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Creative Writing Program Graduate Jake Syersak Awarded Translation Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

Creative Writing Program 2019 doctoral graduate Jake Syersak, a poet and translator, has been awarded a translation grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, to support his translation from the French of Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine's The Unearther.

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Dr. Caroline Young's exhibit "Art is a Form of Freedom" wins Silver Medal award from the Southeastern Museums Conference

The “Art is a Form of Freedom” exhibit, envisioned by Dr.

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Professor LeAnne Howe cited as "one of Native America’s greatest writers and theorists"

Book on Professor LeAnne Howe Receives Rave Reviews from Top Journals 
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New Publication in Provocations Series, edited by Roland Végső and Marco Abel

Who Would You Kill to Save the World? examines how postapocalyptic cinema uses images from the past and present to depict what it means to preserve the world—and who is left out of the narrative of rebuilding society.


Nathan Dixon Wins Thirteenth Annual Short Fiction Prize

Nathan Dixon of the Creative Writing Program has been selected as the winner of the annual BOA Short Fiction Prize. Read more about this exciting news from BOA Editions, Ltd. below:

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