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Daniel Philippon: The Literature of Sustainable Meals

The professor’s new book explores the impact of food writers and advocates Wendell Berry, Carlo Petrini, and Alice Waters in theory and in practice.

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V.V. Ganeshananthan explores the complexity of Sri Lanka's civil war in her prize-winning novel

Associate Professor V.V. Ganeshananthan speaks with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation podcast Bookends about her novel's characters, historical background, and more.

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‘Don’t read just one book about Sri Lanka’: V. V. Ganeshananthan on her civil war novel

Associate Professor Ganeshananthan speaks to The Guardian about her novel "Brotherless Night," which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

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Ganeshananthan Wins Major Literary Prizes

The professor's second novel Brotherless Night is honored internationally.

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MFA Alum Spotlight Interview With Emily Strasser

Learn about Strasser's book Half-Life of a Secret and the MFA program!

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English Majors Win President's Student Leadership Award

Congrats to Lum Chi and Max Pritchard!

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International Women's Day 2024

Celebrate feminist change-makers with us! Meet CLA scholars and alumni whose work champions women and girls and inspires all of us.

Walter Nathan Prize for Undergraduate Creative Writers!

Apply now for $1000 awards in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

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Announcing our 2023 Alumni Award Winners

Storytellers, activists, scholars, artists, and entrepreneurs. CLA is excited to present this year's Alumni of Notable Achievement Award and Emerging Alumni Award winners.

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Elissa Raffa: Leadership and Writing

A writer, a teacher, an Executive Director of Minnesota Online High School—Elissa Raffa has certainly earned her title as a winner of CLA’s 2022 Alumni of Notable Achievement…