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Dr. Ayesha Hardison presented “Of Maids and Ladies: The Ethics of Living Jane Crow” at the University of Kansas on Oct. 30. Hardison examined the oppressive situation faced by women of color after the Civil War. “Working from the decline of the mammy in postbellum America to the rise of […]

Dr. Ayesha Hardison presented two lectures Nov. 13 at the College of Wooster. “Re-Reading African American Literary History” Abstract: What do critiques of the film The Help, comic strips, Reverend Al Sharpton, and African American literary history have in common? Come find out! Professor Andreá Williams (Ohio State University) will […]

Kelly Sundberg, a graduate student in English, has been named the 2015 A Room of Her Own Foundation’s Courage Fellow. The fellowship was created to enable a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault to attend the foundation’s annual retreat in Ghost Ranch, NM. While at the retreat, Sundberg will […]

Dr. Robert Miklitsch, Professor of English at Ohio University, edited the new book “Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: On Classic Film Noir,” which will be released on Sept. 15. The book contains “white-hot essays on overlooked aspects of classic film noir,” according to the book jacket. Abstract: Consider the […]

Rachel’s Blue, a new novel by Dr. Zakes Mda, Professor of Professor of Creative Writing: Fiction and Ohio University alum, was released in August. This time Mda sets his scene very close to home—at the Farmer’s Market in Athens and in nearby Rome Township. Mda is Ohio University alum, having […]

A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review of Patrick O’Keeffe’s novel The Visitors describes ” the story of two contemporary Irish immigrants. Graduate student Jimmy Dwyer and real estate investor Kevin Lyons were never friends, but their families were linked by the friendship between their two fathers in rural Ireland. All four men’s […]

Dr. Eric LeMay published a new book, In Praise of Nothing: Essays, Memoir, and Experiments. Why do we play the lottery when we know we’ll lose? How does what we laugh at tell us who we are? What happens when, through some misstep or mishap, we lose ourselves and become […]