Literature Archive

Myriam Chancy, Scripps College – Caribbean Women in Literature

On Scripps College Week: Fiction can bring truth to the fore. Myriam Chancy, Guggenheim Fellow and

Emily Midkiff, University of North Dakota – Kids and Sci-Fi Books

If kids like science fiction, why aren’t there enough sci-fi books for them to read? Emily

Jodie Childers, Tulane University – The U.S. and NATO in the Icelandic Literary Imagination

Iceland and NATO have a frosty relationship. Jodie Childers, visiting assistant professor in the department of

Marilynn Desmond, Binghamton University – Christine de Pizan on Gender and Warfare in the Middle Ages

Writers who lived through war can help bring different perspectives to these conflicts. Marilynn Desmond, distinguished

Christina Frohock, University of Miami School of Law – Reading Lolita as a Sentencing Memorandum

Classic novels can carry many meanings. Christina Frohock, professor of legal writing and lecturer in law

Jonathan Cullick, Northern Kentucky University – Teaching To Kill A Mockingbird

On Northern Kentucky University Week: Can we learn new things from old texts? Jonathan Cullick, professor

Torsa Ghosal, California State University Sacramento – What Contemporary Literature and Science Tell Us about Forgetting

We don’t need to remember everything. Torsa Ghosal, assistant professor of English at California State University,

Ricia Ann Chansky, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez – Community Responses After Disasters

What can communal trauma suffered in Puerto Rico teach us about the response to Covid-19? Ricia

Rebecca Steinberger, Misericordia University – Reading Matt Hartley’s Eyam in Quarantine

On Misericordia University Week: Art that looks at the past can also inform the future. Rebecca

Ricia Ann Chansky, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez – Community Responses After Disasters

What can communal trauma suffered in Puerto Rico teach us about the response to Covid-19? Ricia