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We are absolutely delighted to share the news that Kirstin Valdez Quade has been awarded a 2024 John S. Guggenheim fellowship.  As the foundation notes about its history, “Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for mid-career individuals…

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2023 Award Winner

Elaine Treharne

The Roberta Bowman Denning Professor of Humanities, professor of English, and professor, by courtesy, of German studies and of comparative literature.

Treharne’s research areas are British literature,…

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We’re pleased to announce the winner of the 2023 Norman Foerster Prize, awarded to the best essay of the year in American Literature: “Poetry Will Not Optimize; or, What Is Literature to AI?” by Michele Elam, published in volume 95, issue 2. Read…

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Louise Glück, former Mohr Visiting Poet at the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences' Creating Writing Program, died October 13.

Read the full article on The Stanford Daily.

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Ato Quayson, the Jean G. and Morris M. Doyle Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Chair of the Department of English elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Read the full article on Stanford Report.