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Winter Poetry Contest: Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize
The Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize is an annual poetry contest for undergraduates of any major...
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Faculty Bookshelf

The Last Generation
Moraga, Cherríe

A classic work by award-winning author Cherríe Moraga, The Last Generation is an electric mix of prose and poetry that...
At the Risk of Seeming Ridiculous: Poems from Cuba Libre
Olguín, Ben

In the tradition of testimonial poets raúlrsalinas, Carolyn Forché, Luís...
Women and Islam in Early Modern English Literature
Andrea, Bernadette

In this innovative study, Bernadette Andrea focuses on the...
Mapping Multiculturalism
Newfield, Christopher

What is multiculturalism? The word is used everywhere, often without being clearly defined. The first...
Poetry for Young People: William Wordsworth
Liu, Alan

William Wordsworth’s finest poems take you on a captivating adventure to another time and place....
Premodern Sexualities
Fradenburg, L.O. Aranye

Premodern Sexualities offers rigorous new approaches to current problems in the historiography of...

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