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October 23, 2018

Frankenstein at 200! Monster Readings

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In 1818, 20-year-old Mary Shelley published Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. This fall, the Department of English marks the book's 200th anniversary with public readings, screenings...

October 30, 2018

Yiyun Li Reading

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Yiyun Li is the author of the collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, which won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award. She's also published two...

October 31, 2018

Frankenstein at 200! Ghost Stories

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In 1818, 20-year-old Mary Shelley published Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. This fall, the Department of English marks the book's 200th anniversary with public readings, screenings...

November 2, 2018

Frankenstein at 200! “The Rights of Monsters: Allegory and the Body Politic”

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In 1818, 20-year-old Mary Shelley published Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. This fall, the Department of English marks the 200th anniversary with public readings, screenings, and...

November 5, 2018

Frankenstein at 200! The Monsters of Beowulf

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In 1818, 20-year-old Mary Shelley published Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. This fall, the Department of English marks the book's 200th anniversary with public readings, screenings...

November 8, 2018

Campus Protests, Representation, and Educational Reform: John Wright, David...

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The civil rights struggles of the 1960s led to calls for establishment Afro-American and American Indian studies programs at the University of Minnesota. In 1969 the activism of African...

November 15, 2018

Julie Schumacher: The Shakespeare Requirement

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Julie Schumacher, Professor of English and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, will read from and discuss her new novel, The Shakespeare Requirement. The novel takes place at...

November 29, 2018

Patricia Hampl: "My Manhattan"

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The Department of English presents a "University Farewell Reading" of Minnesota's own award-winning memoirist, author of such pioneering and acclaimed works as The Florist's Daughter, A...

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