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Portrait of Kwame Dawes by University Communication.

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Dawes' poetry reading explores lyrical writing of Barry Lopez

April 28, 2023

Awards coordinated by the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor have been announced for 2023.

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Nebraska U hosts African Poetry Digital Portal's first in-person conference

April 26, 2023

A collection of Willa Cather's correspondence

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Nebraska to host world premiere of Cather-inspired song cycle

April 6, 2023

Recent and upcoming publications from alumni, faculty and students in the Creative Writing Program.

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Creative Writing Program marks successes of faculty, students and alumni

March 22, 2023

Taylor smiles for a photo outside Love Library

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Daum instills belonging in fellow first-gen Huskers

March 8, 2023

Photo of Togara Muzanenhamo

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Zimbabwean poet Muzanenhamo wins Luschei Prize for African Poetry

February 28, 2023

Bill Clegg

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Bestselling author to speak Feb. 23

February 22, 2023

Join the Writing Center for a conversation on developing sustainable writing practices, including how to break daunting writing tasks down into manageable ones, set achievable goals, and develop a writing practice that will sustain you through your degree

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Writing Center offering Feb. 23 workshop

February 17, 2023

Ice and snow cover campus. January 19, 2023.

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Achievements | Honors, appointments, publications for Feb. 10

February 10, 2023

With a four-year, $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Nebraska historians (from left) Katrina Jagodinsky, William Thomas and Jeannette Eileen Jones, with collaborators from the College of Law Genesis Agosto, Jessica Shoemaker, Eric Berger, Danielle Jefferis and (not pictured) Catherine Wilson, will establish an academic program that enables undergraduate and graduate students to study how various marginalized groups in American history used the law to contest and advance their

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Team earns $1M grant to bridge connections between history, civil rights

February 1, 2023

A photo of Michael Metivier

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Metivier wins Schooner’s 2022 summer essay contest

February 1, 2023

Cover of Joy Castro’s forthcoming novel, “One Brilliant Flame.” She collaborated with designer Kimberly Glyder to develop the cover art, using it to reflect some of the story’s major themes. The heavy use of red, and the curling gold graphics, represent the flames of the Great Fire of Key West, a key event in the plot. The book’s title is wrapped in a cigar label motif, as all the characters are tied to the transnational Cuban cigar industry.

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Castro to debut historical thriller ‘One Brilliant Flame’

December 16, 2022