The Artstars
Stories
Enticing, heart wrenching, and darkly funny, the interconnected stories in The Artstars are set in creative communities where teamwork and professional jealousy mix.
Art, poetry and ‘Momentum’
Learn about how poet Paul Tran and more than a dozen artists, illustrators and designers are preparing for the inauguration of Andrew D. Martin as 15th chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
I Met Loh Kiowan
Cho Haejin’s poignant short novel follows North Korean refugee Loh Kiwan to a place where he doesn’t speak the language or understand the customs. His story of hardship and determination is gradually revealed in flashbacks by the narrator, Kim, a writer for a South Korean TV show, who learned about Loh from a news report. […]
WashU Expert: Remembering Toni Morrison
Rhaisa Williams, assistant professor of performing arts in Arts & Sciences, remembers Toni Morrison’s “magnificent wield of imagination.”
When Bill Gass introduced Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, who died Aug. 5 at the age of 88, was among the most powerful, popular and influential writers of her generation. Introducing her to a packed Graham Chapel in 1991, William Gass, professor, declared that “Beloved,” which had won the Pulitzer Prize three years earlier, “has the old roar of the great work, back in the days when great works roared.”
You be You!
The Kid's Guide to Gender, Sexuality and Family
This is an educational children’s book for ages 7-11 that makes gender identity, romantic orientation, and family diversity easy to explain to children. Charming illustrations help children engage with concepts such as intersectionality, discrimination, privilege and allyship in a comprehensible and respectful manner.
Rosie the Dragon and Charlie Make Waves
Charlie didn’t plan to adopt Rosie, a dragon he found at an animal shelter, but they just connected. Now they’re best friends. In this charming picture book by Lauren H. Kerstein, AB ’93, MSW ’95, Charlie and Rosie go swimming. And while swimming with a dragon can be challenging, nothing is impossible with your best friend by your side.
Lessons Learned
Stories of a Teacher and Teaching
This book is about lessons learned (both conferred and received) by a fictional protagonist, E. Randall Mann, who was a law teacher at a major law school for over fifty years. There are nine stories or chapters that comprise this book. The stories appear as written in the first person by Mann and a fictitious […]
Phillips wins Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Carl Phillips, professor of English in Arts & Sciences, has won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for poetry for his collection “Wild is the Wind: Poems” (2018).
Lützeler to receive 2019 Friedrich Gundolf Prize
The German Academy for Language and Literature will award its 2019 Friedrich Gundolf Prizeto Paul Michael Lützeler, the Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
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