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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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Past Events

A Salute to the Extraordinary College Class of 2020

Please join Dean Fluharty and Dean Sniegowski for a Salute to the College Class of 2020, premiering online on Sunday, May 17 at 7:00 PM EDT. 

Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach's zoom launch of poetry collection, DON'T TOUCH THE BONES

Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach's zoom launch of poetry collection.

Listen to Soviet Diaspora Poetry Cheburashka Collective recording!

Listen to Soviet Diaspora Poetry Cheburashka Collective recording!

SOVIET DIASPORA POETRY BY THE CHEBURASHKA COLLECTIVE

Soviet Diaspora Poetry by the Cheburashka Collective

News

Emily Wilson reads from her translation of the Odyssey with a twist

May 15, 2020

Emily Wilson reads from her translation.

Comp Lit Students Receive Awards and Fellowships

May 05, 2020

Comparative Literature and Literary Theory students who have received awards and fellowships for

Emily Wilson, 2020 Guggenheim Fellow

April 10, 2020

Emily Wilson, 2020 Guggenheim Fellow
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