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(April 24, 2023)
Famed Author Margaret Atwood Calls Creative Writing Professor Mona Awad Her ‘Literary Heir Apparent’The authors were interviewed for a feature titled 'This Woman's Work' in The New York Times Style Magazine.
(April 14, 2023)
Is Kindness Still Relevant?10 years after his Convocation speech went viral, acclaimed author George Saunders G’88 revisits its message.
(March 28, 2023)
Uniting the Community in the Pursuit of Environmental JusticeThe Environmental Storytelling Series of CNY brings together faculty, students and local community partners to address the climate crisis through creative outlets.
(March 23, 2023)
‘My Poetry is a Record of What Happened’Mosab Abu Toha finds mentors, refines his craft in A&S’ Creative Writing Program.
(March 8, 2023)
Film Rights to Mona Awad’s Novel Bunny Purchased by Bad Robot ProductionsThe 2019 bestselling novel has become a viral phenomenon on TikTok, with book-related posts garnering over 4.1 billion views.
(Feb. 9, 2023)
Graduate Students Illuminate Lives, Race and PlaceHumanities Center fellowships and project grants support students' research on Druze culture, histories of self-harm, youth literacy and Black narratives from Syracuse schools’ desegregation era.
(Feb. 6, 2023)
Mellon Foundation Recognizes Syracuse Black/Arab Racial Justice Research ProjectProfessors Carol Fadda and Dana Olwan will examine the impact of racism and discrimination on the interconnected histories and lived experiences of Arab and Black communities living in the city of Syracuse.
(Dec. 12, 2022)
Remembering David Janes Lyttle, Professor Emeritus of EnglishLyttle taught courses in 19th-century American literature and was author of four books of poetry.