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Job Placement
Our graduates from the past ten years currently hold a variety of positions in both academic and...
Prof. Homer Swander, In Memoriam
An obituary for Professor Homer Swander by Patrick Stewart.

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Faculty Bookshelf

The Signifying Eye: Seeing Faulkner's Art by Candace Waid
The Signifying Eye: Seeing Faulkner’s Art
Waid, Candace

A bold book, built of close readings,...
Forgetting Fathers
Marshall, David

In Forgetting Fathers, David Marshall weaves together the stories of his grandfather and great-grandfather with his...
Renaissance Ecology: Imagining Eden in Milton's England
Hiltner, Ken

These essays consider how writers and artists such as John Milton...
Two Dreams: New and Selected Stories
Lim, Shirley Geok-Lin
The stories of Shirley Geok-lin Lim reflect the...
The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature
Huang, Yunte
A panoramic vision of the Chinese literary landscape across the twentieth century.
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Mapping Multiculturalism
Newfield, Christopher

What is multiculturalism? The word is used everywhere, often without being clearly defined. The first...
Shi: A Radical Reading of Chinese Poetry
Huang, Yunte

This book is not an attempt to grasp the "essence" of Chinese poetry, nor is it an endeavor to produce...

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