Post Tagged with: "English News"

Negash Takes Helm of African Literature Association, Charts Course through COVID

Dr. Ghirmai Negash

From Ohio University News Dr. Ghirmai Negash, professor of English at Ohio University, takes over as the new president of the African Literature Association determined to forge a new path to safeguard the association during the pandemic. In his acceptance address, “Forging a New Path Together,” he says that “as […]

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October 14, 2020 at 6:23 pmNews

State Department Selects Phillips to Help Develop Nationwide Writing Network in Brazil

Dr. Talinn Phillips

The U.S. State Department announced the selection of Dr. Talinn Phillips of Ohio University for an English Language Specialist project focusing on developing a nationwide writing center network in Brazil at the Federal University of Paraná. Read more at OHIO News. Phillips is part of a select group, as her […]

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October 5, 2020 at 12:07 pmNews Research

Alumni News | Alison Stine, ‘Changed Forever’ by Athens

Alison Stine

Ohio University alumna Alison Stine, Ph.D. ’13 reflects on the 13 years she’s spent in Athens in an Ohio Today magazine column headlined “Our town family.” “Uniquely integrated, the small town of Athens and Ohio University exist together like the honeysuckle that climbs around and over so many trees in […]

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October 1, 2020 at 5:35 pmAlumni

Alumni News | Phillip Russell Authors ‘Watching Myself Die’ in Unwinnable Monthly

Phillip Russell

Ohio University alum Phillip Russell, a writer based in Seattle, authored a cover story at Unwinnable Monthly headlined “Watching Myself Die.” Russell, who earned an M.A. in English in 2018, begins his story be recounting feeling represented in 2013; Barack Obama was in the White House, and Sam and Henry […]

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September 22, 2020 at 4:29 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alumni News | Stine’s New Book, Road out of Winter, Set in Appalachia Ravaged by Climate Change

Alison Stine

Ohio University alum Alison Stine’s new book, Road Out of Winter, is just out from MIRA Books (HarperCollins). Stine earned a Ph.D. in English in 2013 from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Set during an endless winter in an Appalachia ravaged by climate change, Road Out […]

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September 16, 2020 at 2:28 pmAlumni

Tribune Review | Pollock’s Appalachian Noir Narrative Voice Flows Through ‘Devil All the Time’

Tribune Review | Pollock’s Appalachian Noir Narrative Voice Flows Through ‘Devil All the Time’

Katie Walsh of Tribune News Service reviews the movie The Devil All the Time, based on the novel by Ohio University alum Donald Ray Pollock, author of the book by the same name and the narrative voice of the new movie. Her review is headlined “Movies | ‘Devil All the […]

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September 16, 2020 at 8:32 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alumni News | Bryant Uses Law Degree For Service, Community Change

Fred Bryant

Growing up in in Louisville, Ky., Ohio University alumnus Ret. Col. Fred Bryant, Esq. didn’t have Ohio University on his radar until a friend came back from her first semester of undergraduate school and told him he should “check it out.” Then, on a road trip to West Virginia, he […]

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September 14, 2020 at 8:20 amAlumni