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William Marling Wins the Nancy Dasher Award

July 18, 2019

Bill Marling's Gatekeepers: The Emergence of World Literature and the 1960s (Oxford University Press 2016) is the recipient of this year's College English Association of Ohio’s Nancy Dasher Award. Bill will be honored at the association’s conference on April 14. The Nancy Dasher Award recognizes outstanding publications by faculty members...

Dave Lucas Named Ohio Poet Laureate

July 18, 2019

Dave Lucas has been named the new Ohio Poet Laureate. He follows Dr. Amit Majmadar, a radiologist in the Columbus area, who was the state's first poet laureate. Lucas says, “I am grateful, humbled, and eager for the opportunity to serve as the Poet Laureate of the State of...

Interview with Anne Carlisle (’73)

December 16, 2016

When/how did you begin writing paranormal novels? And why paranormal? What does the genre, in particular, open up for the writer/reader? I started writing novels in 2008, but my first pass was about as far afield from paranormal as one could get. Believe it or not, I was modeling...

Interview with Zena Zipporah (’70)

October 6, 2016

"As an artist of this Kali Yuga age, balancing on this earth which teeters on the last leg of the table of creation, I am an archivist, a collector of old objects, texts, and images, vanishing languages, customs and religions of all places, celebrating creations, disasters, prayers, religious texts,...

Interview with John Vourlis (’88)

October 6, 2016

"A vacation with an altruistic twist sounded very intriguing. I checked out the itinerary: Grand Norling Resort Hotel, Mt. Everest flight, Lumbini—the birthplace of the Buddha, Chitwan National Park—home to elephants, rhinos and tigers! Not one, but two Buddhist monasteries." 1. How did you come to visit Nepal, and in...

Interview with Mary Turzillo (’70)

October 6, 2016

What an exciting time that was! What vivid memories! Unpacking the intricacies of language in P.K. Saha's linguistics courses. . . . . Reading Man's Rage for Chaos as part of a Roger Salomon course. 1. You were a professor of English at Kent State University. What was your field? My...

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William Marling Wins the Nancy Dasher Award

Dave Lucas Named Ohio Poet Laureate

Interview with Anne Carlisle (’73)

Interview with Zena Zipporah (’70)

Interview with John Vourlis (’88)

Interview with Mary Turzillo (’70)

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