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Vanwesenbeeck article published in top journal

Department of English Professor Birger Vanwesenbeeck has written a scholarly article, “Paul de Man’s Flemish,” published in the winter issue of the top-tier quarterly journal...

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Jarvis’s ‘Lucky Mud & Other Foma’ brings Vonnegut’s Planetary Citizenship to new audiences

Dr. Christina Jarvis has been busy, busy, busy. That’s what Bokononists, members of the invented religion in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle,” say when they contemplate...

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Students partner with school district to copyedit newsletter

During the fall semester, WRTG 354: Foundations of Editing, a course taught by Professor Natalie Gerber in the Department of English and the new Writing...

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Gerber interviewed on UC Berkeley’s East Bay poetry podcast

Department of English Professor Natalie Gerber revisited her graduate school years at the University of California, Berkeley – nearly three decades later – as a...

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Jarvis to hold reading from acclaimed Vonnegut book

Department of English Professor Christina Jarvis will give a reading from her new book about Kurt Vonnegut, “Lucky Mud and Other Foma,” on Thursday, Oct...

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Homecoming 2022 to honor alumni, connect classmates

Two alumni will be recognized during Homecoming Weekend, slated for Oct. 14 to 16, with Outstanding Achievement Awards – Cecilia (Howe) Fordham, ’59, and Sean...

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Fredonia introduces new B.A. in Writing degree

The Department of English at SUNY Fredonia is launching an innovative B.A. in Writing this fall that blends critical, professional and creative writing into a...

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Vanwesenbeeck uncovers SUNY Fredonia connection to renowned poet Sylvia Plath

Department of English Professor Birger Vanwesenbeeck spent part of the summer at Indiana University’s Lilly Library to research the Sylvia Plath papers. While there, he...

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McVicker Scholarship winners announced    

Four students have achieved distinction as recipients of the Jeanette McVicker Scholarship in Women’s and Gender Studies for 2022: Haileigh Pawlak, Kristin White, Amber Ambrose...

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Jarvis’s Vonnegut scholarship continues to shine

Department of English Professor Christina Jarvis has published the entry on Kurt Vonnegut in “The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction 1980-2020,” which has been released...