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2009 series FICTION My Love StoryVauhini VaraThere Will Be No More Good Nights Without Good NightsLaura van den BergOn Jacob’s LadderSteve SternTell Me WhatAmy BelkDreamsiclePaul RawlinsOne of UsMolly GilesHow To Leave HialeahJennine Capó CrucetThe Aleutian IslandsDomenica RutaESSAY Blood LibelDavid Torrey PetersPOETRY Theoretical...
2009 series FICTION Lubbock Is Not a Place of the SpiritMurray FarishBlazerAndrew PlattnerThreestep, Georgia, 1938Mary Helen StefaniakLibertee MeatsNic BrownThe Year’s Best Fiction 2009: The Authors SpeakJ. Robert LennonPeople PeopleAntonya NelsonWanted ManMartin PoussonPrimitive and StrongRob EhlePink BallErnesto QuiñonezWe’re Going...
2008 series FICTION The Lives of DiamondsJennifer S. DavisThe Ring CityMichael WolffThree TragediesLaura KasischkeBurke’s MariaSkip HorackAtlasJerry GabrielWorld Champion Cow of the InsaneCaitlin HorrocksESSAY The FunnelJohn GamelPOETRY Thelonious and ArchieFor William MatthewsMichael McFeeOver the EdgeDavid McCannWeedingDavid...
2008 series FICTION A Thousand WordsLaura FurmanIndoor DogStacey SwannThe Inter-ContinentalHasanthika SirisenaThanksgivingRob EhleMemorial DayLauren MacIntyreBetter HalfSana KrasikovFuture Missionaries of AmericaMatthew VollmerPOETRY The HypnotistAlice JamesKenny Williamsgentleman walks past the silver screengentleman walks into a...
2008 series FICTION My CommodoreDenis JohnsonBiodegradableAntonya NelsonTwo’s CompanyNancy PackerHeart ShapedKaren VargasCoastCharlotte HolmesMoscowJosh RussellThe Lion and the GoatAnthony EleftherionHigh LonesomePaul RawlinsInclement WeatherMike IngramESSAYS Larry BeatenJohn GamelWatching the Pope’s FeetLaurie LovrakPOETRY ...
2007 series SPECIAL FICTION ISSUE Why the Devil Chose New England for His WorkJason BrownLuckGregory SpatzWhat IsCharlotte HolmesFloodingViet DinhFiction PrimerLee UptonEPOCH INTRODUCES Fire, Rain, Water, EarthCycloneBeside the Still WatersVanessa HutchinsonCOVER As the Crow FliesWilliam Benson
2007 series FICTION Twenty-Three MonthsCaitlin HorrocksMuseum of Medical OdditiesMark RaderThe GypsyLaura KasischkeBig Words and FameRobert MorganLuminous BeingsMarie Mutsuki MockettSelf-WashDwight AllenWhitely on the TipsYannick MurphyESSAY Rock SaltDonald AndersonPOETRY Evenings & MorningsRobert VanderMolenBoomBrian Swann...
2007 series FICTION The Still PointLydia PeelleFallingErica Johnson DebeljakThe Order of ThingsJudy TroyProof of GodHolly Goddard JonesAirborneBrendan MathewsMineral and SteelDon WatersTell Him About Brother JohnManuel MuñozPOETRY On Generational ChauvinismDavid WooThe Mansion of HappinessRobin EkissAbove SiberiaBangkok...
2006 series FICTION Dogs with Human FacesStephen MarionLindo y QueridoManuel MuñozWhat Happens NextMichael ParkerAn Upright ManHolly Goddard JonesPins and NeedlesKaren BrownThe OccupationSherril JaffePOETRY To the Young Woman in the Next Booth Reading DostoevskyPriscilla AtkinsStructures of Weather: Dusk, Hour PondModestoDavid B....
2006 series FICTION MoragD. R. MacDonaldCrow MoonPatrick SomervilleThe North of GodSteve SternAllegianceRon HansenMuddy Water, Turn to WineMichael ParkerPOETRY The Last Days of ElvisD. James SmithIn Her Hands, the Beginnings of a Snow StormJen TownA Short Ecstatic Poem Written on My Lunch BreakMartin WallsAfter the Death of the...
2006 series FICTION BreachKaren BrownDevotionsJohn L’HeureuxThe Star Attraction of 1919Scott SnyderI Am SingingPete SegallThe Wedding PartyRobert MorganSo Long, AnywayPatrick SomervilleESSAY ColorKenneth A. McClanePOETRY ChasteningsPeter HarrisWhat We Did with the EmpireKevin PruferThe Garden of Eternal RecurrenceAlpay UlkuFive...
