The Cautionary Tale of Mr. Oliver Owl & Ruben Rabbit
The Cautionary Tale of Mr. Oliver Owl and Ruben Rabbit is the fable of an unlikely friendship between a young rabbit and a wise owl.
Justin Phillip Reed wins National Book Award for Poetry
Justin Phillip Reed, a 2015 graduate of the MFA Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, has won the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry. The award is generally considered among the world’s most prestigious literary prizes.
Exceptional selections
The transformation of the John M. Olin Library provides a new home for the Julian Edison Department of Special Collections. With more than 1,000 collections, the department is among academia’s largest and most diverse.
Frankenstein 200 years later
What can we learn from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein 200 years after it was published? A lot, insofar as the book’s central conflicts — between science and ethics, society and the other — still resonate today.
Breakfast with Ovid
John and Penelope Biggs met in Latin class. Six decades later, their love for classics is still going strong. In April, leading scholars from around the country will present their work as part of the Biggs Family Residency Reunion.
Phillip B. Williams wins Whiting Award
Poet Phillip B. Williams, a 2014 graduate of The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, is among 10 recipients of the 2017 Whiting Award.
Must-reads
In the last year, dozens of books by university faculty and alumni hit the shelves. Here we share just a small selection of the noteworthy tomes that are making an impact on literature, research and best-seller lists.