In the Antarctic Circle
In hybrid narrative prose poems, “In the Antarctic Circle” follows two characters as they weave a life among the frigid, white landscape of the southern continent.
Olynyk named inaugural Medicine & Media Arts Initiative fellow
Patricia Olynyk, the Florence and Frank Bush Professor of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named inaugural fellow in The Medicine & Media Arts Initiative.
New ‘Musical Lunch Box’ event Feb. 26
Six students from the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will perform works by Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt at noon Friday, Feb. 26, as part of the department’s new “Musical Lunch Box” series. Intended to simulate the live concert experience, the performance will be filmed in a single take from the 560 Music Center’s E. Desmond Lee stage.
Baseball finally integrates its record book
Gerald Early answers what the big deal is about including baseball stats from the Negro Leagues in Major League Baseball records.
New book comes face to face with misdiagnosis
New York Times bestselling author Susannah Cahalan confronts her own journey with misdiagnosis in her latest publication, The Great Pretender.
The Masochist
Katja Perat’s novel is a serio-comical fictional romp through the Habsburg Empire of the fin de siècle, beginning in 1874 Lemberg (present day Lviv/Lvov in Ukraine), continuing to Vienna, and ending in the Habsburg Adriatic seaport of Trieste in 1912.
Zafar to discuss Langston Hughes for LOA Live
Rafia Zafar, professor in Arts & Sciences, will discuss the legacy of Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes for LOA Live Feb. 18.
Libraries’ student essay contest open
Undergraduate and graduate students who love collecting books can submit entries for this year’s Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition. The deadline is March 5, and winners can receive up to $1,000.
Go and Do Likewise
The Parables and Wisdom of Jesus
The parables and teachings of Jesus are brought to life in this stunning picture book from award-winning author and illustrator John Hendrix But Jesus was going somewhere.His journey to find those most in need of him began anew each morning.Jesus walked . . . and ever since, people have followed him. Through parables of the good […]
Kim wins NEA Literature Translation Fellowship
Washington University doctoral candidate Jae Kim has won a 2021 Literature Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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