What to Read: Recent Work by WLP Faculty, Students
Writing, Literature and Publishing faculty and students have been busy this spring. Here’s what they’ve been up to.
Graduate Students Celebrate Hooding Ceremonies In-Person
Before filing into the theater, students eagerly awaited behind the scenes, and spoke about why they pursued their degrees.
Ndlovu ’00 Awarded Windham-Campbell Literature Prize
Ndlovu’s third novel, The Quality of Mercy, will be out in southern Africa in September 2022 and in the US in 2023.
Two Professors Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in Writing, Film
Professors Jerald Walker and Kathryn Ramey join just 184 artists, scholars, writers, and scientists out of nearly 3,000 applicants to receive the prestigious grants.
Megan Marshall on Margaret Fuller: BBC World News Radio
Charles Wesley Emerson Professor Megan Marshall was a guest on BBC World Service Radio’s The Forum, talking about the life, work, and ideas of 19th-century feminist, writer, and journalist Margaret Fuller.
Alumnae Authors Share Adventures in Publishing
How do authors publish their stories? What is the “path to getting published”? Is there only one?
In New Book, Papernick Looks at Open Marriage
Emerson Today asked Papernick about his new book and what it says about modern marriage.
Emersonians Awarded Grants to Support Just Public Art
The grants encourage artists and creators to, “imagine and create public art that fosters more just, vibrant, and welcoming public spaces,” according to the NEFA website.
BIO Award Winner Marshall on What Makes a Gripping Biography
Emerson Today asked Marshall to weigh in on what makes a biography great. To answer, she took a page from one of her teachers and an eventual biography subject, Elizabeth Bishop
With New Series, Alums Explode What We Think We Know About Drugs
An eight-part series posits that everything we think we know about drug addiction, legalization of drugs, the opioid crisis, and 12-step programs is wrong.