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As book lovers, Michelle Chung ’20 and Maria Saenz ’19 know the value of a good story. This summer, they put their passions to good use as interns at the publishing company Penguin Random House.
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Anne Valente was recently awarded a three-week residency with the Women’s International Study Center (WISC) in Santa Fe, N.M.
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature Nhora Lucía Serrano incorporated virtual reality technologies and assignments into her interdisciplinary Literature 232 “Dream a Little Dream: Virtual Realities & Literature” course.
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“How I became an atheist,” a poem by Heidi Wong ’20 has been announced as the winner of the Button Poetry 2018 Short Form Contest.
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After pondering different job opportunities for which his long, skinny fingers would be useful – pianist? No, how could he sit in a chair with no lumbar support, no hand rests? Hand model? Free washes, free hand cream, but how could he indulge in the model lifestyle? Finally, he considered becoming a surgeon... but then he heard how long operations were, so that was out – Colson Whitehead realized he had no choice but to become a writer.
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Nancy Avery Dafoe ’K74 recently released her novel, You Enter a Room. A thriller-mystery novel, You Enter a Room is Dafoe’s seventh published book as sole author, and her 10th book as contributor.
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Helen Stutsman ’19 has spent the past eight Novembers writing 50,0000 word novels. Is she a masochist with nothing better to do? Probably not—she’s just one of several student writers at Hamilton who love a challenge.
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In a thoroughly engaging, thought-provoking and enlightening presentation, New York Times media editor and Hamilton alumnus Jim Windolf ’86 spoke to an audience of Hamilton students and community members on Thursday, Oct. 26.
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A group of creative writing senior concentrators visited New York City from Oct. 6-8 to attend The New Yorker Literary Festival. Seniors attending were Sarah Ostrow, Devon Stockmayer, Laura Whitmer and Amy Zhang. Associate Professors of Literature and Creative Writing Tina Hall and Jane Springer accompanied the students.
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Published novelist Amy Zhang '18 has been named a Hamilton Senior Fellow, which means she can spend her senior year studying a project she developed. Its title:“ Birds of the Body: a Poetic Exploration of the Performance of Asian-American Femininity.”
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