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Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter

This is a Statement of Solidarity and Commitment to Action by Some Members of the English Department

Ato Quayson featured on "Read, Watch, Listen"

Ato Quayson is featured on Read, Watch, Listen, an interview series about what British Academy Fellows are currently, reading, watching and listening.

Everybody Dance Now

Ato Quayson and Shelley Fisher Fishkin are spotlighted in this article about a new Department Tradition

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Ato Quayson featured on "Humanities at Home"

Professor of English Ato Quayson reads and discusses a short passage from Toni Morrison's Beloved in a virtual reading.

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I feel remarkably supported at Stanford, through things like the time faculty members invest in my work and the advice of older graduate students. Everyone is trying to encourage my intellectual growth and support me in the ways they can. What will make my time here really beautiful is that I will maintain integrity in what I’ve always wanted to explore and the questions that have always gripped me, but I will have a much richer vocabulary for talking about it.

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Ato Quayson featured on "Read, Watch, Listen"

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