Sebastian Paramo, author of Portrait of Us Burning (Curbstone Books, 2023), was named a finalist for the 2023 Best First Book of Poetry by the Texas Institute of Letters. Each year, the Texas Institute of Letters awards authors and poets who are Texas locals or whose writing substantially concerns Texas for their exemplary writing. Congratulations, […]
Elijah Hook presented “Unreadability and Other Mercies: Practices of Narrative Withholding in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy” at MELUS 2024 in April and, the following week, presented “’First I got myself born’: Pro/Retrospection in Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead“ at the Narrative Conference in Newcastle, UK. MELUS, the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature in the […]
Vincent Mennella presented “Volpone Vindicated by the Alchemist at Court: Ben Jonson’s Alchemies of Material Wealth” at the Sixteenth Century Society Conference in Toronto. The Sixteenth Century Society hosts an annual conference for multidisciplinary work dedicated to the study of the early modern era (ca. 1450-1750).
Kendall Dinniene’s article, “Wounding the Heteropatriarchy: Queered and Disabled Histories in Caballero and Forgetting the Alamo,” has been accepted for publication in Studies in American Fiction. Her article argues that two key works of Chicana fiction demonstrate the ways that disability and queerness are mutually constitutive as well as important features of early Mexican American […]
PhD Student Macklin Fanning recently had an article accepted for publication in The Journal of Literature and Science, titled “What is a Philosophical Quixote?” The Journal of Literature and Science publishes academic essays on the subject of literature and science, broadly defined, in all periods of literary and artistic history since the Scientific Revolution. Congratulations, […]
Associate Professor Macabe Keliher published an op-ed in The Hill titled, “Tariffs won’t bring back American manufacturing.” In the piece he argues that in order to revive manufacturing, the US needs a comprehensive economic program and industrial policy, not just tariffs. The op-ed is based on his current research in East Asia developmental states. Read […]
Samantha Mabry recently published her book, Clever Creatures of the Night, with Algonquin Young Readers. In this gripping literary horror, Case’s best friend goes missing, forcing her into a bizarre, cultlike—and possibly murderous—world, perfect for fans of The Honeys and Mexican Gothic. Praise for Clever Creatures of the Night: “Mabry’s blend of gritty realism and […]
Vincent Mennella’s article, “Vexed Relationships with Rome: Arthur’s Dragon Crest and Spenser’s Representations of Conquest, Empire, and Christendom in The Faerie Queene,” was recently published by Explorations in Renaissance Culture, a multidisciplinary journal of early modern studies. An earlier version of this project was presented at the Renaissance Society of America’s 2023 meeting in San […]
Associate Professor Macabe Keliher recently published a groundbreaking article in Enterprise & Society titled “Taiwan Machinery Manufacturing Corporation and the Role of State Firms in Economic Development.” His research explores how state-owned enterprises played a crucial role in Taiwan’s industrialization and economic rise. By examining the Taiwan Machinery Manufacturing Corporation, Dr. Keliher offers new insights […]
Sebastian Paramo, author of Portrait of Us Burning (Curbstone Books, 2023), was named a finalist for the 2023 Best First Book of Poetry by the Texas Institute of Letters. Each year, the Texas Institute of Letters awards authors and poets who are Texas locals or whose writing substantially concerns Texas for their exemplary writing. Congratulations […]