline podcast series. In the episode, "Mukoma Wa Ngugi: How music inspired my writing," Ngugi reads from the novel and reflects on how his homeland shaped his art."It's really about love for African music. For African people, if their soul could...
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Two new faculty members who specialize in Native American and Indigenous literatures will join the Department of Literatures in English for the fall of 2021.
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Yunyun Wang ’21 remembers arriving at Cornell as an “overeager freshman” who wanted to study everything but wound up feeling lost.The College of Engineering student found her academic footing and forged a new major as a junior with help and inspiration from Drew Margolin, associate professor in the Department of Communication in the College of...
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The Department of Literatures in English is pleased to announce our 2020-21 graduates! Please visit the Department of Literatures in English Commencement 2020-21 Graduates page. Congratulations to all!For all graduation weekend information, see Cornell University's Office of Commencement Events website.
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When Corey Ryan Earle ’07 began teaching the Cornell history course The First American University, he had several goals, including giving students a deep understanding and shared appreciation for Cornell’s uniqueness and many pioneering “firsts.” But he didn’t anticipate that 10 years later, the course would create a multigenerational, international community, thousands strong, connected by their ties to the university.
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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 2020 - 2021 student award winners below.Teaching AwardsThe Joseph...
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Subdivision, a novel by professor J. Robert Lennon, has made the New York Times' list of "10 New Books We Recommend This Week:""Lennon's ninth novel is a dazzling puzzle box: The narrator arrives in a town full of mysteries, and each chapter provides a clue to besting the danger ahead. Folkloric elements, including a stalking crow and a shape-...
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Research supported by the 14 grants ranges from the physics of quantum computing to the design of new musical instruments.
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