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We study literary and cultural representation across linguistic and national boundaries.
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We approach literary and cultural study with a keen awareness of critical theory.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.
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The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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Our lives are all different and yet the same.
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Cory Knudson to defend dissertation May 27

Cory Knudson to defend dissertation May 27

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Rachel Salas Rivera's poem is title for Whitney Museum's exhibit no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria

May 26, 2022

no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria is organi

Anat Dan and Anirudh Karnick awarded grants from The Sachs Program in Arts Innovation

May 16, 2022

Two Comparative Literature graduate students Anat Dan and Anirudh Karnick were recipients for the

Comparative Literature Students awarded The Arthur M. Daemmrich and Alfred Guenther Memorial Prize

April 21, 2022

Three graduate students in Comparative Literature were awarded The Arthur M.
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