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Laura Wright publishes The Vegan Studies Project: Food, Animals, and Gender in the Age of Terror
May 23, 2017

http://news-prod.wcu.edu/2015/09/wcus-laura-wright-authors-the-vegan-studies-project/...

Poet Bianca Spriggs to appear March 30 in Appalachian’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series
Mar 21, 2017

http://www.news.appstate.edu/2017/03/06/bianca-spriggs/...

Alex Pitofsky's essay "Masculine Competition and Boarding-School Culture in Catcher in the Rye" (2011) to be reprinted in a Modern Critical Interpretations collection
Feb 8, 2017

Congratulations to Alex Pitofsky!Alex's essay "Masculine Competition and Boarding-School Culture in Catcher in the Rye" (2011) is going to be reprinte...

Zack Vernon's new book, Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies, is now officially under contract with LSU Press
Feb 8, 2017

Congratulations to Zack Vernon!  His new book, Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies, is now officially under contract with LSU Press, ...

Congratulations to Emory Maiden! His first book of fiction has just been published by W&B Publishers, and you can get it at the University Bookstore.
Feb 8, 2017

Congratulations to Emory Maiden!  His first book of fiction has just been published by W&B Publishers. You can get it at the University Books...

Zack Vernon's article "Romanticizing the Rough South: Contemporary Cultural Nakedness and the Rise of Grit Lit" published in a special issue of Southern Cultures devoted to 21st Century Fiction.
Oct 28, 2016

Congratulations to Zack Vernon!  His article "Romanticizing the Rough South: Contemporary Cultural Nakedness and the Rise of Grit Lit" has just b...

David Orvis named to the Academy of Outstanding Teachers
Oct 28, 2016

A big congratulations to David Orvis!  At this evening's College of Arts and Sciences Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony, David was named to ...

Jill Ehnenn invited to speak in May, as one of six invited speakers, at the 2017 annual Victorian Studies symposium
Oct 28, 2016

A big congratulations to Jill Ehnenn!  Jill has been invited to speak in May, as one of six invited speakers, at the 2017 annual Victorian Studie...

Mark Powell and Zack Vernon featured speakers at this past weekend's Pat Conroy Literary Festival
Oct 28, 2016

Congratulations to Mark Powell and Zack Vernon, who were both among an impressive list of featured speakers at this past weekend's Pat Conroy Literary...

Lynn Doyle's six beautifully handcrafted books will be in a show celebrating Appalachian book arts that opens Friday, November 4, at the Turchin Center in the Mezzanine Gallery.
Oct 28, 2016

Congratulations to Lynn Doyle!  Six of her beautifully handcrafted books will be in a show celebrating Appalachian book arts that opens Frid...