2005 series NEW FICTION FROM THE AMERICAN SOUTH Slow DrinkGeorge SingletonLucky BoyJosh RussellShadesCary HolladaySong and DanceLamar HerrinThe Psychiatrist’s DaughterKim BrooksThe Son of Gilberto Writes Letter to WifeM. O. WalshAs Rain Turns to SnowRobert MorganFirst KissMartin PoussonThe Currency of LoveNanci KincaidFill in the...
2005 series FICTION The Toy BarMelissa BankA Hazard of New FortunesRon HansenDybbuk on eBayPearl AbrahamThe Surprising Weight of the Body’s OrgansDouglas TrevorThe Girl Who DisappearedJ. Robert LennonIn the Age of AutomobilesAnthony VaralloThe New Haven LineJeff O’KeefeChief of NursesCorinna VallianatosPOETRY Love, IndianapolisChad...
2005 series FICTION You Love That DogMary Helen StefaniakLacunaeRobert BoswellCentrally IsolatedAlice FultonEscapeSusan KenneyThe Way We Were Meant to GrowJennifer S. DavisFEATURED FICTION Six Not Quite StoriesMrs. FiberungLetter From FranceBreakdownWearing a Meat Shirt and Killing a SnakeSpyBedtimePadgett PowellPOETRY ...
2004 series NOVELLA DakotaJosh RussellFICTION Night NoisesNancy Huddleston PackerPOETRY Learning to Speak the WordsTodd DavisLives of the Later CaesarsPoor Hannibal of CarthageKevin PruferIce StormMartin WallsFosterRae GouirandCOVER Waiting #3Eric Zener
2004 series FICTION 1957 Chevy Bel AirGuy VanderhaegheCross CountryChristopher CoakeNo Such PlaceLeslee BeckerGirls I KnowDoug TrevorEPOCH INTRODUCES The Headless WomanIn LamuDisquisition on TearsRoommatesStephanie ReentsMEMOIR Whoever You WereDorothy GallagherPOETRY Dead CenterRachel Contreni FlynnSix of OneSusan Hutton...
2004 series FICTION Essay #3: Leda and the SwanEric PuchnerThe Pelvis SeriesNeela VaswaniCrustaceanM. Allen CunninghamFlesh ToneAntonya NelsonFarewell, BounderJ. Robert LennonMule KillersLydia PeelleHell’s CartoonistRick DeMarinisMichael Martone was Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana:Three Contributor’s NotesMichael MartonePOETRY ...
On May 25, 2018 the Department of English recognized the achievements of our graduates at a diploma ceremony in the Statler Auditorium. Over 400 guests, faculty, and staff gathered to celebrate graduates and wish them success into the future.This year, 11 PhD graduates, 8 MFA graduates, 56 undergraduate English majors, and 57 undergraduate...
The Department of 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, critical writing, and instruction. We are pleased to announce our 2017 - 2018 student award winners below.The M. H. Abrams Summer Graduate Fellowship, which...
A Reason to Gather TogetherOn March 23 & 24, 2018, more than 250 alumni, colleagues, and community friends converged in Klarman Hall's Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium to celebrate a half-century of teaching by Daniel Schwarz, the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow.Daniel Schwarz came to...
Renowned poet and legendary Cornell faculty member A.R. Ammons – “Archie” to all who knew him – was remembered by colleagues and friends at an informal reception April 9 in Klarman Hall.The occasion was twofold – to celebrate the recent publication by W.W. Norton of a new two-volume edition collecting Ammons’ complete poems, and the...
Last Semester, Collective X contributor, Eme Jamilah Iban, orchestrated a video campaign called "People of Color: The Movement." The project was aimed to illustrate the narratives of people of color on Cornell's campus in light of our current climate. The video features perspectives of both students and professors of the University.Eme Jamilah...
After a sold-out run last December, “The Snow Queen” returns to the Ithaca stage for 12 December performances at the Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry St.Adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen classic, “The Snow Queen” tells the story of Greta, a brave young girl on a mission to rescue her best friend, Kai, from the clutches of the queen,...
Director of Graduate Studies in English Language and Literature, Associate Professor Jenny Mann, recently contributed to Vulture’s curated list of “100 Great Works of Dystopian Fiction” for The New York Times alongside Ursula K. Heise, Professor of English at UCLA.“Dystopian fiction,” according to Vulture, “is firmly ensconced in book-club-ready...